Persnickety Porcelain Clay: How to Minimize Your Loss Rate
Porcelain clay is a clay body that draws in many a potter because of its bright white color, translucency, and … Read More
Tag: slumping
Process of creating ceramic wares with a slump-mold. Firing defect where glassy-phase begins to dissolve sintered structure in clay, causing it to sag and deform. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
The Particulars of Clay Body Plasticity
Ahhh plasticity! It’s the property of clay that got us hooked on it in the first place. Caused by just … Read More
How to Make a Platter with a Simple Template
For a couple of years now, I have been trying to make the switch from wheel throwing to handbuilding so … Read More
In the Studio: Getting Started with Porcelain
Porcelain can be worked like other clays, but when fired can reach a state of extreme whiteness, becoming vitreous and … Read More
Tessa Eastman: Alchemical Aesthetics
Patterns of growth found in nature and their mutation inspire Tessa Eastman’s dynamic biomorphic forms. Improbable combinations of bright colors, … Read More
Five Reasons to Convert Cone 10 Reduction Glazes to Cone 6
There are a lot of traditional reduction glaze recipes out there, and they are typically formulated for firing at cone … Read More
Making Delicate Porcelain Sculpture with Porcelain Slip and Flaxed Paper Clay
Helen Gilmour is interested in the relationships between traditional crafts. So she decided to make traditional pottery forms–like teapots and … Read More
A Couple of Cool Clay Sculpture Techniques
There are a multitude of clay sculpture techniques for ceramic artists to choose from. The possibility for expression is unlimited … Read More
How to Make Textured Ceramic Wall Sculptures
Sometimes you just feel like making pieces for the wall, not the table, and Gary Jackson’s project in the Pottery … Read More
Texture with Attitude
I have been exploring texture for some time, and I enjoy the challenges associated with developing and incorporating creativity and … Read More
