Lichens and Lizards and Leopards, Oh My! Reticulated Glaze Recipes For Wild Ceramic Surfaces
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More
Na2O×Al2O3×6SiO2—feldspars contributing sodium (and potassium), primarily as a high-temperature flux.
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
Linda Bloomfield and Dave Finkelnburg
Testing standards are important to both the studio artist and his or her customers. While we may give specific instructions … Read More
Rocks
Rocks can be classified into three types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. The igneous rocks most useful to potters are felsic … Read More
Reticulation glazes form a group of specialized glazes that show patterns of heavy crawling, or reticulation. The patterns look similar … Read More
Feldspars are minerals of varying composition commonly used by potters. Feldspars form a glassy, white surface when fired high enough. … Read More
Imagine a ceramic glaze that fires perfectly at both cone 10 and cone 6, in reduction and oxidation, and in … Read More
In my last firing, I made a pot that satisfied me like none before. It was one of those miracles … Read More
It is not surprising that Lisa Hammond has been described as the best
woman potter working in Britain at the moment. … Read More
The objective is to locate one single earth material that alone almost provides the desired surface, and then to add … Read More