Techno File: Terra Sig Experiment
Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time, … Read More
The weight or density of a liquid measured in proportion to that of water. A glaze with a specific gravity of 1.2 is 1.2 times as dense as water per unit of measure. See hydrometer. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time, … Read More
Have you ever glazed a piece and had the glaze run off the high points a little too much? Sometimes … Read More
Terra sigillata is an ultrarefined clay slip that can give a soft sheen when applied to bone-dry wares and, if … Read More
I have been messing around with crazing as a deliberate decorative effect lately. Though it is technically a glaze defect, … Read More
Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … Read More
Getting glazes or casting slip to come out the same from batch to batch is a lot easier if you … Read More
Slip has many uses in the pottery studio. Most often, slip is used on clay in the green state, but … Read More
I looooove a good old buttery matte glaze surface! Donna Polseno creates beautiful buttery matte surfaces with a lot of … Read More
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an opacifier and unlike tin oxide and zircopax, it develops crystals in glazes. Titanium dioxide glazes with … Read More
I began making pitchers in two parts around ten years ago. Initially, it was to make these large pots lighter … Read More