How to Decorate Pottery Surfaces with Colored Slips in the Bisque State
Slip has many uses in the pottery studio. Most often, slip is used on clay in the green state, but … Read More
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A liquid mix where insoluble particles are distributed throughout without dissolving and may settle out from gravity, as in a glaze or slip. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Using Rare Earth Oxides as Ceramic Colorants to Obtain Intense Colors
Ceramic stains make it possible to create glazes that fire to just about any color of the rainbow. But one … Read More
Building, Packing and Firing Saggars
Ceramic artist Joan Carcia delights in the fact that she never quite knows how each of her saggar-fired vessels will … Read More
How to Make Underglaze in Your Ceramics Studio
The truth is, I was a nerdy ceramics undergraduate student. I wanted to learn everything, right away—and I loved my … Read More
The New World of Crystalline Glazes: Developing Beautiful Crystals in Reduction
It used to be thought that crystalline glazes were only possible in an oxidation atmosphere. But as many more potters … Read More
Using Glaze Additives Like CMC Gum to Make Average Glazes Great
Sometimes the glazes we use are good for one purpose, but not so good for another. A glaze might perform … Read More
Understanding Glaze and Clay Materials
Today, we live in an age of super abundance of ceramic raw materials. Innumerable clays and glaze materials offer us … Read More
How to Use CMC Gum to Make a Glaze Brushable and Stampable
CMC gum is a ceramic glaze additive that can be used to help improve brushability in glazes that are mixed … Read More
Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Climate Change
Global warming’s effect on the planet has been a driving theme in Joan Takayama-Ogawa’s creative career for more than a … Read More
Techo File: Clay Minerals
Have you been wondering about clay minerals lately? You’re in luck. Here’s a short guide to kaolinite, halloysite, montmorillonite, and … Read More
