Adding Depth to Your Ceramic Surfaces with Commercial Glazes
Glaze mixing and testing is really complicated and can involve a lot of testing and time and effort, but not … Read More
Colored slips formulated to have low drying shrinkage, allowing application to bone-dry or bisque-fired surface before glazing. Commercial underglazes are available in a wide palette of colors primarily for low-fire, but many will survive high-fire. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Glaze mixing and testing is really complicated and can involve a lot of testing and time and effort, but not … Read More
Cobalt blue glaze recipes are in most potters’ repertoires because they produce beautiful blue glazes. And what’s not to love … Read More
Oribe ware is a type of ceramics that originated in the 16th century and is known for its copper-green glaze … Read More
Although glaze crawling – when glaze recedes away from an area in the firing, leaving bare clay – is often … Read More
A couple NCECAs ago, I bought some rice paper transfers from a supplier at the conference. They are super fun … Read More
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
We get a lot of questions from readers about the raku firing process. I think raku firing intrigues many a … Read More
Because kilns can have a hefty price tag, many potters just starting out rely on others to fire their work. … Read More
In today’s post, David Gamble discusses a red hot topic for many a ceramic artist: how to achieve reliable red … Read More
From screenprinting to decals, there are many ways to transfer imagery onto pottery. There’s a nifty commercial product out now, … Read More