Techno File: Rapid Bisque Firing
Most beginning potters pay little attention to bisque firings until they experience an explosion. More often than not, glaze blemishes … Read More
Tag: water of plasticity
Amount of water required to bring a dry clay to its state of ideal plasticity. Common clay test used to determine this amount. The more water needed, the finer the particle size, the more plastic the clay, and the greater the drying shrinkage. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Techno File: Cation Exchange
Plasticity is created by a negative electrostatic charge, and clay memory is caused by a positive charge. Check out how … Read More
Archive Article: Controlled Drying and Firing—Large Scale Sculpture and Tile
Careful control of the drying and firing stages is necessary for successful completion of large-scale sculpture and tilework. Although climatic … Read More
