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
Tag: yellow ochre
High-iron yellow clay mineral, used as colorant in glazes and slips, converts to red iron oxide in oxidation or black iron oxide in reduction and/or high-fire. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Testing Cone 5 Glazes and Colorants to Expand Your Palette
Whether you work with cone 5 glazes or do high fire reduction, there are so many variables involved in ceramic glazes. These … Read More
Clay Culture: Freedom of the Press
Experiments printing raw clay on rice paper and nonwoven materials led to the birthday celebration for a clay slab that’s … Read More
Subscriber Extra: How to Build Complex Surfaces with Multiple Firings
Detail of Yoshiro Ikeda’s signature Crackle White Glaze.
Yoshiro Ikeda was internationally recognized for his ceramic art. Possibly the most recognizable … Read More
Cone 04 Clay and Glaze
1 Four plates, ram-pressed earthenware, various glazes, including Wood Ash Base with 6% MS 6600 Best … Read More
Decorating Low Fire Pottery with Slips, Underglazes, and Lusters
Although bright colors have become just as easy to achieve at cone six as they are at cone 06, Gail … Read More
Building Complex Glaze Surfaces with Multiple Firings
Have you ever mixed or purchased a glaze, put it on a piece that you had been saving for that … Read More
