A Traditional High Fire Pottery Glaze is Well Within the Reach of Cone 6 Potters
Ah celadons, how I love celadons. These traditional east Asian glazes can produce translucent colors ranging from soft greens and … Read More
Tag: zinc oxide
ZnO—High-temperature flux that promotes brilliant glossy surfaces. In some glazes can encourage opacity. With titanium in low-alumina glaze can encourage macrocrystalline growth (crystalline glazes). Volatizes in high-fire reduction. Toxic in inhalation. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
Mid-Range Reduction Firing: It’s Not Just Cooler, It’s Cool!
As I have mentioned before on CAD, ceramics is not the greenest of art forms, but it is nice to … Read More
Experiments in Peach Bloom: Extensive Testing Reveals Secrets of an Elusive Ceramic Glaze
Peach Bloom glazes (aptly named since they look like ripening fruit) are some of the most delicate and beautiful glazes … Read More
Color Clay and Make Incredible Patterns on Wheel Thrown Pots
Mixing ceramic stains into a clay body to color clay is an exciting way to create interesting surfaces on your … Read More
Color Clay and Make Incredible Patterns on Wheel Thrown Pots
Mixing ceramic stains into a clay body to color clay is an exciting way to create interesting surfaces on your … Read More
Movement and Flow
My approach to ceramics involves an effort to make discoveries about the physical and natural world—specifically the interaction between humanity … Read More
In the Studio: Commercial Glaze Experiments
Many ceramic artists find their studios filling with glazes and materials used for a specific project that they no longer … 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
Technofile: Geology for Potters
Rocks
Rocks can be classified into three types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. The igneous rocks most useful to potters are felsic … Read More
Online Extra: The New World of Crystalline Glazes
Crystalline glazes are seductive and instantly capture the eye. How exhilarating to create a glaze that suggests floating galaxies, frosty … Read More
