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, by Haley Stanaford Technical Tuesday: What is a Flux?
What is a flux? And why is it mentioned so much? Fluxes are one of the integral parts to any glaze recipe, alongside glass formers...
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, by Haley Stanaford Materials Monday - Glaze Vocabulary
This post is kind of a sequel to the Raw Material Vocab post. Let’s talk glazes! Here’s some common vocabulary you may here when discussing...
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, by Haley Stanaford Materials Monday: Vocabulary
A lot of words get thrown out when talking about glazes and raw materials and it seems like it’s just expected that you know what...
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, by Haley Stanaford Tech Talk Tuesday: Common Glaze Defects
We all know the feeling of opening up the kiln with lots of excitement and anticipation only to find that the glazes did something weird...
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, by Haley Stanaford Technical Tuesday: What Makes A Glaze Shiny?
All glazes are made of three, integral components: glass formers, fluxes, and clay. These materials provide different amounts of molecules of compounds and elements (as...
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, by Cindy Bracker Tarrifs and Ceramics products
The tariffs imposed on goods from Canada, Mexico and China will have significant impacts on ceramics-related goods. We are thoroughly investigating to determine how many...
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, by Cindy Bracker Cups of Kindness Exhibition
We’re thrilled to announce the return of our community project that celebrates the warmth of handmade objects and the joy of spreading kindness. While Kindness...
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, by Alexis Jensen Shimpo’s Holiday Giveaway: Get a Wheel and a Gift Card!
The holiday season is just around the corner, and Shimpo is back with their gift card giveaway to help you get the most out of...
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, by Cindy Bracker Materials Monday - Minspar
The Minspar mine located in Spurce Pine, NC was deeply affected by the massive destruction from Hurricane Helene. In addition to the important soda feldspar...
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, by Cindy Bracker Tech Talk Tuesday: Clay body absorption
If you are reading this, you probably either asked us a question about (or googled) absorption. While not a new or uncommon concern among potters,...
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, by Cindy Bracker Tech Tuesday - improving my ‘spar repertoire….
Winter wind….no, I’m not talking about the recent reduction of summer’s heat that arrived today, I mean our cone 5/6 clay body that originally replaced...
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, by Cindy Return of Raku?
You've asked, and we've heard you ...."When are you going to do a Raku Firing again?" We get this question at least once a week,...
