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Tech Tuesday: Terra Sigilatta
Terra Sigillata is a decorating material that can be used in ceramics, but does not often get used due to the making process. But I’m here...
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Tech Tuesday: Clay Types
There is so much clay out there but all of them can be sorted under four categories of clay. These are earthenwares, stonewares, porcelains, and...
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Tech Tuesday: Clay Body Vocab
Clay is tricky! There are a lot of concepts and words that get thrown around in conversation and it’s hard to keep up with all...
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Vitrification
Let’s talk vitrification. What is it? Vitrification refers to the clay reaching its maturity in the firing. This specifically has to deal with the amount of...
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Materials Monday: What is Grog and Why Should I Use It?
Grog is in many commercial and homemade clay bodies, but what is it? You may have heard this mentioned around a studio but maybe not...
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High Fire, Mid Fire, Low Fire, Oh My!
There are so many clays and glazes out there and all of them have their own personalities, looks, and firing temperatures. Knowing what temperature you fire...
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Changing an Ingredient in Glaze Recipes
Raw materials have been coming and going a lot. We’ve had to say goodbye to some amazing materials like Custer Feldspar and talc. So what do...
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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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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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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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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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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...
