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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
