What are mason stains? Where do I get them?
Mason stains are artificially produced inorganic materials. They were made to be stable at different ceramic temperatures. Before purchasing your stains you should go to this website and learn more …
Glaze Making for Beginners: Equipment
Essential Equipment for Making Glazes: A Beginner’s Guide Are you ready to start making your own glazes? If so, having the right equipment is essential for successful glaze mixing and …
How to make decorating slip
There are many different recipes you can use to make a decorating slip. The Simplest Way Materials The Stages of Clay Steps The other way you can do this is …
Triaxial Blend: How to Test Three Glaze Materials at Once
A triaxial blend is one of the most powerful glaze testing methods available to studio potters. Where a line blend tests two variables, a triaxial blend tests three simultaneously — …
Triple Beam Balance Scale
The Ohaus Triple Beam Balance Scale is a great super accurate scale. This is a manual scale which means that it is a little bit tricky when learning how to …
Slip Trailing: How to Decorate Pottery with Raised Slip Lines
How to slip trail pottery — slip consistency, filling the trailer, technique for clean lines, and design approaches including feathering and marbling.
What is Vitrification in Ceramics? A Complete Guide
Vitrification is one of the most important concepts in ceramics — it determines whether your finished piece is food safe, watertight, and durable. Understanding what vitrification is and how it …
How to test for shrinkage and absorption rates
Clay shrinks when it dries, gets bisque fired, and again during the glaze firing. Whenever you make a new batch of clay or buy premixed commercial clay you should test …
