Glaze Color Testing Guide: Step-by-Step Instructions for Potters
Introduction If you’re a ceramic artist looking to experiment with glaze colors, it’s essential to have a solid testing process in place. This guide walks you through the steps to …
What is deflocculation and flocculation? What’s the difference?
How do deflocculants work in ceramics Deflocculants are electrolyte-sourcing liquid or powders. They are added in small amounts to solutions. Deflocculation is essentially imparting electrical charges to clay particles making …
Triaxial blend
A triaxial Blend is essentially 3 different line blends. You can discover many different colors or variations on glazes using this bend. To create this blend you either have three …
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 …
What is Vitrification
Vitrification occurs during the firing when the clay is physically changed. When the clay is changed it melts the glass formers in clay which allows it to become impervious to …
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 …
Line Blend
Supplies you will need Steps If you like two of the colors but think that you might like the colors in between two of the tiles, like 1 and 2 …
