Creating Functional Sets to Sell A complete set of dinner plates, lunch plates, cups, bowls, pitchers, and other forms is enticing for prospective customers. In many instances, customers do not intend to buy sets until they see the display. When customers are faced...
Should You Reprocess Trimmings? Recycling Your Trimmings is a GREAT idea! Just like Grandma used to say… “waste not, want not.” Same applies to clay too 🙂 Reprocessing trimmings prevents waste; however, clay is dirt-cheap, and your labor is...
How To Fire Clay: Decorative and Finishing Techniques Over the next few weeks we will focus on the basics of glazes, including choosing, mixing, applying, and firing them… basically we will learn how to fire clay. Many books focus on the topic of glaze...
CONVERSION OF CLAY THROUGH FIRE No other material on Earth undergoes such dramatic transformation as clay through fire. Most materials on Earth are obliterated by high heat. Originally when people learned to fire clay, it was at low temperatures (less than 1900° F...
STATES OF CLAY Clay is a liquid solid: It acts as a liquid when hydrated and in motion but as a solid when it is still. This is why it is easily formed and can hold its shape. In its raw state (before it has been fired), clay can be powder, liquid (slip), plastic,...
