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AMACO HF-22 Texture Blue – May Mid-Fire glaze of the Month
AMACO’s HF22 Texture Blue is a lovely pastel Blue-Grey with green undertones which provide visual texture. On smooth surfaces, the glaze appears to be fully opaque, however, over a colored clay body or over areas with texture, the glaze will break and show some...
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Spectrum 935 Purple Haze – May Low-Fire Glaze of the Month
Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don’t seem the same Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why ‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky… Yeah, everyone was already thinking it…and maybe even humming it (and yes, please note that it IS...
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Copper – May Raku Glaze of the Month
I have to admit, when I chose Laguna’s R13 Copper for May’s Raku glaze of the month, I really wasn’t looking forward to it….a whole pile of copper penny pots…exciting. It’s not that I have anything against a good copper penny. It’s...
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Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic Art and Design
Call for submissions now open! Entry fee for NCECA members only $20 (Non members $35 or BECOME A MEMBER) NCECA and the Arvada Center are organizing a blended invitational and competitive ceramic exhibition for artists from the United States. This format brings established...
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Glaze Technology Workshop with Ron Roy
Join us on June 1-2, 2013 for an informative workshop with Ron Roy. In this workshop, participants will learn why the single oxide approach is so useful working with clays and glazes. A variety of problems will be solved using Ron Roy’s Coursebook (provided in...
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Emerald – April Raku Glaze of the Month
Spectrum’s Emerald is truly a gem of a raku glaze. (feel free to groan now, but consider that it could have been much worse….Kansas, Wizard of Oz, Emerald City….you can see where that might go). Though the glaze is primarily a geen base with flashes of...
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On her Second Saturday, Veronica will be demonstrating thrown and altered...
AMACO’s HF22 Texture Blue is a lovely pastel Blue-Grey with green undertones which...
Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don’t seem the same Actin’...
I have to admit, when I chose Laguna’s R13 Copper for May’s Raku glaze of the...
How do kilns work, and why do you care? In this 3 hour in-service, Bracker’s will...
In this 90 minute session, teachers will be given a complete overview of ceramics with...
Call for submissions now open! Entry fee for NCECA members only $20 (Non members $35...
The Raku Process is a great experience that will quickly ignite an interest in ceramics...
Join us on June 1-2, 2013 for an informative workshop with Ron Roy. In this workshop,...
One in-service, three new lesson plans! In this three hour in-service, Bracker’s...
In this four-hour workshop style inservice, Bracker’s staff will lead teachers...
Spectrum’s Emerald is truly a gem of a raku glaze. (feel free to groan now, but...
AMACO’s LT “Liquid Texture” Line (also known as the Alligator glazes),...
I always enjoy the glaze of the month tests that I do, and I like to find the uniqueness...
During the week of March 18th, a mass exodus from all over the USA and beyond will occur,...
The weather report for this Saturday includes lots of wind and a high chance of rain and...
Amaco’s Indigo Float has a dramatic intensity of bold blue, while maintaining rich...
Reminiscent of the iridescent hues of the perennial spring childhood favorite of the same...
March, in my mind, is the bringer of spring. It’s the month when all of the bulbs...
On February 21, Cindy & Jeanette will once again be opening up their studio night fun...
Keleigh’s artistic path Keleigh began making pottery in junior high school,...