One of my favourite things about going to NCECA is strolling through the commercial exhibit hall looking at all the new products first hand. These new texture tools from MKM were a real find, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting their arrival at Brackers. The hardest part was determining which to “test”, because I love and [ Read More ]
Fritz Buster divides his time between educating the young artists at Shawnee Mission South, creating beautiful thrown crystalline-glazed pottery, and inventing reasons to take weekend motorcycle rides with his lovely wife. This is his 3rd appearance as a Second Saturday Artist (also appearing previously in 2009) and I personally learned a LOT of very interesting [ Read More ]
Just like Spectrum’s most popular glazes from the 1100 stoneware series (reactive surfaces like 1173, 1140, 1145 etc), the new metallic glazes are designed to give different surfaces under different conditions. Below you will find a chart of the 6 new glazes fired to cone 5-1/2 Orton witness cone, with light, medium and heavy application. [ Read More ]
If you have enjoyed the Texture Art Rollers from Xiem Tools, you may also like the Xiem X-Sponge and their tool sets, now in stock at Brackers (click each thumbnail to see full image):
If it’s true that Men are from Mars, then it’s no wonder that I would be ridiculously in love with this glaze. But, unlike many men (not artist-men, of course), this glaze is nicely color-coordinated. I just love that one glaze can produce rusty yellow-oranges, brick reds, deep dark wines and beautiful metallic bronzes. If [ Read More ]
Most of the AMACO® Opalescent Glazes have a high gloss similar to mother-of-pearl. Best results are achieved with three or four applications of glaze. On textured ware, the glaze flows thin on relief and thick in incised areas, giving an added dimension on the surface. Although AMACO® Opalescent Glazes may be used on any clay, [ Read More ]
Not only is this glaze fun to say, it’s fun to use. Being the curious (some might say obsessive) person that I am, I had to look up Uguisi Nightengale, and find out more about it. I found that this glaze references the bird known as the Japanese Bush-warbler. If wikipedia is to be believed, [ Read More ]
