My work is steeped in archetypal and personal symbolism. Figures, houses, boats and pottery are all vessels to contain things we hold dear, and sometimes those things we would cast off. I chose these forms to work with because they have several levels of meaning I find intriguing to explore. The surfaces reflect my experience [ Read More ]
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 ]
When I first saw AMACO’s Palladium at the NCECA conference a year ago in Tampa, I thought it was so shiny it looked like a mirror. Over the last year, I also noticed that most of my favorite layered glaze combinations included this glaze. So, i decided I wanted to push this glaze, put it [ Read More ]
As Raku Season continues you may be looking for a glaze that is fresh and exicting, but won’t leave you feeling blue… AMACO’s Bluebell will fit the bill. I really enjoyed my tests of this glaze. While I enjoy a good flashy metallic raku glaze as much as the next person, I also enjoy the [ Read More ]
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I chose the glaze Tortilla as my low fire glaze of the month. And a mild craving for salsa aside, I was overjoyed at the results. Not only is this a nice and a fun glaze on its own, it is marvelous when mixed with other glazes. I experimented [ Read More ]
Our First Standard Clay Shipment has just come in and we are ready to sell these beautiful clay bodies! Images were snapped quickly with an iPhone camera on cream colored paper in fluorescent light. Better pics coming soon. In the pics with three chips shown, one is C6, one C10, and one C10Reduction. Prices [ Read More ]
When selecting a Glaze of the month, I often wander around Bracker’s Showroom and wait for inspiration to hit me. Sometimes I’ll hear a little whisper from the shelves from an under-appreciated glaze. There are so many options, especially at low-fire, that it’s easy to overlook a diamond in the rough. AMACO’s Magic Flow glazes [ Read More ]
Ah Spring! The return of Raku Season…how I have missed the fire. This year, we are kicking off the return of Raku Glaze of the Month with Laguna’s Awabi Shell. At our second saturday Raku event last month, I tested this glaze on Flint Hills Raku Clay samples which I reduced in 5 different types [ Read More ]
I was just chatting with a good friend of mine and told her that the glaze of the month was Blue Rutile for this month and she said “Blue Rutile is like Glaze Cheating…you can never go wrong with it” I immediately told her I was stealing that quote, because it’s just so true. Blue [ Read More ]
Bowie Croisant has lived and worked in Kansas City since 2007 after receiving a BFA from Kansas State. Bowie recently finished a three year residency at Red Star Studios after studying at the Kansas City Art Institute. In 2010 Bowie received an Inspiration Grant from the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City in support of [ Read More ]
