Materials Monday: Mullite, Mulcoa & more
A lot has happened since my last Materials Monday post. i had intended it to be a regular monthly column, but then well, a lot happened…as we start to return to work and familiar activities, I thought it was time to get this started back up….. Today...
Materials Monday: MAGMA and other miracle mixtures for glazes
Materials Monday: MAGMA and other miracle mixtures for glazes MAGMA for mixing glazes Reconstituting Liquid glazes Best for Reglazing Other glaze additives Recently, Ceramic Arts Daily wrote an extensive article on glaze additives. We figured this out when we started...
Glaze of the Month – Select Mason Stains
This month we honor and remember Glenda Taylor, whose pottery was as bright and colourful as she was. Glenda used Mason Stains to achieve the vivid hues in her ceramics. We decided to select 8 colors to feature this month. Many are the exact stains that Glenda...
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Last Thursday afternoon, Mark Cole demonstrated in The Process Room during the NCECA Conference. This demonstration will explore glaze application using wax resist with to develop pattern, imagery and eutectic. Wax resist provides an excellent aide to separate and...
March Specialty Product of the Month: Mr. Mark’s Wax-On
Recently we were sent a sample of the Mr. Mark’s Wax On. We enjoyed testing this wax resist and found it to be excellent for precision application on bisqued ware. The light purple color, which completely burns out, makes it easy to see as you are applying it....Check out our Instagram Feed!
![Jordan Alexzandra is currently studying art at Millersville University. In addition to Ceramics and painting, she also studies psychology, anthropology, and English. “I’ve been an artist throughout my entire life, but it wasn’t until recently that I called myself a ceramicist. My work has gone through a long journey of finding the perfect medium, which is now clay,” she writes. She’s just starting her journey, taking her first ceramics class in high school, but I see so much promise in her. Her experiences with clay give her many teachable moments in patience, planning, and time management, which she applies to her full-time studies in Psychology.
During a Summer break and away from the clay studio, she found herself without a rudder and focused her angst and her energy toward exploring naturally dyed silk and yarn. She found solace in the world of textiles and fiber art. Her minimalist pre-Columbian clay forms mesh well with the purity of cotton and silk. Her current body of work is titled, “Cotton.” In addition to the sampling of photos included in this profile, there are many more at her website (link in our bio).
Jordan said, “I desire that this work also sparks conversation of African - American history. The embodiment of being one of the few Black students in college in most of my classes, it is a conversation that follows me. Clay as a direct connection to the multiple cultures that make me who I am, to cotton that cloaks not only a dark history but to the environmental costs of the plant.“ [by Anne]](https://www.brackers.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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