by Kyra Lysynecky | February 9, 2024 | Glazes, How Tos, Informative, Myth Busters
Demystifying Ceramic Glaze Labels: A Guide for Safe and Confident Glazing Have you ever stared at a bottle of ceramic glaze, baffled by the cryptic symbols and technical jargon? You’re not alone! Navigating the world of glazes can be daunting, especially when it...
by Kyra Lysynecky | October 18, 2023 | Beginners Guide, Glazes, How Tos, Informative
Glaze failure in the ceramics world is a word that often evokes disappointment and discouragement or what Matt calls “Post Firing Depression”. Much of the ceramics community glorifies success in pretty photoshopped magazines and books, and as a result, we tend to see...
by Kyra Lysynecky | May 19, 2023 | Courses + Workshops, Glazes, Informative
The CMW team recently had the opportunity to visit Fiesta Tableware in Newell, WV. It was a thrill, as we always love visiting factories and seeing how they produce their ceramics. It is amazing that the way they work with clay is the same way the artist community...
by The CMW Team | June 22, 2022 | Glazes, Informative
More Tin talk…one more example of what Tin does. These are the same glaze, again made without Tin on the right, adding Tin to the same batch on the left. This time, the glaze is just increasing the level of opacity. As we said in earlier post today, when we...
by The CMW Team | June 8, 2022 | Glazes, Informative
Reduction is a new concept for a lot of people, that’s because the majority of people are firing in electric kilns, which basically only fire in Oxidation (there are some ways to do it, but they aren’t the safest or most stable). Most people think about Reduction in...
by The CMW Team | June 8, 2022 | Glazes, Informative
Continuing on the conversation about Tin! Copper Red glazes are interesting as they often contain a lot more Tin than Copper. We’ve seen formula that will have 0.5% Copper and 6x or more Tin. These two glazes are from the same batch. The tile on the right is without...
