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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...

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...

There is a show at the DIA airport called Colorado Clay. You don’t have to go through security, it’s on the bridge to A terminal. Matt was in the first edition of this show! Back in 2004/05.

Vitrification in ceramics is the formation of glass through the melting of compounds. In this article researchers found vitrified remains encrusted the surface of Vesuvius victim's skulls. Kind of disturbing but interesting. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc1909867

We took the boys to the Museum of Fine Art in Boston @mfaboston. We got to see their awesome collection of Kandler porcelain pieces. (If you don’t know the story of Meissen porcelain, check out The Arcanum by Janet Gleason). This piece was particular my interestingly...

In case you missed the live taping, it is now available to download! Kathy, Rose, and Matt answered listener questions from the Zoom audience about clay for outdoor sculpture, the characteristics of common Frits, and why it’s so hard to make a smooth glaze on dark...