Episode 39 – For Flux Sake Live! Vol. 2

For today’s episode, we have a live taping from this year’s NCECA conference in Cincinnati, OH. Kathy, Matt, and Rose took questions from the audience about glaze development and mysterious kiln reactions. Listen to episode 39 now on your favorite podcast app or stream here.

If you have a ceramic chemistry problem you’d like help with, send us a voice memo with your question to forfluxsakepodcast@gmail.com. To see the supplemental info, we talked about in this episode, visit our blog.

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