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Beginner Ceramics

Understanding Glaze Composition Part 2: Flux

Welcome to Part 2 of our series exploring the main components of ceramic glazes! As you’ll remember from our previous article, all glazes are composed of 3 main parts: glass-formers, fluxes, and stabilizers. In Part 1 we discussed the oh-so-essential glass-former, silica. This week we’re going to explore an important

Beginner Ceramics

Understanding Glaze Composition Part 1: Glass-Formers

Whether you’re working with commercial glazes or looking to start mixing or developing your own, understanding the basic structure of glazes can be a big help in getting successful results. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of possible ingredients and complicated recipes, but you don’t need a

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Flex Your Ceramic Muscles in 2025

As we usher in the New Year, many of us are inspired to set resolutions that challenge us and push ourselves out of our comfort zones. While we often set our eyes on physical improvements, such as joining the gym, here at the Ceramic School we think it’s equally important

Advanced Ceramics

5 Handbuilding Templates to Do at Home

These easy-to-follow hand building templates will have you creating brand new forms, and will inspire you to create some unique templates of your own.

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Best Inspirational Books for Potters

Pottery is a blast! Isnt it? You can create… literally… anything. Its one of those hobbies where you can build your dreams, and only your

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Ceramic flowers style Capodimonte

In this video we see Sonda Ceramics, the Italian Capodimonte Ceramic style, the company which produce ceramic flowers, show us how they produce their gold

Air Dry Clay Club

Crocodile Paintbrush Holder

Today, we’re going to make a super fun and easy crocodile-shaped paintbrush holder using air dry clay. This little crocodile makes painting time more exciting

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