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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

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A Pottery Masterclass with Frank Dante Lagordio

Lesson 1: Be really good at pottery. Directed by Will SonheimWritten by Will Sonheim and Terrence Carey Starring Terrence Carey DP: Chris Owsiany (chrisowsiany.com)Camera Assistant: Johnny WeichelVO Sound Recordist: Zach SigelkoEditor: Will Sonheim HUGE THANKS TOPenguin Foot Pottery Studio for making our dumb dream an even dumber reality! If you

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Meet the Maker

Warren MacKenzie

Warren MacKenzie has described his goal as the making of “everyday” pots. Not surprisingly though, his pots are found in major museums and command high prices among collectors. MacKenzie has always kept his prices low and for various time periods did not sign his work (1970s, most of the 2000s). Most of his output is produced in stoneware, although he has worked in porcelain at times during his career. A sample of his amazing work can be seen below, and you can get his pieces relatively well priced from galleries around the world, as well as on eBay.co.uk

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Introducing Artist Eloisa Gobbo

It’s hard not to be completely captivated by the playful and complex pattern and colour that Italian artist Eloisa Gobbo uses in their work.

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Calipers: All You Need to Know

Potters use calipers to measure things, usually openings and galleries in lidded forms. Calipers can be very helpful for potters and help get rid of