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DIY Fast Firing Kiln Design
Kiln Materials (Main Body): 6 x 34 1/2″ (88 cms) Angle Iron 4 x 32″ (81 CMS) Angle Iron 4 x 37 3/4″ (96 CMS) Angle Iron Calcium-Silicate Sheeting (Asbestos substitute) 34 1/4″ x 31 3/4″ (87 x 80 CMS) Low Insulation Kiln Bricks (approx. 80) High Insulation Kiln Bricks (approx. 100) Dense Kiln Bricks... Read More
Ceramic Firing Techniques
There are many ceramic firing techniques, some which most people are familiar with, and others that the layman will never have heard of. This article is an attempt to create an overview of those various techniques of firing (the process of hardening and/or vitrifying clay through heat), that are available to the studio potter and... Read More
The ‘Cyberflâneur’ -Spaces and Places on the Internet Part II
The transitory figure of the Flâneur was a partly real and partly literary persona documented by Charles Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin. He, (and he was largely seen as a male figure at the time3 ), was a social type who flourished in the second half of the 19th C and frequented the arcades of Paris. His... Read More
The ‘Cyberflâneur’ – Spaces and Places on the Internet
Cyberspace is a different form of space to personal space, bodily space, architectural space, or any space that can be conceived or perceived in tangible physical terms. It exists solely as bytes and bits on computer circuits and telephone lines. Cyberspace is Information Space, but is this space imaginary or real? This largely unchartered space... Read More
Dishwasher and Microwave Safety for Ceramics – “Do’s and Don’ts”
These days we have a lot of new gadgets to help out in our daily lives. Two of these — the dishwasher and the microwave — have the potential to damage our ceramic tableware and other ceramic items. Follwing a few simple rules will help to avert disaster. Let’s start with dishwashers. Dishwashers and Ceramics... Read More
The Bauhaus Pottery – Short-lived, but influential
In 1920 the Bauhaus took on master potter Max Krehan as a collaborator in setting up a pottery workshop. Krehan’s initial class consisted of 5 students, who worked at his pottery in Dornburg, 30 kilometers away from the main school in Weimar. The ceramics students were more self-sufficient that some of the other craft workshops, partly due to... Read More
The Teapot – A Ceramic Cultural Item
Tea is one of those cultural items, which has a strong connection to ceramics – thanks to the teapot and the teabowl. It is a very pervasive drink, not only in Eastern societies, but also in the West. The same thing can be said of tea utensils, such as the teapot, which is also a... Read More
Picolpasso and the Art of Majolica in 16th century Italy – Part One
Li Tre Libre Dell’Arte Del Vasaio, the three books of the potters art, was written in 1557, or very close to that year, by Cipriano Picolpasso. It is a remarkable document, and is interesting both as a guide to the methods and techniques of the production of Majolica pottery in renaissance Italy, and also for... Read More
A Virtual Ceramics Museums Tour
The presence of ceramics on the Net have been growing rapidly over the last year or two. This also applies to museums dedicated to showing ceramic art. I’d like to show you some of the better ceramic museums I have been able to find on the Web. American Ceramics at the Everson Museum is dedicated to... Read More
Measurement Overview
Here’s an overview of all the different pages related to measurements. Conversion table Temperature Two-way converter Gold density, electrical conductivity of gold Silver density, silver electrical conductivity Copper density, copper electrical conductivity Zinc heat capacity Velocity of sound in materials with barium Glass density Water density Aluminum density Steel density Ash wood density Douglas fir... Read More
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