Clay and Glaze Chemistry

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1. How to get smooth flowing glaze for Cuerda Seca

   By mr_glazy_man, August 1, 2022
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   • mr_glazy_man
   • August 1, 2022

2. bright blue food safe glaze 1 2

   By ImogenB, May 11, 2020
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   • Babs
   • August 1, 2022

3. Bubbles forming in glaze (BEFORE firing)

   By Shaina Mahler, July 30, 2022
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   • Shaina Mahler
   • July 31, 2022

4. EPK vs ball clay in a glaze recipe?

   By Beebop, July 26, 2022
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   • ATauer
   • July 30, 2022

5. Firing cone 10 clay body to cone 8 with a 20 minute hold for drinking vessels

   By ClayKatie, April 19, 2021
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   • Min
   • July 29, 2022

6. Mad Science in the Mud: Or, Franken-earthenware

   By Pyewackette, April 25, 2022
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   • oldlady
   • July 27, 2022

7. Is it possible to make bone china with synthetic bone ash?

   By ATauer, July 21, 2022
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   • ATauer
   • July 26, 2022

8. Help finding out how this glaze effect is created

   By lobashpottery, July 25, 2022   

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   • Min
   • July 25, 2022

9. Cone 5 firing is a bust!

   By JohnnyK, July 24, 2022
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   • LeeU
   • July 25, 2022

10. Some raku newbie questions

    By ATauer, July 19, 2022
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    • ATauer
    • July 19, 2022

11. bed of silica

    By Courtney, January 20, 2022
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    • oldlady
    • July 19, 2022

12. Shivering

    By Dani dowling, July 12, 2022
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    • neilestrick
    • July 19, 2022

13. Glass frit in glaze

    By Lucy GReen, January 5, 2021
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    • Callie Beller Diesel
    • July 18, 2022

14. Coyote high fire underglazes

    By Bam2015, July 15, 2022
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    • Bam2015
    • July 17, 2022

15. Smelly Clay Scrap Bucket

    By Crooked Lawyer Potter, July 8, 2022
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    • kswan
    • July 17, 2022

16. Underglaze on bisque ware

    By LaniJones1234, June 14, 2022
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    • laughlin
    • July 16, 2022

17. Glaze too dark, not bright as usual. What’s wrong?

    By Mindy Murphy, July 15, 2022
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    • Babs
    • July 16, 2022

18. Repair unfired clay sculpture

    By Jim Austin, July 11, 2022
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    • Chilly
    • July 15, 2022

19. Can a high-fire cone 10 porcelain clay be fired to only cone 6 or cone 7 successfully?

    By Annie Mackin, May 27, 2022
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    • ATauer
    • July 15, 2022

20. Cone 10 base glaze recipe

    By kevinpleong, July 4, 2022
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    • Mark C.
    • July 15, 2022

21. Possible to reverse engineer my favorite clay?

    By Jen WC, July 12, 2022
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    • Mark C.
    • July 14, 2022

22. Anyone have experience using Iodine in Ceramic work?

    By blackthorn, July 12, 2022
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    • PeterH
    • July 13, 2022

23. Galaxy Glazing Attempt #2! Desperate for some feedback.

    By blue bronco.co, July 11, 2022   

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    • Rae Reich
    • July 13, 2022

24. How Much Grog to Wet Clay for Raku

    By ThruTraffic, September 16, 2021
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    • JohnnyK
    • July 12, 2022

25. Where to set the test tiles

    By JohnnyK, July 10, 2022   

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    • JohnnyK
    • July 11, 2022