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4 Darren Emenau’s Textured Ceramic Glazes by Mandy Ginson Darren Emenau loves the surfaces found in nature and has researched his technique to get an effect that looks like it came out of the woods or off a rock formation. 5 Kenny Delio’s Subtle Pottery Glazes by Myra Bellin Kenny Delio thinks of glazes as a skin, choosing matt glazes that are soft and supple, or shiny surfaces that appear wet and visceral. 6 Weights and Measures: Tracking the Amount of Clay Needed for your Pottery Projects by Robin Hopper How much clay do you need for a casserole or a mug? Here’s Robin’s chart of dozens of items he makes and how much clay is needed for each. 7 Mid-Range Reduction Glazes: Reformulating Glazes to Cone 6 by John Britt John Britt points out that firing to cone 6 is cheaper, faster, and the results are almost indistinguishable from high fire. 11 The Potter’s Palette: A Useful Guide to Colorants for Ceramic Glazes by Robin Hopper Unless you use no color whatsoever in your work, you’ll want to keep this one handy on glaze-testing day. 14 Variations on a Ceramic Glaze Base by Kristina Bogdanov Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have just a single set of ingredients for a whole bunch of glazes? Take a look at Kristina’s cone 5-9 oxidation/reduction results. 16 Buying Porcelain: A Guide to Purchasing Porcelain Pottery Clay by Antoinette Badenhorst Here’s some sage advice about how to determine whether porcelain is the clay you’re looking for – lots of tips to prevent some of the most common problems. 18 Kick Wheels: The Green Option for Pottery Wheels by Bill Jones If you have the itch to go green in your studio, you may be interested in getting a kick wheel. Choose between top of the line models and economical kits to make your own custom pottery wheels. 20 Choosing a Slab Roller by Daryl Baird Daryl Baird gives some guidelines on determining if a slab roller is right for you, and explains some of the different options available. 22 Low-Fire Electric Red Ceramic Glazes by David Gamble David Gamble discusses a red hot topic for many a ceramic artist: how to achieve reliable red ceramic glazes. 24 Adding Depth to Your Ceramic Glazes by Lisa Bare Culp Really bring your own style and voice forward when you start using techniques like pouring, carving, and layering to create depth in the ceramic glaze surface. 26 Designing with Texture: Incorporating Texture into your Pottery in the Design Stage by Daniel Gegen Dan Gegen explains how he begins working with texture before the construction process even begins, and therefore makes it integral to the design of the pot. 29 Reticulation Glazes for Pottery and Ceramic Art by Robin Hopper Robin Hopper explains how to formulate ceramic glazes to intentionally crawl and create reticulated surfaces resembling lichens, leopard coats, or lizard skin. 31 Perfect Plaster: How to Successfully Mix Plaster for Pottery Molds by Bill Jones Don’t be mystified by bad plaster. Get perfect results every time with a few simple tips. buyers guide to 1 0 32 Glossary of Common Ceramic Raw Materials by Vince Pitelka A Studio RefeR enceCeramic on Pu R chASing A nd u S ing c e RAmicSupplies Su PPlieS A nd PotteR y t oolS

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exture takes on an important role in Darren Emenau’s work. Impurities, such as twigs and stones, are not removed but rather retained to effect unique markings and interesting surfaces. The roughed-up, worn exteriors convey a rich sense of history. TThis is not by chance. Individual works have been fired up to eight or nine times. History is not imitated but created. Emenau is a self-professed glaze fanatic. As he increasingly exploits this knowledge, the glaze is used not as mere surface decoration but the surface itself. Emenau experiments with applying successive layers of glaze and refiring. The results, he admits, might be irreproducible, but the intent here is not to make models but rather to unearth possibilities.

Bud vase, 5 in. (13 cm) in height, local earthenware, with MNO Lichen Glaze, fired to cone 06.

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MNO Lichen Cone 06 Borax ...... 24 .7 % Lithium Carbonate ...... 9 .3 Ellie Euer, 4 in. (10 cm) in height, local earthenware, with MNO Lichen Magnesium Carbonate . . . . . 39 .2 Glaze, fired to cone 06; detail below. Ferro Frit 3134 ...... 3 .1 Nepheline Syenite ...... 23 .7 100 .0 % studio reference | glazes Add: Copper Carbonate 5 .2 % Bentonite 3 .1 % This recipe was inspired by Lana Wilson’s low-fire recipes . I brush it on in various thicknesses . Be aware that some of the glaze can flake off during firings, so use shelves that are coated with kiln wash . After firing, I scrape or sand blast the surface to remove any loose glaze . I rub beeswax into some areas and then torch it to remove most of the wax . Forms are often fired multiple times . A nepheline syenite wash will prevent flaking during firings . Additionally, my local clay contains a high percentage of iron oxide and salt crystals, which act as strong fluxes . Ellie Euer, detail, with MNO Lichen glaze, fired to cone 06.

enny Delio glazes his work subtly. He thinks of glazes as a skin, choosing matt glazes that are soft and supple, or shinyK surfaces that appear wet and visceral. Or he may choose to mimic scales and fur with multi-hued textures, an important consideration when glazing the legs for his tables and props for his shelves. The guiding consideration for his glazing choices is enticement. Delio wants people to interact with his work, to be drawn to touch it, and to use it.

Left: Buddy Teapot, 10 in. (25 cm) in height, thrown and altered white stoneware with White and Speckled glazes, fired to cone 6 in oxidation.

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Brown Slip White Glaze Cone 6 Cone 6 Ferro Frit 3124 ...... 10. % Dolomite ...... 23. % Nepheline Syenite ...... 10. Nepheline Syenite ...... 72. EPK Kaolin ...... 40. Ball Clay ...... 5 Kentucky OM 4 Ball Clay . . . . . 30. 100 % Silica ...... 10. Add: Tin Oxide 8 % 100 % Red Iron Oxide 1 % Add: Red Iron Oxide 8 % Bentonite 2 % studio reference | glazes Olive Glaze Black Glaze Cone 6 Cone 6 Barium Carbonate ...... 7 % Bone Ash ...... 10. % Gerstley Borate ...... 16. Whiting ...... 15. Whiting ...... 7 Ferro Frit 3124 ...... 20. Kona F-4 Feldspar ...... 30. Nepheline Syenite ...... 20. EPK Kaolin ...... 9 EPK Kaolin ...... 18. Silica ...... 31. Silica ...... 17. 100 % 100 % Add: Mason Stain #6503 2 % Add: Mason Stain #6616 12 % Speckled Glaze Cone 6 Teapot, 12 in. (30 cm) in height, Gerstley Borate ...... 59. % thrown and altered white Talc ...... 41. stoneware with a pulled handle, 100 % Brown Slip, and Black Glaze, Add: Rutile 18 % fired to cone 6 in oxidation.

f you’re doing repetitive throwing or produc- my studio. These are for an average throwing thickness of tion work, keep a chart of weights and measures ³/16 in. for smaller objects, and ³/8 in. for larger objects. Ad- showing the amount of clay needed and size of just accordingly if throwing thinner or thicker. objects at the throwing stage. Here is a list of Excerpted from Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper and pub- weightsI and measures of standard items produced in lished by The American Ceramic Society. Weights and Measures for Basic Production Items ITEM WEIGHT HEIGHT WIDTH Grams lb./oz. inches cm inches cm Drinking vessels 6 oz. coffee mug 275 10 oz. 3 7.5 3 7.5 8 oz. coffee mug 400 14 oz. 5 12.5 3 7.5 14 oz. beer mug 600 1 lb. 5 oz. 7 17.5 3.5 8.5 chalice (cup only) 500 1 lb. 2 oz. 4 10.0 4 10.0 goblet (cup only) 340 12 oz. 5 12.5 3 7.5 cup 300 11 oz. 2.75 7.0 3.75 9.5 saucer 350 13 oz. 1 2.5 5.5 13.5 large dinner plate 1800 4 lb. 1.25 3.0 11.5 29.0 medium dinner plate 1350 3 lb. 1 2.5 10 25.0 side plate 1000 2 lb. 3 oz. 1 2.5 8 20.0 bread and butter 600 1 lb. 5 oz. .75 2.0 6.5 16.0 glutton plate 2300 5 lb. 2 oz. 1.25 3.0 14 35.0 Bowls large 2600 5 lb. 12 oz. 6 15.0 12 30.0 medium 1800 4 lb. 4.5 11.0 10 25.0 small 600 1 lb. 6 oz. 3 7.5 6 15.0 onion soup 600 1 lb. 5 oz. 3 7.5 6 15.0 large mixing bowl 1800 4 lb. 4.5 11 10 25.0 Casseroles 4 quart 2600 5 lb. 12 oz. 8 20 12 30.0 lid 1600 3 lb. 8 oz. - - - - 2 quart 1800 4 lb. 4.5 11 8.5 21.0 lid 1000 2 lb. 3 oz. - - - - 1 quart 1000 2 lb. 3 oz. 4 10 6.5 16.0 lid 750 1 lb. 12 oz. - - - - individual 600 1 lb. 6 oz. 3 7.5 5.5 13.5 lid 450 16 oz. - - - - Pots for pouring cream pitcher 400 14 oz. 5 12.5 3 7.5 1 pint pitcher 675 1 lb. 8 oz. 6.5 16.5 4 10.0 4 pint pitcher 2600 5 lb. 12 oz. 14 35 6 15.0 studio reference | clay coffee pot 1800 4 lb. 11 27.5 4.5 11.0 lid 400 14 oz. - - - - large teapot 2000 4 lb. 6 oz. 8 20 8 20.0 lid 250 9 oz. medium teapot 1500 3 lb. 6 oz. 6 15 6 15.0 lid 200 7 oz. - - - - small teapot 1000 2 lb. 3 oz. 4.5 11 5 12.5 lid 150 5 oz. - - - - 1 liter decanter 2000 4 lb. 6 oz. 12 30 6 20.0 small decanter 1200 2 lb. 11 oz. 8 20 5 12.5 liqueur or sake bottle 1000 2 lb. 3 oz. - - - - Storage containers large storage jar 2250 5 lb. 12 30 5 12.5 medium storage jar 1500 3 lb. 6 oz. 10 25 4 10.0 small storage jar 800 1 lb. 12 oz. 7 17.5 3 7.5 jam or honey pot 450 16 oz. 3.5 8.5 4 10.0 Serving dishes large cooking/serving 2500 5 lb. 8 oz. 3.5 8.5 15 37.5 small cooking/serving 1350 3 lb. 2.25 6 10 25.0 cheese bell 2000 4 lb. 6 oz. 6 15 10 25.0 base 1500 3 lb. 6 oz. butter dish 600 1 lb. 5 oz. 3 7.5 5.5 13.5 base 600 1 lb. 5 oz. salt and pepper shakers 400 14 oz. 4.5 11 3 7.5 egg bakers 400 14 oz. 1.25 3 3.5 8.5

udFire Clayworks and Gallery, a community ceramic art center in just outside of At- lanta offers studio space, workshops and a beautiful gallery. They also fire to cone 6 in reduction.M Erik Haagensen and Luba Sharapan, the owners, started to fire cone 6 reduction because of a defect in the kiln they’d purchased, but after seeing the results they had no reason to change back, even after the kiln was repaired. Firing to cone 6 was cheaper, faster, and the results were almost indistinguishable from high fire. The Project Although they fire to mid-range reduction, Erik and Luba wanted me to give a workshop on the cost and time benefits of cone 6 reduction firing, as well as to explain the Thrown and altered platter, 12 in. (30 cm) in reasoning behind glaze recipes, firing cycles, and to show diameter, stoneware with Cherry Blossom Shino and them how to bring glazes from cone 10 down to cone 6. Woo Yellow glaze, fired in reduction to cone 6, I normally work with, and teach about, high-fire glazes by Barbara Morgenbesser. (cone 9–11), approximately 2350°F (1288°C), while mid- The Research range, (cone 5–7), is about 2200°F (1204°C). Although My first step is always completing an exhaustive sur- this is only about a 150°F (66°C) temperature difference, vey of known glazes from books, the Internet and raising the temperature 150°F at the peak of the firing workshop handouts. Luba and Erik generously sent takes quite a bit more energy and puts a lot of extra wear me all their recipes from MudFire [see selected reci- and tear on the kiln. It could easily take two to four more pes on page 15], and I pulled out my cone 6 glaze hours of firing to go from cone 6 to cone 10 with the gas notebooks and began assembling recipe lists and fir- on high, so firing to mid-range reduction would save con- ing instructions. siderable fuel if comparable glazes could be found. There is so much information available today that it At that time, I didn’t have a lot of experience with mid- is almost paralyzing; you don’t know what to do with range reduction and I found it hard to believe that the it all. So, in order to make it usable, I organized the results were “almost indistinguishable.” I did have a good recipes into types, like iron glazes (celadon, tenmoku, bit of experience firing mid-range oxidation in an elec- kaki, iron saturate, etc.), shino, copper red, oribe (cop- tric kiln and the results are far from the look of cone per green), magnesium matt, etc. Then, after elimi- 10 reduction. But the idea intrigued me, and the more I nating all the duplicates, I looked for similarities and thought about it, the more I realized that the same prin-

studio reference | glazes differences, and from those, selected enough glaze ciples of high fire reduction should apply to mid-range recipes to test that would show a broad range of pos- reduction. The key question would be if the oxides and sibilities within a type. Then I test those recipes in a materials needed to melt the glazes at a lower temperature variety of firing cycles, like heavy reduction, light re- would negatively affect the glaze colors. So I took the duction, early reduction, late reduction, and oxidation. challenge, reasoning that I could use the same research This way, I can reveal a glaze’s full potential. methods I used for the high-fire glazes to explore these mid-range glazes. Mid-range firing in both oxidation and reduction is a well researched area dating back before the energy crisis of the 1970s. There are also several college clay programs using mid-range reduction and have published their glazes. One notable example is Diana Pancioli, at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI, who started her “Glaze For- ward” program. (For a small shipping fee, you could send for a list of cone 6 reduction recipes and test tiles of those glazes.) There are also organizations like the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that fire cone 6 reduction and Mugs, 4 in. (10 cm) in height, stoneware with have developed a wonderful palette. Temmoku Gold, gas fired in reduction to cone 6, by Luba Sharapan.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 7 Stoneware bowl with Malcolm Davis Shino Glaze, gas fired in reduction to cone 6, by Erik Haagensen. Iron glazes are a great type to start with because you can see a wide range of colors by incrementally adding one colorant; iron oxide. For example, when firing in reduction using the same base glaze, adding 1% red iron creates a blue celadon, adding 2–4% iron oxide will give green to amber celadons, adding 5–10% iron oxide makes tenmokus, and 10–20% iron oxide gives iron saturates. Teadust tenmokus result from additions of magnesium carbonate to tenmokus with cooling soaks. Kakis, which are also part of the iron glaze type, are obtained with additions of bone Porcelain vase with Mint Julep Glaze, gas fired in reduction to cone 6, by Melissa Keen-Boggan. ash and magnesium carbonate. Finally, oil spots result from stiff oxidized tenmokus with magnesium oxide. these glaze types and a variety of other recipes, like blues, So you can see how one glaze type can show you a greens, yellows, blacks, etc., to see the overall effect of world of glaze colors. varying firing cycles across the board of glaze colors. Copper red glazes are generally low alumina and For first firing, I started reduction at cone 010 and kept high alkaline bases with small amounts of copper car- it heavy (0.65–0.72 on the oxygen probe) to cone 6 at 3 bonate (0.3%) and tin oxide (1%). Oribe glazes use o’clock (cone melting position, not time of day). I had copper to get greens while magnesium matt glazes pretty good copper reds and iron glazes but the shinos yield satin whites and purples with cobalt oxide. You were dull and washed out. For the next firings, I increased can try to reproduce these “types” at various cones the firing temperature to cone 7 at 3 o’clock, which gave and, as always, you may then have to make adjust- me about 25°F more and brightened up the glazes. I ran studio reference | glazes ments after you see the results. five more firings to this cone, including full oxidation, The final type I concentrated on was shino glazes. light reduction, medium reduction, heavy reduction, Shinos are generally made with varying amounts of and oxidation with reduction at peak temperature. I also feldspar and clay. For example, you may have some- tested numerous glazes with flux variations, exploring where between 60–90% feldspar and 10–40% clay. A mid-range fluxes like boron oxide, sodium oxide, lithium typical recipe would be 70% feldspar and 30% clay. oxide, calcium oxide, and zinc oxide. Adding fluxes and This is the most difficult glaze type to reproduce at reducing alumina and silica affects the response of col- mid-range because most feldspars melt around cone oring oxides in glazes, so the trick was finding suitable 9 and then with the added clay it is hard to melt much colors in properly melted glazes. lower than cone 10. I started by using nepheline syenite, which is not a true feldspar but rather a feld- Results The results were great for copper reds and iron glazes, spathoid (containing less silica than a true feldspar). as well as greens, blacks, blues, and carbon-trap shinos, It melts around cone 6. Because it is high in sodium which were very nice in heavy reduction. The carbon oxide and lower in silica, the effects are not identical, trap shinos worked because they contain soda ash, which but it was a good starting point and worth a try. melts very early, and with early reduction the carbon is Firing already “trapped” below the soda layer so the peak tem- I loaded the kiln with these various glaze types and perature is not a factor. The only glaze type I could not then filled the remainder with line blends within achieve was traditional shinos, as I had expected. And I

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 8 only had limited success with oil spots in the gas Recipes oxidation trials. This was also to be expected as Side by side iron oxide only starts to self reduce at 2250°F (1232°C) and that is about the peak temperature we reached. Soaking at cone 7 helped, but they were not as spectacular as a cone 13 oil- spot firing. Nevertheless, we did get spotting and some promising oil-spot recipes. From all this testing, I came to the inescap- able conclusion that Erik and Luba were cor- rect. Ninety percent of the mid-range glazes Jeff’s Red Panama Red were indistinguishable from their high-fire Cone 10 Reduction Cone 6 Reduction twins. This leads us to ask, why don’t more pot- Barium Carbonate ...... 4 4. % Dolomite ...... 7 .8 % ters fire to cone 6/7 in reduction? Dolomite ...... 8 7. Gerstley Borate ...... 10 .7 Whiting ...... 8 4. Strontium Carbonate ...... 4 .2 Making the Switch Zinc Oxide ...... 1 7. Whiting ...... 2 .6 There seem to be a few obstacles in getting Ferro Frit 3134 ...... 8 7. Zinc Oxide ...... 2 .6 potters to convert to the idea of mid-range fir- Custer Feldspar ...... 41 .9 Custer Feldspar ...... 44 .1 Silica ...... 26 .2 Ferro Frit 3110 ...... 9 .7 ing. First, there is the inertia of their current 100 0. % EPK Kaolin ...... 2 .6 practice. Change is hard in spite of the obvious Silica ...... 15 .8 Add: Tin Oxide 2 6. % 100 .0 % benefits, especially if you have been doing the Copper Carbonate 0 5. % same thing for 20 years and it is working. Bentonite 1 0. % Add: Tin Oxide 2 .6 % Also, there is an underlying belief, although Copper Carbonate 1 .8 % it is completely incorrect, that cone 10 is superior to mid-range or low-fire, and changing this mind set is an educational challenge. I think that this comes from the long, historical European search to imitate Chinese, high-fire porcelain. The goal was always to achieve high fire, so it gained the psychological high ground. When you mention mid-range, potters im- Shaner Oribe Selsor Oribe mediately think, as I initially did, of mid-range Cone 10 Cone 6 electric oxidation. But this is not the only way Bone Ash ...... 1 1. % Gerstley Borate ...... 12 .5 % to fire mid-range. Mid-range reduction has a Talc ...... 7 .9 Whiting ...... 10 .4 completely different look, as does mid-range Whiting ...... 22 .1 Nepheline Syenite ...... 56 .3 oxidation soda firing or mid-range reduction Custer Feldspar ...... 31 .0 Silica ...... 20 .8 Kaolin ...... 12 .6 100 .0 % soda firing. Silica ...... 25 .3 Add: Copper Carbonate 5 .0 % studio reference | glazes And finally, when you mention firing to mid- 100 0. % range, potters immediately want to change or This is a test I made with Selsor Copper Red and I Add: Copper Carbonate 5 2. % removed the colorants and added copper carbonate, convert their cone 10 glazes to this lower tem- so I called it Selsor Oribe . perature. This is perceived as a significant challenge because it means that they will have to learn a glaze calculation software and unity molecular formulation. Most just want recipes that work. They know it will take time and effort to learn to convert all these recipes and they just don’t want to spend their time doing that. I don’t recommend converting glazes to the lower temperature, because when you lower the Coleman Teadust Tenmoku Teadust Tenmoku firing temperature of a glaze you are using dif- Cone 10 Cone 6 ferent fluxing oxides that have different color Talc ...... 7. % Whiting ...... 10 .5 % responses. So although it is possible to convert Whiting ...... 16 Pemco Frit P-25 ...... 26 .3 Custer Feldspar ...... 40 Alberta Slip ...... 63 .2 your glaze to the lower temperature, you will end Ball Clay ...... 12 100 .0 % up with a different glaze anyway. It is better to Silica ...... 25 Add: Red Iron Oxide 5 .0 % use the many tried and true mid-range glazes al- 100 % ready in use and test them in your cycle. This is Add: Red Iron Oxide 10 %

John’s Shino Mint Julep Cone 5–6 Cone 6 Gerstley Borate ...... 5 % Gerstley Borate ...... 3 % Soda Ash ...... 3 Magnesium Carbonate ...... 3 Nepheline Syenite ...... 54 Whiting ...... 22 Spodumene ...... 23 Ferro Frit 3124 ...... 9 OM4 Ball Clay ...... 15 Nepheline Syenite ...... 23 100 % EPK Kaolin ...... 20 Silica ...... 20 Malcolm Davis Shino 100 % Cone 10 Add: Red Iron Oxide 1 % Soda Ash ...... 16. % Kona F-4 Feldspar ...... 9 Woo Yellow Nepheline Syenite ...... 39. Cone 6 Cedar Heights Redart ...... 6 Dolomite ...... 15 % EPK Kaolin ...... 17. Strontium Carbonate ...... 24 Eggy Vase, 15 in. (38 cm) in OM4 Ball Clay ...... 13. Nepheline Syenite ...... 43 height, John’s Shino with decora- 100 % Kaolin ...... 9 tion using Amaco Velvet under- Silica ...... 9. glaze, gas fired in reduction to cone 6, by Erik Haagensen. Cherry Blossom Shino 100 % Cone 6 Add: Zircopax 19 % the same way potters find high-fire Soda Ash ...... 10. % Bentonite 5 % glazes; they get glaze recipes from Nepheline Syenite ...... 40. Epsom Salt 1 % books or from friends and then Spodumene ...... 40. Red Iron Oxide 4 % vary the colorants and opacifiers. EPK Kaolin ...... 10. Although change is hard, pot- 100 % Tenmoku Gold ters should focus on the benefits Raw Sienna Cone 6 of firing mid-range reduction. Cornish Stone ...... 67 % Cone 6 First, it saves fuel, reduces your Dolomite ...... 8 Wollastonite ...... 28. % carbon footprint, and costs less. Gerstley Borate ...... 4 Ferro Frit 3195 ...... 23. Second, it saves time. It may take Lithium Carbonate ...... 6 Nepheline Syenite ...... 4 Whiting ...... 9 2–4 hours to get the extra tem- EPK Kaolin ...... 28. Silica ...... 6 perature of cone 10 and maybe Silica ...... 17. 100 % longer depending on the size of 100 % the kiln. So rather than firing for Add: Red Iron Oxide 11 % Add: Red Iron Oxide 6 % 10–12 hours, you will be out in Rutile 6 % studio reference | glazes 8–10 hours. Firing to mid-range also reduces the wear and tear on your kiln, which means that it lasts longer. Finally, and most im- portantly, you get great results! After all this testing, we discov- ered that the methods used to test high-fire glaze types also apply to mid-range types and, as a result, we found some very nice glazes. Erik, Luba, and the potters of MudFire Clayworks are proof of that. Hopefully, this will help other potters get started firing to mid-range reduction. John Britt lives in Bakersville, NC, and is the author of The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glaze: Glazing & Firing at Cone 10. For more information, go to Tumblers, 7 in. (18 cm) in height, stoneware with Gold Temmoku liner and Raw www.johnbrittpottery.com. Sienna exterior glaze, gas fired in reduction to cone 6, by Erik Haagensen.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 10 The Potter’s Palette COLORANT CONE ATMOS. % COMMENTS Dark Red by Robin Hopper Copper Vary Red . 0 .5%-5% Best in glazes containing less than 10% clay content, and a high alkaline content . Needs good reduction . In low temperatures it can be reduced during cool- Red to Orange ing . Good reds as low as cone 018 . The potter’s palette can be just as broad as the painter’s. Iron Vary Both 5%-10% Good in many glaze bases at all temperatures . Can Different techniques can be closely equated to work- be improved with the addition of 2%-5% tin oxide . ing in any of the two-dimensional media, such as pen- Nickel 4-10 Ox . 5%-8% Use in barium-saturated glazes . cil, pen and ink, pastel, watercolor, oils, encaustics or Burgundy acrylics. We also have an advantage in that the fired clay Iron See Dark Red, Iron . Copper See Dark Red, Copper . Owing to the unstable nature of copper, this colorant object is permanent, unless disposed of with a blunt in- can produce a wide range of results . Very controlled strument! Our works may live for thousands of years— reduction firing and cooling are important . a sobering thought. Maroon Because a number of colors can only be achieved at low Chrome-Tin Stains Vary Ox . 1%-5% Use in glazes with calcium . There should be no zinc temperatures, you need a series of layering techniques in in the glaze . order to have the fired strength of stoneware or porcelain Copper Vary Red . 0 .5%-5% Best in high alkaline glazes . and the full palette range of the painter. To accomplish Crimson Copper + Titanium 8-10 Red . 1%-5% Try various blends of copper (1%-5%) and titanium this, low-temperature glazes or overglazes are made to (2%-5%) .

adhere to a higher-fired glazed surface, and can be super- Calcium- Selenium Stains 010-05 Ox . 0 .5-5% Best with special frits . imposed over already existing decoration. To gain the full Indian Red measure of color, one has to fire progressively down the Iron Vary Both 5%-10% Best in high calcium glazes; small amount of bone temperature range so as not to burn out heat-sensitive ash helps . Tin addition up to 5% also helps . Also works well in ash glazes . colors that can’t be achieved any other way. Usually the Brick Red lowest and last firing is for precious metals: platinum, pal- Iron Vary Both 5%-10% Similar to Indian Red . Tin to 2% helps . ladium, and gold. Orange-Brown For the hot side of the spectrum—red, orange, and Iron + Rutile Vary Both 1%-10% Various mixtures (up to 8% iron and 2% rutile) in yellow—there are many commercial body and glaze most glaze bases . stains, in addition to the usual mineral colorants. Cera- Iron + Tin Vary Both 1%-5% Various mixtures (up to 4% iron and 1% tin) in most mists looking for difficult-to-achieve colors might want glaze bases . Creamier than iron with rutile . to consider prepared stains, particularly in the yellow, Orange-Red Cadmium- 012-05 Ox . 1%-4% Best with special frits such as Ferro 3548 or 3278 or violet, and purple ranges. These colors are often quite a Selenium Stains both . Helps to opacify with zirconium . problem with standard minerals, be they in the form of Orange oxides, carbonates, nitrates, sulfates, chlorides or even the Iron Vary Both 1%-5% Use in tin or titanium opacified glazes . basic metal itself. Rutile Vary Both 5%-15% Many glaze types, particularly alkaline . More suc- Minerals that give reds, oranges, and yellows are cop- cessful in oxidation . per, iron, nickel, chromium, uranium, cadmium-sele- Copper 8-10 Both 1%-3% Use in high alumina or magnesia glazes . Addition of up to 5% rutile sometimes helps . nium, rutile, antimony, vanadium, and praseodymium. Orange-Yellow Variations in glaze makeup, temperature and atmosphere Iron Vary Both 2%-5% With tin or titanium opacified glazes .

studio reference | colorants profoundly affect this particular color range. The only Rutile Vary Ox . 1%-10% Best with alkaline glazes . materials which produce red at high temperature are cop- Yellow Ocher per, iron, and nickel. The results with nickel are usually Iron Vary Both 1%-10% Use in high barium, strontium or zinc glazes . muted. Reds in the scarlet to vermilion range can only be Iron + Tin Vary Ox . 1%-5% Various mixtures (up to 3 .5% iron and 1 .5% tin) in achieved at low temperatures. many glaze bases . The chart should help pinpoint mineral choices for de- Iron + Rutile Vary Both 1%-5% Various mixtures (up to 2 .5% iron and 2 .5% rutile) sired colors (note that the color bars are for guidance only in many glaze bases . Vanadium- Vary Ox . 5%-10%Various mixtures in many Zirconium stain and not representative of the actual colors—Ed.). Colors Zirconian Stains glaze bases . are listed with the minerals needed to obtain them, ap- Lemon Yellow proximate temperatures, atmosphere, saturation percent- Praseodymium Stains Vary Both 1%-10% Good in most glazes . Best in oxidation . age needed, and comments on enhancing/inhibiting fac- Pale/Cream Yellow tors. Because of the widely variable nature of ceramic Iron + Tin Vary Both 2%-5% Various mixtures (up to 3 .5% iron and 1 .5% tin) color, there are many generalities here. Where the word in high barium, strontium or zinc glazes . Titanium “vary” occurs in the column under Cone, it signifies that opacification helps . the intended results could be expected most of the time Vanadium Vary Both 2%-5% Use in tin-opacified glazes . Rutile + Tin Vary Ox . 2%-5% Various mixtures (up to 2 .5% iron and 2% tin) in at various points up to cone 10. variety of glaze bases . Titanium opacification helps . Note: Colors bars are for visual reference only, and do not represent actual colors .

Yellow-Green to Navy Blue The cool side of the glaze spectrum (from yellow-green to The colorants known for creating cool hues are cop- navy blue) is considerably easier, both to produce and work per, chromium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and sometimes mo- with, than the warm. In the main, colorants that control lybdenum. For variations, some are modified by titani- this range create far fewer problems than almost any of the um, rutile, manganese or black stains. The usual three red, orange, and yellow range. Some are temperature and variables of glaze makeup, temperature, and atmosphere atmosphere sensitive, but that’s nothing compared to the still control the outcome, though it is less obvious in idiosyncrasies possible with warm colors. this range.

COLORANT CONE ATMOS. % COMMENTS COLORANT CONE ATMOS. % COMMENTS

Yellow Green Turquoise Copper + Rutile Vary Both 2%-10% Various mixtures in a wide variety of glazes, particularly Copper Vary Ox . 1%-10% In high alkaline and barium glazes . Bluish with those high in alkaline materials .Almost any yellow glaze no clay content; tends toward greenish tint with to which copper is added will produce yellow green . added clay . Chromium Vary Both 0 .5%-3% In yellow glazes without tin or zinc . Copper + Rutile Vary Both 1%-5% In high alkaline and barium glazes . Chromium 4-8 Ox . 0 .25%-1% In saturated barium glazes . Copper + Tin Vary Ox . 1%-10% In high alkaline and barium glazes; usually opaque . Chromium 018-015 Ox . 0-2% In high alkaline glazes with no tin . Light Blue Cobalt Vary Both 0-1% In any yellow glazes . Nickel Vary Ox . 1%-2% In high zinc or barium glazes . Light Green Rutile Vary Red . 1%-5% In a wide range of glazes; best with low (10% or less) clay content . Copper Vary Ox . 0-2 .5% In various glazes except those high in barium or magnesium . Best in glazes opacified with tin or titanium . Cobalt Vary Both 0 .25%-1% Use in most glazes, particularly those opacified with tin . Also use mixed with small amounts of iron . Cobalt Vary Both 0-2% In glazes opacified with titanium, or containing rutile . Celadon Blue Apple Green Iron 6-10 Red . 0 .25%-1% In high alkaline or calcium clear glazes . Black iron is Chromium Vary Both 0-2% In various glazes without zinc or tin . Good in al- generally preferable to red iron . kaline glazes with zirconium opacifiers . Also use potassium dichromate . Wedgewood Blue Copper 1%-2% See Light Green; use in non-opacified glazes . Cobalt + Iron Vary Both 0 .5%-2% In most glazes; small amounts of cobalt with iron, manganese or nickel yield soft blues .Added tin gives Celadon Green pastel blue . Iron Vary Red 0 .5%-2% Best with high sodium, calcium or potassium glazes . Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 0 .5%-2% Do not use with zinc glazes . Cobalt + Nickel Vary Both 0 .5%-2% Copper Vary Ox . 0 .5%-2% Good in a wide range of glazes . Cobalt 4-10 Both 0 .5%-3% In high zinc glazes . Grass Green Nickel 4-10 Ox . 1%-3% In high barium/zinc glazes; likely to be crystalline . Copper 010-2 Ox . 1%-5% In high lead glazes; sometimes with boron . Blue Gray Chromium 018-04 Ox . 1%-2% In high alkaline glazes . Nickel Vary Ox . 0 .5%-5% In high barium/zinc glazes . Olive Green Rutile Vary Red . 2%-5% In a wide variety of glazes, particularly high alumina Nickel Vary Both 1%-5% In high magnesia glazes; matt to shiny olive green . or magnesia recipes . Iron Vary Red . 3%-5% In high calcium and alkalines, usually clear glazes . studio reference | colorants Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 0 .5%-2% In most opaque glazes . Hooker’s Green Cobalt Vary Ox . 0 .5%-5% In high zinc glazes . Copper + Cobalt Vary Ox . 2%-5% In a wide variety of glaze bases . Ultramarine Cobalt + Vary Both 2%-5% In a wide variety of glaze Chromium bases: no zinc or Cobalt Vary Both 0 .5%-5% In high barium, colemanite, and calcium glazes; no tin . Good opacified with zirconium or titanium . zinc, magnesium or opacification . Chrome Green Cerulean Blue Chromium 06-12 Both 2%-5% In most glazes; no zinc or tin . Cobalt Vary Both 0 .5%-5% In glazes containing cryolite of fluorspar . Dark Green Cobalt + Chromium Vary Both 2%-5% In most glazes except those containing zinc or tin . Copper Vary Ox . 5%-10% Many glaze bases, particularly high barium, Prussian Blue strontium, zinc or alkaline with a minimum of 10% kaolin . Nickel 6-10 Ox . 5%-10% In high barium/zinc glazes . Cobalt + Chromium Vary Both 5%-10% Blends of these colorants will give a wide range of Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 5%-10% In most glaze bases . dark greens . Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 5%-10% In most glazes; for example, cobalt 2%, chromium Cobalt + Rutile Vary Both 5%-10% Dark greens with blue overtones . 2% and manganese 2% . Teal Blue Navy Blue Cobalt + Rutile Vary Both 1%-5% In a wide variety of glazes . Cobalt Vary Both 5%-10% In most glazes except those high in zinc, barium or magnesium . Cobalt + Chromium Vary Both 1%-5% In most glazes without tin or zinc .

Note: Colors bars are for visual reference only, and do not represent actual colors .

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 12 COLORANT CONE ATMOS. % COMMENTS The Potter’s Palette Indigo by Robin Hopper Nickel Vary Ox . 8%-15% Use in high barium/zinc glazes . Also likely to crystallize . Indigo to Purple Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 5%-10% Various mixtures in most glazes . The indigo-to-purple part of the color wheel is small but Cobalt + Black Stain Vary Both 5%-8% Various mixtures in most glazes . significant. The colorants that produce this range are nick- Violet el, cobalt, manganese, umber, iron, chromium, rutile ilme- Cobalt Vary Both 5%-10% In high magnesium glazes . nite, copper, iron chromate, and black stains. In short, one Nickel Vary Ox . 1%-10% In some saturated-barium glazes . could say that the colorants needed include just about the Manganese Vary Both 5%-10% In high alkaline glazes . whole group that are used for all the other colors in the Copper Vary Ox . 8%-10% In some saturated-barium glazes . spectrum. The only ones I haven’t talked about previously Purple in this articles series are umber, ilmenite, iron chromate, Copper 6-10 Both 8%-10% In high barium and barium/zinc glazes . and black stains. Copper 8-10 Red . 1%-5% In copper red glazes opacified with titanium . Black Stains Formulated from a variable mixture of other Nickel Vary Ox . 5%-10% In some high barium glazes . colorants, black stains are usually rather expensive due to Cobalt Vary Both 5%-10% In high magnesium glazes . their being saturations of colorant materials. Various com- Manganese 04-10 Ox . 5%-10% In high alkaline and barium glazes . panies produce black stains usually from a combination Iron 8-10 Red . 8%-10% In high calcium glazes; likely to crystallize . of iron, cobalt, chromium, manganese, iron chromate and Copper + Cobalt Vary Red . 2%-8% Various mixtures in many glazes . sometimes nickel mixed with fillers and fluxes such as clay, Chrome + Tin + Cobalt Vary Ox . 2%-8% Various mixtures in many glazes . feldspar and silica. I use the following recipe: Mauve or Lilac Black Stain Cobalt Vary Both 1%-5% In high magnesium glazes . Nickel Vary Ox . 1%-5% In some saturated-barium glazes . Chromium Oxide ...... 20 % Cobalt Carbonate or Oxide . . . . 20. Pink Cobalt Vary Ox . 1%-3% In high magnesium glazes opacified with tin . Also in Manganese Dioxide ...... 20. very low alumina content glazes . Red Iron Oxide ...... 20. Copper Vary Red . 0 .2%-2% In copper red glazes with titanium . Feldspar (any) ...... 8 Copper 6-10 Ox . 0 .2%-3% In high magnesium or high alumina glazes . Kaolin (any) ...... 8 Silica ...... 4 Copper 8-10 Red . 5%-10% In copper red glazes opacified w/min . 5% titanium . 100 % Chromium Vary Ox . 1%-2% In calcium glazes opacified with 5%-10% tin . Iron Vary Ox . 1%-5% In calcium glazes opacified with tin . This mixture is best ball-milled for a minimum of four Rutile Vary Both 5%-10% In high calcium and some ash glazes . hours to limit its tendency toward cobalt specking, and to Nickel 018-010 Ox . 1%-3% In high barium glazes with some zinc . make sure that the colorants are thoroughly mixed. Because Manganese Vary Both 1%-5% In alkaline glazes opacified with tin or titanium . Also any black stain is a very concentrated mixture, only small in high alumina glazes . amounts are normally needed to cause a strong effect. In a Brown clear glaze, a maximum of 5% should produce an intense Iron Vary Both 3%-10% In most glazes . black. In opaque glazes, more stain than that may be needed. Manganese Vary Both 2%-10% In most glazes . Black stains and white opacifiers mixed together will pro- Nickel Vary Both 2%-5% In high boron, calcium, and lead glazes . Chromium Vary Both 2%-5% In high zinc glazes . studio reference | colorants duce a range of opaque grays. Stains, like other ceramic materials, are subject to the three variables of glaze makeup, Umber Vary Both 2%-10% In most glazes . temperature and atmosphere. Ilmenite Vary Both 2%-10% In most glazes . High calcium may yield bluish tint . Outside the color wheel one finds tones of brown, gray, and Rutile Vary Both 5%-10% In most glazes; golden brown . black. These moderate other colors. A color wheel could, I sup- Gray pose, include the range of opacifiers since they also have a strong Iron Vary Red . 2%-4% In many glaze bases; gray brown . role in affecting color. The toning influence of brown, gray, and Iron Chromate Vary Both 2%-5% In most glaze bases without zinc or tin . black is just as much opacifying in result as are the white opaci- Nickel Vary Both 2%-5% In most glaze bases; gray brown . fiers such as tin, titanium, and zirconium compounds such as Copper 8-10 Both 3%-10% In high magnesium glazes . Warm gray in reduction; Zircopax, Opax, Superpax, and Ultrox. Slight additional incre- cold gray in oxidation . ments of any of these colors will render most glazes, colored or Cobalt + Nickel Vary Both 1%-5% Blue gray in most glazes . not, progressively darker as they are added. Cobalt + Manganese Vary Both 1%-5% Blue gray to purple gray in most glazes . Black Stain Vary Both 1%-5% Shades of gray in most opacified glazes . Excerpted from The Ceramic Spectrum: A Simplified Approach Black to Glaze and Color Development, published by The American Iron Vary Both 8%-12% In high calcium glazes—the temmoku range . Ceramic Society. Copper Vary Both 8%-10% In a wide range of glazes . Cobalt Vary Both 8%-10% Blue black in most glazes except those high in zinc Note: Colors bars are for visual reference only, and do not represent and magnesium . actual colors . Black Stain Vary Both 3%-10% In most zinc-free, non-opacified glazes .

magine a glaze that fires perfect- ly at both cone 10 and cone 6, in reduction and oxidation, and in a soda firing, yet still produces a varietyI of exciting, stable colors. This idea intrigued me after realizing that one of the glazes in our studio fired well at cone 10 reduction in a gas kiln, cone 6 in an electric kiln, and cone 9 reduction in a soda kiln without any change in the recipe. The glaze— Turner’s White—consists of common inexpensive ingredients that are easy to find. Additionally, this glaze has very good properties—great viscosity but not runny; applies very well on bisque whether you spray, dip or pour; and doesn’t settle out in the bucket over time so remixing is fairly easy. Turner’s White Dolomite ...... 10. % Whiting ...... 9. Feldspar EPK Silica Whiting Talc Dolomite Bentonite Zircopax Soda Feldspar ...... 25. Altering a glaze: The top two rows above were fired to cone 10 reduction in Custer Feldspar ...... 20. a gas kiln and the bottom two rows were fired to cone 6 electric. Rows 1 and EPK Kaolin ...... 18. 3 contain 100 extra grams of the tested ingredient listed below each row, and Talc ...... 6. rows 2 and 4 contain none of the tested ingredient. Silica ...... 12. 100 % Add: Bentonite ...... 2. % Zircopax ...... 8. %

Color tests (right) studio reference | glazes 1 Copper Carbonate ...... 4 % 2 Copper Carbonate ...... 0 .6 % Tin Oxide ...... 2. % 3 Cobalt Carbonate ...... 4. % Lithium Carbonate ...... 2. % 4 Rutile ...... 8. % 5 Red Iron Oxide ...... 4. % Rutile ...... 4. % 6 Mason Stain 6405 (Naples Yellow) 4 % Mason Stain 6433 (Praseodymium) 4 % Note: Tests 3, 4, and 6 applied over Turner’s White . 1 2 3 4 5 6 The tiles above are examples of a single glaze base (Turner’s White) used to obtain a variety of colors by adding coloring oxides. The top row was fired to cone 6 electric and the bottom row to cone 10 reduction in a gas kiln.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 14 Testing the Base Glaze results were both interesting and dis- It is still a work in progress to find My students and I decided to take two appointing as they yielded colors that the “one glaze” for our studio. I wasn’t directions with the glaze—first explor- we expected or did not. keen on glaze testing until I stumbled ing Turner’s White by changing the Copper carbonate gave light turquoise upon Turner’s White, which motivated ingredients within the recipe, and the colors at 2% and at 4% it was dark green me to explore the recipe. I encourage second exploring color development. in electric firings. A combination of red those of you who have one favorite To explore the base, we made 500 iron oxide and rutile gave a buckwheat glaze to try out one of the two direc- gram test batches where we increased color when fired in electric. Adding 2% tions and see what happens, maybe one ingredient by 100 grams and an- cobalt oxide and 4% manganese diox- you’ll discover some remarkable sur- other test where we omitted the in- ide gave a nice purple both in oxidation face or color. In any case, you’ll better gredient altogether. We did these two and reduction. Nickel at 4% in oxidation understand the glaze. gave a mustard colored matt surface but tests for each ingredient. Kristina Bogdanov teaches ceramics at These tests did not require any produced a chartreuse color and rough Ohio Wesleyan University in Dela- glaze re-calculation but gave the stu- surface in reduction. ware, Ohio. dents a better understanding of what certain chemicals do in a glaze. For example, Turner’s White’s original recipe produces a nice matt white surface fired to cone 6 electric. Add- ing silica, Turner’s White fluxed more, and at the same temperature gave a more glossy, white surface, but was still very stable. Adding Zircopax and firing to cone 6 electric resulted in a superb white semigloss surface, and omitting Zircopax, produced a nice, light beige. Adding dolomite or talc also made Turner’s White flux when fired to cone 6 electric, but adding EPK yielded a more textured, rough surface, like a slip or engobe. LOW-FIRING & BURNISHING by Sumi von Dassow In the cone 10 reduction tests, eliminating feldspars from the recipe gave a This book covers techniques of firing and finishing at low creamy matt surface. Eliminating silica temperature, eliminating the need for costly kilns or lengthy waits from the recipe gave a stone white between making and finishing your work. Both ancient cultures and matt surface. Omitting Zircopax and contemporary potters have used low-firing to great effect, adding firing to cone 10 reduction gave an studio reference | glazes slips and burnishing pieces to create finishes not possible with interesting, celadon-like surface. Tests any other firing method. Whether using an old garbage can, a pit increasing either talc or dolomite at cone 10 reduction seemed to form a in the ground, or a bonfire, low-firing is accessible to anyone with crystalline texture on the surface but an outdoor space. Low-firing and Burnishing provides step-by-step were runny as well. Note: The brown practical information focusing on various approaches to low firing specks on the cone 10 reduction tests and methods of natural finishes. Chapters include burnishing, terra were produced by iron in the stone- sigillata, smoke firing, pit firing, saggar firing, and raku techniques. ware clay body. Softcover | Order code CA66 | ISBN 978-1-57498-293-0 | Price $24.95 Color Development The second part of our project was to use Turner’s White as a base, but just FREE shipping when you order online exclude the Zircopax (an opacifier). (US orders only) We added a variety of colorants— copper carbonate, cobalt carbonate, rutile, red iron oxide, Mason stains, /bookstore and others that are not shown here. We fired the tests to cone 6 in both 866-672-6993 electric and gas reduction. The test

f you’ve only worked with red, brown or buff clay in the past and you’re looking for a change, maybe porce- lainI is the right clay for you. Plan- ning, research, and evaluation are the best ways to assure any future success in making a switch from one clay body to another. To determine if porcelain is what you’re looking for, you’ll need to evaluate where you want to go with your clay work, your skill level and your vision as a potter. Decide if you’re happy with your current work, and if so, consider the effect that work will have if made with a white or porcelain clay body. Not all works in clay maximize the qualities that porcelain has to offer, so if you have to change your work in order to use porcelain, evaluate whether that’s something you Before making a large investment in porcelain, test several bodies to see want to do. which one best suits your needs. In my own experience, I had a vision of pots dancing like ballerinas—soft figu- ware clay and gradually work your way first through a rines moving around in bright colors against pure semi-porcelain body and then eventually use pure por- white backdrops. I also envisioned translucent light celain as your skills improve. and instantly knew what to do, but it took some time to find the right porcelain and to develop a Different Porcelains body of work. If you want to become a porcelain production potter, studio reference | clay Studio Setup and Working Methods you’ll look at a different clay body than someone who wants to make one-of-a-kind porcelain pieces, porcelain Do you have the right studio setup for porcelain sculptures or strictly handbuilt forms. Your working and are you able to adjust your current workplace methods will differ dramatically from theirs. Maybe you with ease? Can you work with precision and in a need a clay body that combines some or all of the above clean studio? Do you work with other clay bodies mentioned clay techniques. that might contaminate porcelain, or are there other Once you decide that you want to take on the chal- potters working with you that might not respect a lenges that porcelain offer, you’ll have to find the clay porcelain work station? Which techniques do you that suits your newly set goals. There are many different use most? For instance, if you work mostly with an porcelain clay bodies available on the market. extruder with a steel chamber and plunger, you’ll I tested several commercially available cone 6 porce- need to replace it with a stainless steel or aluminum lain bodies and suggest you do the same before settling one to avoid possible rust contamination. on one. Each clay had some special characteristic that I Skill Level could use for my own work and could see used by any- It’s important to know your own abilities and skill one else. Commercial porcelain clay bodies meet almost level. If you’re a beginner who wants to throw 20 all the needs of the potter, and there are some excellent inch pots, you’ll have a lot of difficulty achieving throwing, handbuilding, and sculpture bodies available. your goals and there will be a whole lot of frustra- The producers and suppliers know which one best suits tion, time and money wasted before you can reach each purpose, and they are an excellent resource when them. In such a case, it’s better to use white stone- you are trying to figure out what you need.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 16 They develop some bodies to be more plastic and means that if we admire a specific clay body today, but it’s stretchable, but less white and translucent. These bodies not working for our circumstances, it’s worth discussing can go further in height and thinner in walls than some that with our clay producer and retesting a body again to others that might be pure white and translucent, but may see if it has changed. Maybe your skills improve, perhaps be a little harder to throw. the clay composition improves, or maybe you and that If you choose to work with pure white, translucent specific clay body simply get in sync with each other. clay, you can always throw thicker and trim thin after- Read the literature available online, then talk to a sales ward. If you need an all translucent, white and a non- representative and they’ll be able to recommend the right warping clay body, it might cost a little more, but your clay body for your needs. ceramic supplier can recommend the right clay body for your purposes. Thanks to T Robert at Laguna Clay and Carla Flati of Standard Amazingly, you will even find that some of the semi- Ceramics. Antoinette Badenhorst has worked with translucent porcelaneous clay bodies meet all the characteristics of porcelain since the early 1990’s. porcelain and have the added green strength that is often missing in true porcelains. Add these qualities to the fact that you can save energy because many of the commercial clays are formulated for firing at cone 6 electric, and there are very few restric- tions left that would limit you from working with this material. Test several clay bodies for their ability to throw, trim, and to keep their shape when stretched beyond their limits. Also test them to see how they stand up to adjustments and attach- ments, then fire them to the proper cone in an electric kiln. Check them to see if shrinkage can cause problems. Compare the tests for shrink- wall pieces by Dominique Bivar segurado age, color, and translucency. Using clay in a contemporary manner for wall spaces is an increasingly Transition Carefully It’s always best to start by buying one fashionable and innovative solution both for decorators, architects, bag of clay and testing it thoroughly. and makers. Wall pieces are the perfect solution for those who enjoy sculpture but have no space; they fulfill the same function as a picture studio reference | clay Then, even when you think you’re satisfied with your choice, make the while being much more dynamic and three-dimensional. Current wall transition to your new style and clay pieces vary enormously from simple tiled pieces to huge installations, body slowly and carefully. Porcelain and this book looks at the huge variety of work being made, as well is expensive but if you take a conser- as all the problems, solutions, and diverse approaches to creating wall vative approach, and do enough testing to make an informed decision, it pieces. The book gives an insight into the work of contemporary makers, will pay to make an investment in a exploring how to plan, design, make, mount, and safely hang ceramic large batch of clay. pieces. It is also illustrated with a wide selection of original and inspiring A Final Word work by contemporary ceramic artists. I’ve seen porcelain clay bodies im- Softcover | Order code CA65 | ISBN 978-1-57498-292-3 | Price $24.95 prove from one batch to another. Clay companies are constantly do- FREE shipping when you order online ing research to improve their clays. (US orders only) If you consult your clay company, they’ll know what to recommend to you only if you understand your own /bookstore needs and what you want. To us, as potters, that’s good news, because it 866-672-6993

xisting in one form or another for more than the relaxed rhythm and pace of their throwing as well as 10,000 years, the potter’s wheel has evolved their intimate connection to the throwing process. slowly over the millennia. In the 21st century, electric wheels with enhancements reign su- Kick Wheels Epreme, but the venerable, traditional kick wheel still hangs There are three major manufacturers of kick wheels in on—a testimony to its simplicity. North America: Thomas Stuart wheels made by Skutt, There are basically two types of foot-powered wheels— Brent wheels made by Amaco, and Lockerbie wheels kick wheels and treadle wheels. The kick wheel utilizes a made by Laguna Clay. Most basic kick wheels are con- heavy flywheel that stores energy as it speeds up when pro- structed with a steel frame and come with an adjustable pelled by your foot, while the treadle wheel utilizes a lever seat, reinforced cast concrete flywheel, cast metal wheel and cam mechanism that turns a shaft with a weighted fly- head, and a wood or composite work surface. Some ac- wheel. Operating a foot-powered wheel takes a little prac- cessories are also available. And even though you can tice and coordination, but potters who use them swear by power the wheels by foot, some models come with an

Western kick wheels typically feature a steel frame Once a flywheel is rotating, the weight of it (between 120 with a reinforced cast concrete flywheel, cast metal and 140 pounds) provides momentum. An electric motor wheel head, adjustable seat and wood or composite can maintain the momentum of a moving flywheel. work surface. Pictured: Brent J Kick Wheel Pictured: Skutt Thomas Stuart Kick Wheel with optional motor studio reference | kick wheels

Since the designs of most wheels have been around For the economy minded, a knock-down wooden Brent for up to 40 years, parts are easy to come by. For wheel comes in a kit with all hardware. The flywheel is example, Laguna’s Lockerbie wheels can be retrofitted weighted with bricks sandwiched between two plywood with a motor. Pictured: Laguna Clay’s Lockerbie Wheel pieces. Pictured: Brent Kick Wheel Wood Kit www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 18 an electric, there remain many potters a set of plans to a local woodworker to who rely solely on a kick wheel for all have one custom made. their production needs. Maintenance- The following manufacturers make wise very little is needed; however, kick wheels. Check out their websites once installed, a kick wheel pretty for more information. much remains in one place due to its weight. Since they are bulky and heavy, For More Information Photo courtesy Great River Woodworking Photo courtesy Great River consider having your wheel shipped Brent Wheels: www.amaco.com unassembled to save on shipping. Thomas Stuart Wheels: www.skutt.com For the budget conscious, the Brent Klopfenstein: www.klopfensteinart.com Kick Wheel Wood Kit is economically Lockerbie & Laguna: www.lagunaclay.com priced. And if you’re really industrious, Great River Woodworking: you can search for “kick wheel plans” greatriverwoodworking.com online and construct your own or give

This Leach Treadle Wheel, crafted by Great River Woodworking, is based on a style attributed to Bernard Leach at the onset of the 20th century. Typically made to order, these highly prized wheels remain a favorite of many working potters.

electric motor option. With flywheels weighing more than 125 pounds, the motors easily maintain momentum after the flywheel is turning. Treadle Wheels Treadle wheels, which rely on a foot- surface decoration: powered treadle mechanism to drive a flywheel, were once common in finishing techniques edited by anderson turner English and American potteries and more recently mass produced for You can be creative with surface techniques at every stage of the both school and private studio. One ceramic process. Thirty artists discuss their inspiration, working styles common version now available is a sit down version based on a design and tools, providing detailed step-by-step instructions. Readers will refined by Bernard Leach at the be- find information on glazes and glazing, recipes, embossing, sgraffito, ginning of the 20th century. The studio reference | kick wheels so-called Leach wheel is legendary brushwork, printing, patinas, roulettes, stamping, decals, stains, resists, among potters who prefer the non- slips, china painting, stencils, faux finishes, and more. electric wheel, probably because of the comfort achieved even throwing Softcover | Order code CA57 | ISBN 978-1-57498-290-9 | Price $29.95 for long stretches of time. Another type of treadle wheel requires you to stand, which takes pressure off FREE shipping when you order online the back. Once common in the U.S., (US orders only) this type of wheel is once again being made in an all-steel version by Klop- fenstein Art Equipment. /bookstore Buying Considerations In the age of electric wheels, kick wheels are a throwback to a simpler 866-672-6993 time. And while many consider it easier to learn the basics of throwing on

urrently, there are a handful of manufacturers and dozens of distributors who offer thirty models of a machine designed to help you do one thing: turn a mound of Cclay into a flat slab. Slab rollers are sold alone or in a complete package with legs and a table. With some, the mechanism for moving clay under and past the drum is hand operated using anything from a simple hand crank up to a large “wagon wheel,” while others are motor driven. Some have one roller, others have two. They come in a vari- Bailey’s Mini-Might 22-inch Table Roller with Mini Leg Set ety of widths, from 16 inches up to 40 inches, and the and Bailey 16-inch Mini-Might Table Top Roller (above) both tables are anywhere from 18 inches all the way up to 7 offer portability without giving up function and quality. feet in length. Amaco/Brent also offers a portable model. Some are designed for portability while the rest are floor models designed for use in a larger studio. Some are light-duty while others are “industrial-grade” and built to work under heavy demand, day in and day out. Prices range from under $200 to more than $2000. What to Consider WHO is going to use the slab roller? Will the slab roller be used by one person, or a group of people? Answering this may help you determine whether or not you’ll need a model designed to sus- tain heavy use. Some light-duty models carry limited warranty coverage, explicitly stating that they are not The Bailey DRD 30 Electric Amaco/Brent’s SR-36 Slab Dual Roller Drive with op- Roller, is a large floor model intended for commercial or institutional use. If several tional long or short table is designed for heavy-duty people are going to use the slab roller, get input from Bailey’s top of the line slab use and comes with vari- them as to what they want to do with it and how of- roller model. able shims to roll slabs of ten they plan to use it. Also, consider if anyone has a different thicknesses. physical limitation that might interfere with his or her plus an additional two feet ability to operate the slab roller. If so, test the equip- of walking space all around. ment before you buy it. However, most of the floor WHAT do you plan to do with the slab roller? models on the market can You’re going to roll out slabs of clay, of course, but be located against a wall and studio reference | slab rollers what will be the width and length of most of your still be conveniently operat- slabs? Will most of your slabs be around one square ed. Some models come with foot and ¼-inch thick or will you be doing larger proj- locking casters and others can ects that require slabs two to three feet wide, several be outfitted with them so the feet long and a ½-inch thick? Bigger isn’t always better. slab roller can be used in an If it looks like you’re going to do mostly small-scale open area, then moved aside projects, requiring slabs no wider than sixteen inches, when not in use. then a portable model or a light-duty floor model may Bear in mind that slab fit the bill. rollers equipped with tables WHERE will the slab roller be used? also make excellent work- Space is precious in many studios so careful planning ing surfaces for other studio The heavy duty, two roller is required when adding a floor-model slab roller. It’s sort projects. You may find that Shimpo Slab Roller, Rolling of like deciding to put a billiard table in a guest room. the table or bench you’re Thunder by Axner and the Slab Master by Clay-King The space has to be big enough to use the table, not just using now can be replaced are all manufactured by fit the table. Ideally, you should have an area in the stu- with a slab roller without Friendly Manufacturing Cor- dio equivalent to the dimensions of the slab roller’s table losing work space. poration, located in Taiwan.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 20 If you need to travel with your slab roller, there are six portable models currently on the market. WHEN will the slab roller be used? This also relates to how often you’ll use the slab roller. Will you use it on a daily basis or just occasionally? Your an- swer here will help you determine if you should invest in one of the heavy-duty models. These are often equipped with ultra-strong gearing and 4-inch rollers. Look for lifetime warranties when purchasing these types of machines. Basic models are available but packages can be tailored to your specific needs as illustrated by the North Star SR with add-on wing mounts and a bottom HOW MUCH money are you plan- shelf for added functionality. ning to spend? While this may be your dealer’s opening question, it may not necessarily be the first question to ask yourself. By evaluating your needs before you budget, you can do a better job of getting the appropriate slab roller.

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Amaco/Brent has five slab rollers in its product line, North- star Equipment seven, and Bailey Pottery Equipment has thirteen. Axner, Clay-King and ElEctric Firing:crEativE tEchniquEs Shimpo offer similar models. Check out websites for more Edited by anderson turner detailed information and check with your local supplier to see What can you do with an electric kiln? There seems to be no limit to what they carry—it's worth the possibilities. In Electric Firing: Creative Techniques you’ll be in- checking them out in person. spired by the range of techniques covering many facets of pottery Axner making and surface treatments. And you’ll also get information on www.axner.com materials, maintenance, glazes or even how to make a wood- or gas- studio reference | slab rollers Bailey Pottery Equipment fired kiln out of an old electric kiln. From Pennsylvania redware and www.baileypottery.com lusters to acheiving surfaces similar to reduction firing, you’ll find Amaco/Brent your electric kiln is capable of most anything. www.amaco.com Softcover | Order code CA67 | ISBN 978-1-57498-294-7 | Price $29.95 Clay-King www.clay-king.com North Star Equipment FREE shipping when you order online www.northstarequipment.com (US orders only) Shimpo www.shimpoceramics.com /bookstore

Daryl Baird is the author of The Extruder Book, published by The American Ceramic 866-672-6993 Society. He lives in Sagle, Idaho. You can send comments to him at [email protected].

’ll start by explaining there are two different types of commercial red glazes that I normally use. One type is an extremely bright color and harder to achieve and the other is a newer tomato red color thatI is AP (Approved Product of the Arts and Creative Materials Institute) nontoxic and dinnerware safe. The latter is formulated with inclusion stains, which are continuing to be improved. The col- or is encased in zircon, which makes them safe to use even in the classroom. The AP nontoxic reds are extremely stable and were used to create red velvet underglazes that can be fired from cone Above: Plate, by Da- 05 to as high as cone 10— only salt seems vid Gamble. The cross to blush them out. was created using a red underglaze. The success of underglazes has allowed the development of gloss and matt red Left: Untitled, by glazes that have been formulated to work Scott Bennett. Amaco well at the low-fire cone 05 range and other LM series Coral glaze glazes formulated for the cone 4–6 range. These with wax and black overspray. As the wax are extremely reliable. Three brushed coats will usu- melts in the kiln, the ally be enough of an application and you get nice tomato black moves. color reds at both temperatures. Bright reds are not dinnerware safe and are extremely sensitive to variations in firing conditions. There have been many times that an art teacher has asked me about the use of these types of red glazes. I understand the space and time challenges that teachers face, but you cannot put these glazes in with your normal glaze firings studio reference | glazes and expect good results. They are affected by how tight the load is stacked, other glazes (mostly copper greens), and temperature. If you’re firing to cone 05, I can almost guarantee there will be problems. The glaze will most likely have variations from clear to gray to black, and if you’re lucky, a spot or two of red. Note: Amaco glazes were used in the pieces shown here, however, many companies produce similar glazes and underglazes. Process Here are my suggestions of what Platter, by David Gamble, glazed with red glaze and blue you need to know and do to brush strokes on top. achieve the bright reds!Bisque your

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 22 clay body slowly to cone 04 (12 hours to get all the gases out). Although More Observations these glazes are not considered translucent, the clay body color does af- If your kiln is vented through the fect them slightly. White bodies will make the glaze appear brighter in bottom with a system that draws air color than darker bodies. through the top of the kiln, this will Using a brush, apply the glaze thicker than the normal three coats. Four help give you more oxygen in the kiln coats will usually work, but too heavy an application may cause the glaze and better red results. Remember to run. Glaze application may need experimentation and practice. that kilns, depending on how they are Load the kiln very loosely. There is a need for lots of space between the stacked, may not fire that evenly. This pieces for air circulation. I leave the peephole plugs out during the firing, can cause cold spots and hot spots. thus allowing extra oxygen to enter the kiln chamber. There can be a difference in tempera- Do not fire above cone 06 (1828°F), preferably using witness cones ture equal to a couple of cones from for observation. I have been firing at cone 07 (1789°F) with great results. top to bottom—depending where the These glazes seem to like the cooler temperatures. kiln sitter or thermocouple is located. Fire as quickly as you can, four hours is ideal. If your pieces are larg- This variability can really affect bright er, an example being my 22-inch platters, take them up slowly to about red glazes. Newer kilns with zone 1200°F. This may help to eliminate cracking problems. Then turn the kiln control and multiple thermocouples on high to fast fire to the end of the firing. tend to fire more evenly. If you have an older kiln, place cones in the top, middle and bottom of the kiln so you can keep a record of what happens in the firing. They can help provide answers if problems do occur. Now that you know the process, I will describe my experimentation with red glazes. I’ve been placing them on different color clay bodies, layering over glazed fired pieces and layering one coat of gold glaze over the top. I then place the pieces next to peep holes to brighten the color or place shelves over the edges to deepen and take away the color. This is what is exciting to me—not getting it perfect, but having the surface color change and vary while having some control over what the changes Red Hot Chilli Pepper Diner, by Jerry Berta, glazed with red underglazes. will be. I am an extreme advocate of studio reference | glazes using commercial glazes the way a painter would use his tubes of paint. Experiment, test to the “max” and make them your own. Years ago, I was asked to be a glaze doctor at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in Las Vegas. I agreed, but told them to la- bel me a glaze deviate instead of a glaze doctor. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Don’t be afraid to sacrifice a few pieces on the way to discovering something more exciting.

David Gamble holds masters degrees from Platter, by David Gamble, glazed with red glaze, blue brush strokes, Edinboro and Indiana State Universities in and one coat of gold used for accents. art education and fine arts.

Asparagus Tray

Fish Bowl, matt white glaze over commercial glazes, fired to cone 6.

s a potter and in-home in- structor for many years, I’ve always mixed my own glazes, or relied on other professionalsA who mix dry glazes to Pouring my specifications. Recently, an idea for Squeeze a large amount of Stroke Dust (this is a low-fire effect glaze a single pot challenged me to experi- & Coat SC-73 Candy Apple Red with crystals) over the Candy Ap- ment with commercially-made glazes. across the interior of a bisque- ple Red. The outcome has been succesful with fired bowl. Use a 2-inch brush A nice feathered edge is created vibrant new color selections, time sav- to apply a thin coat of Mayco’s when the piece is dipped into a ings and the convenience of readily Elements Chunkies EL 203 Coal cone 6 black glossy glaze (above). available glazes screened for toxicity— all this without compromising my workspace or my standards. What changed my thinking on com- Fish Bowl mercially prepared glazes was my desire to introduce bold new colors into my work. I envisioned a piece with contrasting matt black-and-white slip surfaces offset against a single area glazed in vibrant red. My local supplier rec-

studio reference | glaze depth ommended a food-safe, nontoxic red glaze, Mayco’s Stroke & Coat Cone 06.

Early Experiments Early tests resulted in pieces with dra- matic and beautiful contrasts between my porcelain slips and the red glaze. In one test, I used Stroke & Coat SC- Carving Apply a thick coat of Mayco Stroke 73 Candy Apple Red, to highlight ar- then bisque fired to cone 08. Dip & Coat SC-71 Purple-Licious and eas of bisqueware. In another, I used the entire piece twice in a cone 6 SC-74 Hot Tamale with a large SC-74 Hot Tamale. Sometimes I ap- matt white glaze and fire to cone 6 brush to the interior surface of a plied the glaze with a big brush in a in oxidation. The commercial colors leather-hard bowl. Once the colors single, expressive stroke. Other times, show well through the white matt. are slightly dry, the design is carved I squeezed the colors from a slip trailer Note: If the lines are too fine they through the glaze with a loop tool, and a turkey baster. may fill in when the glaze melts. After these loose applications, I dipped the entire piece in my usual

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 24 cone 6 glazes. Because of their gum content, the com- opened up commercial glazes as a new artistic tool— mercial glazes resisted my glazes slightly, making the albeit an unexpected one—to share with students. They bold strokes of color come through vividly. Stroke have learned the importance of experimenting with edges were blended and their colors softly striking new surfaces, new materials, combining techniques and against the cone 6 palette. The outcome was as satis- achieving balance with different kinds of material. fying technically as it was aesthetically; I was satisfied If you’d like to experiment with commercially pre- with the melt (Stroke & Coat is a glaze, not an under- pared glazes, I’ve included three of my projects for glaze), the color and the absence of pinholing or other you to try. Mixing my own recipes will always be an major flaws at cone 6. important part of understanding the science behind A New Tool the art of pottery making. But successfully integrating Further experiments with sgraffito, layering, mixing commercial glazes in the mix is just one more way to with slip and stoneware glazes, and multiple firings have pursue the function and beauty of ceramics.

Gear Dish Layering On a heavily textured, bisque-fired piece, apply a cone 6 porcelain black slip as a stain, wiping off the high spots with a damp sponge. Use a 2-inch brush to apply Stroke & Coat SC-71 Purple-Licious to the high spots with a dry brush technique. Next, dry brush Mayco’s Stroke & Coat Red SC-74 Hot Tamale and SC- 27 Sour Apple onto the interior. Apply a thick coat of the red glaze in isolated areas to obtain a bright color. Apply wax resist to the interior surface of the piece and allow to dry. Dip the entire piece in a cone 6 blue glaze. Gear Dish, slab-built stoneware. studio reference | glaze depth

ne of the greatest challenges for a potter who decorates their work is finding an image or texture that fits the form of the pot. For the past thirteen years, I’ve taught my students to use texture as a Odesign tool. Recently, I started using textured plaster slabs as a way to apply decorative surfaces directly to the clay before the construction process begins. Interesting things happen when the textured surface is manipulated into a vessel form. Tex- tures can overlap one another to create contrast or add visual tension. The result is similar to the way patterned fabric looks when it is made into clothing, except that I am more interested in how the patterns don’t line up on the seams. Often I push the slabs out from the inside of the vessel to create volume, which softens and distorts the surface texture as well.

Textured vase, 10 in. (25 cm) in height, fired to cone 10 and glazed with Weiser Blue on a white stoneware clay body.

Amber hat jar, 7 in. (18 cm) in height. Rutile glaze fired to cone 10. In this form, Daniel used three different textures, illustrating the range of variation possible with this technique. studio reference | texture

Envelope Vase, 9 in. (23 cm) in length, glazed with Reitz Green and fired to cone 10. The textured slabs used in all the pieces shown here were created collaboratively by Creative Paradise and Daniel Gegen Designs.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 26 1 2 Begin by flattening and rolling your clay using a Use a template cut from card stock to cut out rolling pin and wooden slats or dowels to create two hourglass silhouette shapes. Use heavy- an even thickness. I used ¼-inch-thick slats for weight paper so you can save and reuse your this project. Flip the clay over repeatedly after patterns. Tip: To create symmetrical templates, each rolling so it doesn’t stick to the canvas. fold the paper in half and cut out the shape.

3 4 Place one of the hourglass shapes on a textured Lay the textured clay shapes onto a rolling pin. plaster slab and tamp into place. Use a rolling Gently start forming the curve of the oval vase. pin to press the clay firmly onto the texture, Let stiffen until the two halves can stand on and bevel the edges using a pony roller. Repeat their own. this step using a contrasting texture for the other half of the vase.

5 6 studio reference | texture Stand the two halves up and score the inside Gently press the two halves together, slightly surfaces using slip to join them together. The overlapping, taking care not to distort the tex- seams can fall on the sides of the pot, but I place ture. Blend the seams on the inside, but leave the seam in the middle of the form to create an the external seams visible to show that the vase emphasis on the two different textures. was constructed by hand from slabs.

7 8 Attach a slab bottom (texture also could be ap- Create the looped handles by rolling out a plied to the bottom slab). Cut the bottom slab 3/8-inch-thick coil of clay. Lay the coil in between 1/8-inch larger than the vase. Bevel the bottom two soft cloths. and top edges to give a more finished look.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 27 9 10 Flatten the coil between the cloths using the Use a sponge to moisten the clay so that it can ridge in your palm. The cloth will soften the be bent without cracking. edges and help create a half-rounded effect to the handle.

11 12 Cut the handles to the desired length and fold Attach the handles by pressing in on the base of the ends toward each other creating a loop. the loop while supporting from the inside.

Daniel Gegen has taught both handbuilding and wheel throwing at the Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, Kansas, for the past 13 studio reference | texture thirteen years. You can send him Carefully soften any rough edges with a damp comments and view his work at sponge. Cover the finished form with plastic and www.danielgegen.com. let it dry slowly so the seams stay together.

Recipes

ROB Reitz Green Weiser Blue Cone 10 Cone 10 Cone 10 Talc ...... 11. % Calcium Carbonate ...... 6. % Barium Carbonate ...... 4 .6 % Whiting ...... 20. Gerstley Borate ...... 2. Colemanite ...... 11 .9 Custer Feldspar ...... 31. Nepheline Syenite ...... 69. Whiting ...... 7 .8 Kaolin ...... 16. Petalite ...... 15. Ferro Frit 3110 ...... 2 .7 Silica ...... 20. Kaolin ...... 8. Kona F-4 Feldspar ...... 36 .5 Bentonite ...... 2. 100 % Grolleg ...... 3 .7 100 % Add: Cobalt Carbonate 1 % Silica ...... 31 .9 Add: Rutile ...... 5. % Rutile 1 % Tin ...... 0 .9 100 .0 % Add: Barnard 2 .3 % Bentonite 2 .0 %

1. LG 1 • e (10%) • 6 Ox 2. LG 1 • x (5%) • 6 Ox 3. LG 1 • x (5%) • 6 Ox 4. LG 1 • x (7.5%) • 6 Ox

5. LG 1 • x (10%) • 6 Ox 6. LG 1 • d (.625%) • 6 Ox 7. LG 1 • vg (10%) • 6 Ox 8. LG 1 • e (2.5%) • 6 Ox

9. LG 1 • x (5%) • 6 Ox 10. LG 1 • u (7.5%) • 6 Ox 11. LG 1 • h (.625%) • 6 Ox 12. LG 1 • h (7.5%) • 6 Ox studio reference | glazes

13. LG 2 • b (.625%) • 6 Ox 14. LG 2 • b (1.25%) • 6 Ox 15. LG 2 • h (5 %) • 6 Ox 16. LG 1 • base • 9 R

17. LG 2 • x (10%) • 9 R 18. LG 1 • x (10%) • 9 R 19. LG 2 • c (5%) • 9 R 20. LG 2 • u (10%) • 9 R

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 29 eticulation glazes form a group of specialized glazes that show patterns of heavy crawling, or reticulation. The patternsR look similar to lichens or lizard skin, depending on the glaze base, underglaze coatings, and firing temperature. The same glaze may give very different results at a variety of temperatures. Putting the reticulation glazes over a colored slip allows the top glaze to move and the visible cracks to be colored between “islands” of glaze. Any colored slip will do, but one of the most interesting is usually black, as it intensifies the color of the covering glaze. With reticulation glazes applied heavily over the slip and fired at cones 04, 6, and 9-10, and with added colorants, a wide range of textural possibilities can be developed. The main requirement in the glaze is a saturation of magnesium carbonate as seen in the ceramic spectrum the two base glazes below. by robin hopper Hopper LG #1 Soda Feldspar ...... 27. % Magnesium carbonate ...... 28. The accepted standard for understanding glazes, this book Ferro frit 3134 ...... 9. Ferro frit 3195 ...... 5 explores glaze and color making in a hands-on way that Talc ...... 7 Zinc oxide ...... 5 follows the empirical understanding used for thousands Kaolin ...... 19. of years. Hopper provides an impressive description of his 100 % Hopper LG #2 extensive research into glaze, color, texture, and surface Soda Feldspar ...... 35. % enrichment. It is the perfect practical complement to any Magnesium carbonate ...... 25. Ferro frit 3195 ...... 10. glaze theory or process of calculation, including glaze studio reference | glazes Talc ...... 15. Kaolin ...... 15. calculation software programs. 100 % Excerpted from The Ceramic Spectrum Softcover | Order code CA79 | ISBN 978-1-57498-302-9 | Price $44.95 by Robin Hopper.

Key for Colorant Additions b = cobalt carbonate c = copper carbonate FREE shipping when you order online d = manganese dioxide (US orders only) e = nickel carbonate h = chromium oxide u = Commercial Yellow Stain vg = Commercial Victoria Stain /bookstore x = Cerdec/Degussa inclusion red stain 27496 Key for Firing 866-672-6993 6 Ox = cone 6 oxidation 9 R = cone 9 reduction

hether you need a Mix The Plaster drying bat, a simple Water to Plaster Mixing Chart Small batches of plaster can be mixed hump mold, or you’re by hand. Use a constant motion with making a complex slip 1 quart . . . . .2 lbs. 14 oz. (1,293 grams) your hand and you will notice a change mold,W you’ll need to mix plaster. Get- 1½ quarts . 4 lbs. 4 oz. (1,937 grams) in consistency from watery to a thick ting the plaster right requires a bit 2 quarts . . 5 lbs. 11 oz. (2,585 grams) cream. Break down lumps with your more than just “dumping and mix- 2½ quarts . 7 lbs. 2 oz. (3,230 grams) fingers as you mix. Mix only for a ing.” Here are 10 ways to get the best 3 quarts . . 8 lbs. 9 oz. (3,878 grams) minute or two, being very careful not results for your next plaster project. 3½ quarts . 10 lbs. (4,522 grams) to agitate the mixture so much that air bubbles are incorporated into the Prepare Your Mold 1 gallon . . 11 lbs. 6 oz. (5,171 grams) A common mistake of potters is mix. Mixing time affects absorption 1½ gallons . .17 lbs. 2 oz. (7,756 grams) to mix plaster only to realize every- rates—longer mixing times produce thing’s not set up for pouring. Before 2 gallons . . 22 lbs. 13 oz. (10,337 grams) tighter and less-absorptive molds. casting, make sure your model is set, 2½ gallons . .28 lbs. 8 oz. (12,923 grams) Tip: To extend the working time of the mold boards or cottle are secure, 3 gallons . .34 lbs. 3 oz. (15,508 grams) plaster, allow the plaster and water and all the surfaces you’re pouring mixture to stand for about three min- onto are coated with a parting agent This table is based on USG® No . 1 Pottery utes without any stirring. After this Plaster mixed to a consistency of 73 (73 time, “sweep” the materials together such as mold soap. parts plaster to 100 parts water) recommended for most studio applications . Exces- thoroughly, but only until all free wa- Prepare Your Work Area sive water yields a more porous but more ter is absorbed into the mix. Then stir You will need a clean mixing contain- brittle mold, and less water means a very dense, hard mold that will not absorb water . the mix for a very short time, about er for the plaster, a scale for weighing every 30 seconds or so, but do not stir the plaster, a measuring cup for the continusouly, until the proper consis- water and a rinse bucket. Note: Plaster Weigh Out Materials tency is reached. Another method of cannot be permitted to go down the Do not guess about the amounts of retarding the setting action is to add drain, because it will form a rock-like plaster and water you’ll need. Once sodium citrate (approximately 1–2%) mass. Even small amounts will accu- you start the mixing process, you do to the plaster mix. mulate over time. Line a rinse bucket not want to go back and adjust quan- with a plastic garbage bag and fill it Pouring The Plaster tities. To determine the amount you After mixing, tap the bucket on a hard with water for rinsing your hands and need, estimate the volume in cubic surface to release trapped air. Pour the tools. Allow the plaster to settle for a inches then divide by 231 for gallons, plaster carefully. Wherever possible, day, then pour off the water and dis- or by 58 for quarts. Deduct 20% to pour plaster carefully into the deepest card the bag. allow for the volume of plaster, then area so the slurry flows evenly across Use Fresh Water refer to the table. the surface of the mold. Once the The mixing water you use should be Add Plaster To Water mold is poured, tap the table with a at room temperature or 70°F. If the Slowly sift the plaster onto the sur- rubber mallet to vibrate the mold and release more air bubbles. studio reference | perfect plaster water is too warm, the plaster will face of the water. Do not dump the set too fast and vice versa. Use only plaster or toss it in by handfuls. Add- Drying Plaster clean, drinkable tap water or distilled ing the plaster shouldn’t take more When plaster sets, it heats up because water. Metallic salts, such as alumi- than 3 minutes. of a chemical reaction. When it has num sulfate, can accelerate the setting cooled, it is safe to remove the cottles time, and soluble salts can cause ef- Soak The Plaster Allow the plaster to soak for 1–2 min- or forms—about 45 minutes to an florescence on the mold surface. utes maximum. The soaking allows hour after pouring. Molds must be Use Fresh Plaster each plaster crystal to be completely dry before use. Drying molds properly Plaster is calcined, meaning chemi- surrounded by water and it removes promotes good strength development, cally bound water has been driven air from the mix. Small batches re- uniform absorption and reduced ef- off through heating. If the plaster quire less soaking than large batches. florescence. Dry molds evenly. Don’t has been sitting around in a damp If the soaking time is too short, it set them near a kiln where one side is environment, it will have lumps in it, may contribute to pinholes; and if it exposed to excessive heat or the rela- in which case it is no longer usable. is too long, it will contribute to fast tive humidity is near zero. Place them Pitch it. Use plaster that has been set times, early stiffening and gritty on racks in a relatively dry location stored dry and is lump free. mold surfaces. away from drafts. www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 31 Glossary of common ceramic Raw Materials by Vince pitelka

barium carbonate BaCO3—alkaline earth—active high magnesium carbonate MgCO3—alkaline earth—high temperature flux, but also promotes matt glaze surface. temperature flux, promotes mattness and opacity in low Unsafe for low-fire functional glazes. Often used as ad- temperature glazes, smooth, hard, buttery surface in high ditive in clay bodies in very small percentages to render temperature glazes—promotes purples/pinks with cobalt. sulfates insoluble, reducing scumming. Used to promote controlled crawl glaze effects. manganese dioxide MnO —flexible colorant—with alka- bentonite Al2O3•5SiO2•7H2O—formed from decomposi- 2 tion of airborne volcanic ash. Suspension agent used in line fluxes gives purple and red colors—by itself gives soft quantities no more than 3% of dry materials weight. yellow-brown—with cobalt gives black. Used with iron to color basalt bodies. Concentrations of more than 5% may bone ash (calcium phosphate) Ca3(PO4)2—high tempera- promote blistering. ture flux—opacifier in low temperature glazes—translu- cence in high temperature glazes. nepheline syenite K2O•3Na2O•4Al2O3•9SiO2—a common feldspathic flux, high in both soda and potash. Less silica

borax (sodium tetraborate) Na2O•2B2O3•10H2O—a ma- than soda feldspars, and therefore more powerful. Increases jor low temperature alkaline flux, available in granular firing range of low-fire and mid-range glazes. or powdered form. Gives smooth finish, bright colors. Water soluble, so often used in fritted form. rutile Source of titanium dioxide, contains iron, other trace minerals—gives tan color, promotes crystallization giving mottled multi color effects in some high temperature glazes, chrome oxide Cr2O3—standard vivid green colorant—often softened with a little iron or manganese. Very refrac- or in overglaze stain. tory. With tin produces pink. silica (silicon dioxide, flint, quartz) SiO2—main glass- former—vitrification, fluidity, transparency/opacity con- cobalt carbonate CoCO3—standard blue colorant for slips and glazes—5% will give dark blue in glaze or slip. Will trolled by adding fluxes and/or refractories. cause crawling if used raw for underglaze brushwork. spodumene Li2O•Al2O3•4SiO2—lithium feldspar—powerful high temp alkaline flux, promotes copper blues, good for copper carbonate CuCO3—a major glaze colorant to produce greens in low temperature and high temperature, thermal-shock bodies and matching glazes. copper reds in high temperature reduction, and greens strontium carbonate SrCO3—alkaline earth, high tempera- and metallic effects in raku. ture flux, similar to barium, slightly more powerful—gives semi-matt surfaces. Nontoxic in balanced glaze. dolomite MgCO3•CaCO3—high temperature alkaline earth flux, promotes hard, durable surfaces and recrys- talc 3MgO•4SiO2•H2O—high temperature alkaline earth flux tallization/matting in glazes. in glaze, promotes smooth buttery surfaces, partial opacity—similar composition to clay. feldspar High temperature alkaline fluxes—insoluble alu-

minum silicates of potassium, sodium, calcium, and/or tin oxide SnO2—most powerful opacifier, but expensive— lithium—inexpensive flux for glaze. inert dispersoid in glaze melt—5–7% produces opaque studio reference | glossary white in a clear glaze. frit Fluxes that have been melted to a glass, cooled, and

ground in order to stabilize soluble and/or toxic compo- titanium dioxide TiO2—matting/opacifying agent. Pro- nents during handling of unfired material. motes crystal growth, visual texture in glazes.

ilmenite An iron ore with significant titanium—most of- whiting (calcium carbonate, limestone) CaCO3—alkaline ten used in granular form to produce dark specks in clay earth, contributing calcium oxide to glaze—powerful all or glaze. Higher iron concentration than in rutile. temperature flux—major high temperature flux for glazes—gives strong durable glass.

iron oxide, red (ferric oxide) Fe2O3—refractory red in oxidation, converts to black iron (flux) in reduction and/ wollastonite (calcium silicate) CaSiO3—In some cases, it is or high-fire. Low quantities in clear glaze produces cela- used in place of whiting. don green—high quantities produce temmoku black or zinc oxide ZnO—high temperature flux that promotes bril- saturated iron red—powerful flux. liant glossy surfaces. Can encourage opacity, with titanium in low-alumina glaze can encourage macrocrystalline growth. kaolin; china clay Al2O3•2SiO2•2H2O—very refractory white primary clay. Source of alumina in glazes. zirconium silicate ZrSiO4—zircon opacifier—low-cost substitute for tin oxide—use double the recipe weight of tin. lithium carbonate Li CO —powerful all temperature al- 2 3 Includes Zircopax, Opax, Superpax, Ultrox. kaline flux, especially with soda or potash feldspars. Pro- motes hardness and recrystallization in low temp glazes. Excerpted from Clay: A Studio Handbook by Vince Pitelka.

Material Glaze Function Substitute Comment

Barium Carbonate Flux Strontium carbonate Bentonite Suspension agent Ball Clay Do not exceed 3% Bone Ash Opacifier Borax Flux, glassmaker Boron frits Chrome Oxide Colorant Green Cobalt Carbonate Colorant Cobalt oxide Blue Copper Carbonate Colorant Copper oxide Greens, copper reds Cornwall Stone Flux, opacifier Custer Feldspar Glaze core Potash feldspar (G-200) Dolomite Flux, opacifier Whiting Many brands EPK Kaolin alumina, opacity Kaolin Ferro Frit 3110 Glaze core, flux Pemco P-IV05, Fusion F-75 Crystalline glazes Ferro Frit 3124 Glaze core, flux F-19, P-311, Hommel 90 Boron frit Ferro Frit 3134 Glaze core, flux F-12, P-54, Hommel 14 Boron frit Ferro Frit 3195 Glaze core, flux Hommel 90, Fusion F-2 Complete glaze Ferro Frit 3269 Flux, glaze core Pemco P-25 Ferro Frit 3278 Flux, glaze core Fusion F-60, Pemco P-830 G-200 Feldspar Glaze core Potash feldspar (Custer) Green Nickel Oxide Colorant Black nickel oxide Blues, tan, browns, greens, grays Kentucky OM4 Ball Clay alumina, opacity Ball Clay Kona F-4 Feldspar Glaze core Soda feldspar Lithium Carbonate Flux Magnesium Carbonate Flux, opacifier Promotes crawling Manganese Dioxide Colorant Purple, red, yellow-brown Nepheline Syenite Glaze core Red Iron Oxide Colorant Celadon green to brown Rutile Colorant Ilmenite Silica glass former, glaze fit Flint Use 325 mesh Spodumene Lithium glaze core

studio materials reference | raw Strontium Carbonate Flux Barium carbonate Talc Flux, opacifier Many brands Tin Oxide Opacifier Zircopax Titanium Dioxide Opacifier Whiting Flux, opacifier Wollastonite, Dolomite Many brands Wollastonite Flux, opacifier Whiting, dolomite Wood Ash Glaze core, flux, colorant Whiting Results vary by type. Zinc Oxide Flux, opacifier Zircopax Opacifier Superpax, Ultrox

Notes: 1. Substituting glaze ingredients may alter color, texture, opacity, viscosity, and/or sheen, as well as create pinholing, crazing, black spotting, and/or pitting. In most cases, additional adjustments to other ingredients need to occur when substituting. 2. Test and record your results. 3. Materials vary from supplier to supplier and batch to batch.

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Prepared ClaysPrepared GlazesRaw MaterialsKiln and AccessoriesWheels Studio EquipmentTools and SuppliesBooks and VideosTile and BisqueServices Other Arizona Keraflex, US (Gilbert) • Marjon Ceramics Inc. (Phoenix) Dolan Tools (Scottsdale) • Marjon Ceramics Inc. (Tucson) • • • • • • • • • • Equipment repair, kiln, wheel Arkansas Flat Rock Clay Supplies (Fayetteville) • • • • • • • • • • Consulting for school & art contests California Phoenix Ceramic & Fire Supply (Arcata) • • • • • • • • • • Glaze Mixer (Cardiff) All Fired Up (Chico) • • • • • • Studio space, Gallery Kemper Tools (Chino) • Ceramic Services (Chino Hills) • • • • • • • • • Laguna Clay Co. (City of Industry) • • • • • • • • • • Graber’s Pottery Inc. (Claremont) • Jiffy Mixer Co. Inc. (Corona) • Mud in Mind (El Cajon) • • • • • • • Chris Henley Tools (Encinitas) • Clay Factory Inc. (Escondido) • I Love To Create, a Duncan Enterprises Company (Fresno) • • • • B & W Tile Co. Inc. (Gardena) • Geil Kilns Co. (Huntington Beach) • • Art Decal Corp. (Long Beach) Decals

studio reference | geographic locator Echo Ceramics (Los Angeles) • • • • • • • • Nasco Arts & Crafts (Modesta) • • • • • • • Olsen Kiln (Mountain Center) • Freeform Clay & Supply (National City) • • • • • • • • • • Kiln repair Aftosa (Richmond) • • • • • • • Precious metal clay ClayPeople (Richmond) • • • • • • • • • Alpha Fired Arts (Sacramento) • • • • • • • • • • Industrial Minerals Co. (Sacramento) • • • • • • • HyperGlaze/Richard Burkett (San Diego) Software for glazes Ceramics & Crafts Supply Co. (San Francisco) • • • • • • Kiln repair Japan Pottery Tools (San Francisco) • The Chinese Clay Art, USA (San Jose) • • • • China tour and cultural exchange Rosies Workwear (San Luis Obispo) • Apparel Lily Pond Products/Campbell Industrial Supply (Sanger) • • Slip casting equipment Aardvark Clay & Supplies (Santa Ana) • • • • • • • • •

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 34 Prepared ClaysPrepared GlazesRaw MaterialsKiln and AccessoriesWheels Studio EquipmentTools and SuppliesBooks and VideosTile and BisqueServices Other California Falcon Company-Aardvark Clay & Supplies (Santa Ana) • • • Clay Planet (Santa Clara) • • • • • • • • • • California Pot Tools (Santa Paula) • Peter Pugger Mfg., Inc. (Ukiah) • • Ceramic ArtSpace (Van Nuys) • • • • • • • • • Plastercraft, Kiln use/repair Pure & Simple Pottery Products (Willits) • Molds Colorado Herring Designs, LLC (Breckenridge) • • Carbondale Clay Center (Carbondale) • • Classes Ceramic Design Group Ltd./Plinth Gallery (Denver) • • Consulting Killam Gas Burner Co. (Denver) • • Mile Hi Ceramics, Inc. (Denver) • • • • • • • • • • Silver clay, china paints Bluebird Mfg. Inc. (Ft. Collins) • • • • Enduring Images (Golden) Decals BNZ Materials Inc. (Littleton) • Insulating firebricks Glyptic Modeling Tools (Loveland) • Connecticut Rusty Kiln Ceramic Studio (North Windham) • • • • • • • • R.T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc. (Norwalk) • Duralite Inc. (Riverton) • • Delaware J. & J. Ceramic Studio (Dover) • • • • • Nabertherm, Inc. (New Castle) • Florida Atlantic Pottery Supply Inc. (Atlantic Beach) • • • • • • • • • Trinity Enterprises International (Lake Placid) Decals, squeegees, ceramic, glass Jen-Ken Kilns (Lakeland) • Summit Kilns (Land O Lakes) • • • • C and R Products, Inc. (Ocala) • • • • • Bennett Pottery Supply (Ocoee) • • • • • • • Axner Pottery Supply. a tradename of Laguna Clay Co. (Oviedo) • • • • • • • • • • Florida Clay Art Co. (Sanford) • • • • • • • • • Highwater Clays of Florida (St. Petersburg) • • • • • • • • • Morean Art Center (St. Petersburg) • Year-round classes, workshops, exhibitions St. Petersburg Clay Company Inc. (St. Petersburg) • Studio rental Armory Art Center (W. Palm Beach) Exhibitions and classes Georgia Atlanta Clay (Atlanta) • • • • • • • • • Davens Ceramic Center (Atlanta) • • • • • • • • • Creative Glazes (Duluth) • • Olympic Kilns (Flowery Branch) • • • studio reference | geographic locator Larkin Refractory Solutions (Lithonia) • • Refractories Kickwheel Pottery Supply Inc. (Tucker) • • • • • • • • • • Hawaii Ceramics Hawaii Ltd. (Honolulu) • Idaho The Potter’s Center (Boise) • • • • • • • • Wendt Pottery (Lewiston) • • • • • • • • Illinois Great Lakes Clay & Supply (Carpentersville) • • • • • • • • • • Metomic Corporation (Chicago) Lamp parts Paasche Airbrush Co. (Chicago) • Sapir Studios (Chicago) Display products Midwest Ceramic Art Supply Inc. (Crest Hill) • • • • • • • • • Ceramic Supply Chicago (Evanston) • • • • • • •

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www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 36 Prepared ClaysPrepared GlazesRaw MaterialsKiln and AccessoriesWheels Studio EquipmentTools and SuppliesBooks and VideosTile and BisqueServices Other Michigan Runyan Pottery Supply Inc. (Clio) • • • • • • • • • • Glass kilns and glass supplies FireRight/Warner Instruments (Grand Haven) • Electronic controls West Michigan Clay (Hamilton) • • • • • • • • • Crossroads Pottery & Clay Company (Jackson) • • • • • • • • • Manitou Arts (Leland) Wood accessories for tiles Har-Bon Ceramics & Decals (Presque Isle) • Decals Rovin Ceramics (Taylor) • • • • • • • • • • Minnesota Minnesota Clay Co. USA (Edina) • • • • • • • • • • Master Kiln Builders (Farmington) • • Dunghanrach Clay Co. (Melrose) • • • • • Brown Tool Co. (Minneapolis) • Continental Clay Co. (Minneapolis) • • • • • • • • • • Solid maple work tables Smith-Sharpe Fire Brick Supply (Minneapolis) • • Triarco Arts & Crafts LLC (Plymouth) • • • • • • • • • • Mississippi Dogwood Ceramic Supply (Gulfport) • • • • • • • • • Slab rollers, bisqueware Archie Bray Foundation (Helena) • • • • • • • • • • Missouri KC Metro Ceramic & Pottery Supplies (Kansas City) • • • • • • • • L&R Specialties Inc (Nixa) • • • • • • • • • Krueger Pottery Supply (St. Louis) • • • • • • • • • • Classes & workshops Nevada Cress Mfg. Co. (Carson City) • Aardvark Clay & Supplies (Las Vegas) • • • • • • • • • Bison Studios (Las Vegas) • Pottery West (Las Vegas) Classes BigCeramicStore.com (Sparks) • • • • • • • • • Nevada Dan’s (Sparks) • • • New Hampshire Creative Hobbies, Inc. (Bellmawr) • • • • Midlantic Clay (Bellmawr) • • • • • • • • • New Jersey Curran Pfeiff Corp. (Edison) • • Kissimmee River Pottery/Fullwood Measure (Frenchtown) • • Classes Hammill & Gillespie Inc. (Livingston) • Ceramic Supply Inc. (Lodi) • • • • • • • • • • New Brunswick Lamp Shade Co. (New Brunswick) Lamp shades AmericanPotters.com (Rockaway) Database L&L Kiln Mfg. Inc. (Swedesboro) • • • Lamp Specialties (Westville) • • • • • • Lamp parts studio reference | geographic locator New Mexico Coyote Clay & Color (Albuquerque) • • Free Freight Pottery Supply LLC (Albuquerque) • • • • • • • New Mexico Clay, Inc. (Albuquerque) • • • • • • • • • • Silver clay Taos Clay (El Prado) • Santa Fe Clay (Santa Fe) • • • • • • • • • • Classes, workshops, gallery New York East Valley Supply (Andover) Ceramics epoxy The Mudpit (Brooklyn) • • • • • • • Equipment repair, studio rental, kiln firings Vent-A-Kiln Corp. (Buffalo) • Ceramic Arts Library (Corning) • Studio Sales Pottery Supply (East Avon) • • • • • • • • Classes PCF Studios (Honeoye) • • Seminars Bailey Pottery Equipment (Kingston) • • • • • • • • • • Pugmills/claymixers

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 37 Prepared ClaysPrepared GlazesRaw MaterialsKiln and AccessoriesWheels Studio EquipmentTools and SuppliesBooks and VideosTile and BisqueServices Other New York Artfixtures (New York) • • Display stands Rockland Colloid Corp. (Piermont) • Alpine Kilns and Equipment LLC (Pine Island) • • Clayscapes Pottery Inc. (Syracuse) • • • • • • • Oneida Air Systems (Syracuse) • Northeast Ceramic Supply (Troy) • • • • • • • • Doo-Woo Tools LLC (Warwick) • Kiln-Ray Services (Warwick) • • • • • Rochester Ceramics, Inc. (Webster) • • • • • • • • • North Carolina Highwater Clays, Inc. (Asheville) • • • • • • • • • Carolina Clay Connection (Charlotte) • • • • • • • • • Claymakers (Durham) • • • • • • • • Resco Products Inc. (Greensboro) • Mudtools (Hendersonville) • Williams Supply (Star) • • • • • • Speedball Art Products Co. (Statesville) • Screen printing products for tiles Fat Cat Pottery Inc. (Wilmington) • • • • • • • • John Brown Tools (Winston-Salem) • Ohio National Artcraft Co. (Aurora) • • • • • • Accessories A & K Clay Company LLC (Bethel) • Mudmats (Blacklick) • • • Mats Laguna Clay Co. (Byesville) • • • • • • • • • • Olympia Enterprises Inc. (Campbell) • • • Watermount decals Vulcan Kilns (Centerville) • • • • Funke Fired Arts (Cincinnati) • • • • • • • • • Aegean Sponge Co. (Cleveland) • Bareclay (Columbus) • Columbus Clay (Columbus) • • • • • • • • • • RAM Products Inc. (Columbus) • Cornell Studio Supply (Dayton) • • • • • • • • • • Sculpting supplies Innovative Ceramic Corp. (E. Liverpool) Ceramic decals, Durafire inks Mason Color Works Inc. (E. Liverpool) • Stains Mayco Colors (Hilliard) • • • Molds Maryland Refractories Co. (Irondale) • • Ohio Ceramic Supply Inc. (Kent) • • • • • • • • • • Slip Klopfenstein Art Equipment (Lexington ) • Krumor Inc. (Valley View) Thermocouples and RTDs Orton Ceramic Foundation (Westerville) • • • Cones Oregon studio reference | geographic locator The Kiln Elements Co. (Birkenfeld) • • Aim Kiln Mfg. (Corvallis) • • • • • Georgies Ceramic & Clay Co. Inc. (Eugene) • • • • • • • • • • Georgies Ceramic & Clay Co. Inc. (Portland) • • • • • • • • • • Mudshark (Portland) • Moldmaking PotteryVideos.com (Portland) • Skutt Ceramic Products (Portland) • Southern Oregon Pottery Supply (Talent) • • • • • • • • • Repairs Pennsylvania Ceramic Services Inc. (Bensalem) • • Insulating Firebrick, Inc. (Butler) Insulating firebricks The Clay Place (Carnegie) • • • • • • • • • • M&M Pottery Supply (Corry) • • • • • • • • • Del Val Potter’s Supply Co. (Glenside) • • • • • • •

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 38 Prepared ClaysPrepared GlazesRaw MaterialsKiln and AccessoriesWheels Studio EquipmentTools and SuppliesBooks and VideosTile and BisqueServices Other Pennsylvania Penn-Mo Fire Brick Co. (Harrisburg) • • • • • • • The Ceramic Shop (Philadelphia) • • • • • • • • • Rental studio space Standard Ceramic Supply Co. (Pittsburgh) • • • • • • • Frog Pond Pottery (Pocopson) • Glaze software Placid Ceramics (Washington) • • • • • • • Petro Mold Co. (Waterford) • Mold making Rhode Island Dew Claw Studios (Pawtucket) • • • • • Custom glazes prepared South Carolina Clay-King.com (Spartanburg) • • • • • • • • Artisan kilns Coastal Ceramic Supply (Summerville) • • • • • • South Dakota Pacer Corp. (Custer) • Dakota Potters Supply (Sioux Falls) • • • • • • • • • Tennessee Ward Burner Systems (Dandridge) • • • • • Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Gatlinburg) • • • • • Mid-South Ceramic Supply Co. (Nashville) • • • • • • • • • • Pottery studio, classes, workshops The Clay Lady (Nashville) • • • • • • • • • Inservices, workshops Shakerag Workshops (Sewanee) Workshops Texas Armadillo Clay & Supplies (Austin) • • • • • • • • • • Ceramic City (Canyon Lake) • • • Trinity Ceramic Supply Inc. (Dallas) • • • • • • • • American Ceramic Supply Co. (Ft. Worth) • • • • • • • • • Texas Pottery Supply & Clay Co. (Ft. Worth) • • • • • • • • • Dry Creek Pottery (Granbury) • • • Teacher workshops Ceramic Store of Houston, LLC (Houston) • • • • • • • • • • Bella Bisque, Inc. (Kyle) • • Display Your Art by Glassica (Liberty Hill) • Display products Paragon Industries, L.P. (Mesquite) • Old Farmhouse Pottery (Rusk) • Clayworld Inc. (San Antonio) • • • • • • • • • Ex-Cel slip Utah Etc., Etc., Etc. (Wichita Falls) • • • • • • • • • • Capital Ceramics Inc. (Salt Lake City) • • • • • • • • Virginia The Kiln Doctor Inc. (Front Royal) • • • • • • • • • • Consulting/Installation Spun Earth Pottery (Lynchburg) • • • • Tin Barn Pottery Supply at Manassas Clay (Manassas) • • • • • • • • • • Glaze kitchen Campbell’s Ceramic Supply Inc. (Richmond) • • • • • • • studio reference | geographic locator Washington North Star Equipment Inc. (Cheney) • • Giffin Tec Inc. (Lummi Island) • • The Cookie Cutter Shop (Marysville) Crucible Kilns (Seattle) • • • • • • • • • • Paper Clay (New Century Ceramic Arts Inc.) (Seattle) • • • Seattle Pottery Supply (Seattle) • • • • • • • • • • Precision Terrefirma (Spokane) • Rings & Things Wholesale (Spokane) • Clay Art Center (Tacoma) • • • • • • • • • • Scott Creek Pottery Inc. (Tacoma) • • Wisconsin MKM Pottery Tools LLC (Appleton) • Nasco Arts & Crafts (Ft. Atkinson) • • • • • • • • •

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www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 40 buyers guide to 10 CeramicThe only complete SuppliesBuyers Guide for the studio potter Company Directory Once you’ve located a local supplier or national resource, the Company Directory helps with all the nitty gritty. We’ve listed more than 285 of the most significant companies providing equipment, supplies and services potters and ceramic artists of all skill levels can use. The companies supplied us with information to help you find out more about what they offer and how they can help you. If you need an online version you can download, check out the Free Gifts section on CeramicArtsDaily.org A & K Clay Company LLC 937-379-1495 Aim Kiln Mfg. 541-758-8133 3664 Bethel New Hope Rd. Fax: 937-379-1495 350 S.W. Wake Robin Ave. Fax: 541-758-8051 Bethel, OH 45106 Corvallis, OR 97333-1619 Toll-free: 800-647-1624 Ohio Slip is a very clean and consistent 400 grain Electric and gas-fired kilns, kiln controls and kiln material which makes glazes that fire from cone accessories. Custom builds and repairs. 6 thru 12 and can be applied to a wet or dry pot, All Fired Up 530-894-5227 dipped, sprayed or brushed. American Ceramic Supply Co. 817-535-2651 830 Broadway 2442 Ludelle St. Fax: 817-536-7120 A.R.T. Studio Clay Co. Inc. 262-884-4278 Fax: 530-894-5271 Ft. Worth, TX 76105-1060 Toll-free: 866-535-2651 9320 Michigan Ave. Fax: 262-884-4343 Chico, CA 95928 Email: [email protected] Sturtevant, WI 53177-2425 Toll-free: A full service ceramic art center; pottery classes, a Website: www.AmericanCeramics.com 877-ART-CLAY wide range of supplies, members open studio and Great discounts and great customer service Carry a rainbow of glazes from around the country gallery with gift shop. on retail and wholesale ceramic equipment and a great selection of clay, tools, wheels, kilns Alligator Clay Company 225-932-9457 and supplies for over 30 years - kilns, wheels, and equipment. 2721 W. Perdue Fax: 225-932-9446 glazes, brushes, glass tools, clay, bisque Baton Rouge, LA 70814 Toll-free: 888-503-2299 and more. Customized and personalized packages. Education and training. National and A division of Southern Pottery Equipment & international daily shipping. Supplies LLC, manufacture quality moist clay bodies and custom clay bodies. AmericanPotters.com 973-945-3553 165 Hoagland Ave. Aardvark Clay & Supplies 714-541-4157 Alpha Fired Arts 916-484-4424 Rockaway, NJ 07866-3013 1400 E. Pomona St. Fax: 714-541-2021 4675 Aldona Ln. Fax: 916-484-6172 Sacramento, CA 95841 National, searchable, database of potters, clay Santa Ana, CA 92705-4812 artists, teachers, students, workshop instructors, or Email: [email protected] Largest selection of ceramic supplies in northern anyone involved in the clay industry that wants to be Website: www.aardvarkclay.com California. accessible to everyone across the country/planet. Most comprehensive line of products from cone Alpine Kilns and Equipment LLC 018 thru cone 10 in the U.S. Amherst Potters Supply 413-586-4507 845-987-9589 47 East St. Fax: 413-584-5535 Aardvark Clay & Supplies 702-451-9928 PO Box 1275 Hadley, MA 01035 Fax: 845-926-3125 6230 Greyhound Ln. Fax: 702-451-9928 Specialize in custom mixed de-air clays and an Ste. ELas Vegas, NV 89122 982 Rte. 1 Toll-free: 888-222-9196 Pine Island, NY 10969 assortment of our own cone 6 glazes visible on Email: [email protected] our website. Website: www.aardvarkclay.com Manufacture front loading gas and electric kilns Full service supplier of Highwater, Standard, since 1943, glaze formulating, tables, work tables, Archie Bray Foundation 406-442-2521 Laguna, AMACO, Spectrum, Mayco, Georgies, spray booths, and wedging tables. 2915 Country Club Ave. Fax: 406-443-0934 L&L, Skutt, Shimpo, Brent, Pacifica, Dolan, Helena, MT 59602-9240 Toll-free: 800-443-6434 Kemper, Sherrill Mudtools and more. “By artists U.S. distributor for Alberta and Ravenscrag slip, - for artists”. Advice from people who actually a base glaze material. Supplier for Bray Patch, use what they sell! a repair and patch material that can be used on green or bisqueware. Manufacture Ben Krupka’s

studio reference | company directory ABR Imagery, Inc. 812-339-9147 woodfire clay body. Clay business proceeds 3808 W. Vernal Park Fax: 812-339-8947 American Art Clay Co., Inc. (AMACO/ support the Archie Bray Residency Program. Bloomington, IN 47404 Toll-free: 866-342-4764 Brent) Wholesale inquiries are welcome. America’s #1 glass blowing supply resource. 6060 Guion Rd. 317-244-6871 Armadillo Clay & Supplies 512-385-7311 Aegean Sponge Co. 216-749-1927 Indianapolis, IN 46254-1222 Fax: 3307 E. Fourth St. Fax: 512-385-1152 4722 Memphis Ave. Fax: 216-749-2110 317-248-9300 Austin, TX 78702 Cleveland, OH 44144 Toll-free: 800-276-8542 Toll-free: 800-374-1600 One-stop shop giving you a chance to see and Importer of natural and synthetic sponges: silk, Email: [email protected] Website: www.amaco.com touch the products. We provide a fast and easy way elephant ear, sea and wool. Wholesaler of ceramic to purchase those products, so you can get to the and craft supplies. Leading manufacturer and supplier of quality fun part – creating! Sell both retail and wholesale. ceramic products and equipment since 1919. Aftosa 510-233-0334 AMACO kilns, clays, glazes and underglazes, Armory Art Center 561-832-1776 1776 Wright Ave. Fax: 510-233-3569 our Brent® line of potters wheels, ware carts 1700 Parker Ave. Fax: 561-832-0191 Richmond, CA 94804 Toll-free: 800-231-0397 and hand extruders, and our Excel® round W. Palm Beach, FL 33401 Leading wholesaler of ceramic accessories, tools, kilns are used worldwide by art educators. Community-based visual arts education and books, display products, tile products, bisque, exhibition center providing opportunities for glaze and sublimation products, precious metal individuals. The Center seeks to educate, enrich clay and glass products. and engage a diverse population through the experience of art.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 41 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts 556 Parkway 865-436-5860 PO Box 567 Fax: 865 430-4101 Gatlinburg, TN 37738 BigCeramicStore.com 775-351-2888 Educational classes, workshops, galleries and a supply store. Bailey Pottery Equipment 845-339-3721 543 Vista Blvd. Fax: 888-475-7837 Art Clay World, USA 708-857-8800 62 Tenbroeck Ave. Fax: 845-339-5530 Sparks, NV 89434 Toll-free: 888-513-5303 4535 Southwest Hwy. Fax: 708-636-5408 PO Box 1577 Email: [email protected] Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Toll-free: 800-431-6067 Website: www.bigceramicstore.com Specialize in unique types of clay and materials Kingston, NY 12402 Huge inventory of supplies/equipment, including as well as offering multi-level classes in many Email: [email protected] unique and hard to find items. Most orders ship locations across the United States and Japan. Website: www.baileypottery.com complete within 1 day. Low prices, volume discounts, Quality products, excellent service and the excellent customer support. Distributor for many Art Decal Corp. 562-434-2711 lowest prices have made Bailey Pottery brands. E-mails answered quickly. We are kiln experts! 1145 Loma Dr. Equipment the professional’s choice for over Fax: 562-494-7869 30 years. From clay to tools to glazes to major Bison Studios 702-388-2085 Long Beach, CA 90804 equipment, Bailey has it all. 1409 S. Commerce St. Quality single and multi-color, made to order waterslide Las Vegas, NV 89102 onglaze, inglaze and glass decals for the decorator market. Baltimore Clayworks 410-578-1919 Manufacture functional tungsten carbide trimming/ 5706 Smith Ave. Fax: 410-578-0058 turning tools for potters. Direct sales. Artfixtures 212-472-0595 Baltimore, MD 21209 211 E. 70th St. Youth and adult classes, workshops and Fax: 212-472-3555 exhibitions. New York, NY 10021 Supply the Display Stand; two flat pieces interconnect Bamboo Tools 604-782-3202 to hold and enhance artwork, plates, books, PO Box 74009 photographs and fine collectibles. Stands are created 111-16033 108th Ave. Blick Art Materials 309-343-6181 specifically for quality art pieces, displaying them Surrey, BC V4N 5H9 Canada 695 U.S. Hwy. 150 E. Fax: 800-621-8293 both aesthetically and safely. For centuries, the most widely used pottery tools PO Box 1267 by production potters in the Orient. Bamboo is the Toll-free: 800-828-4548 Atlanta Clay 770-451-6774 best material for pottery tools because it is durable, Galesburg, IL 61402-1267 3131 Presidential Dr. Fax: 770-451-6712 lightweight, and fits the human anatomy. Email: [email protected] Website: www.dickblick.com Atlanta, GA 30340 Bareclay 614-271-8225 Offer a wide selection of clays, glazes, kilns, tools, wheels Atlantic Pottery Supply Inc. 399 Thurman Ave. Columbus, OH 43206 and accessories for the school and home studio. Get the 904-249-4499 best prices, best selection and best service on all the top 400 Levy Rd. Specialize in repair and restoration of damaged brands - Amaco, Skutt, Laguna, Shimpo, Kemper, Bailey Fax: 904-339-0014 ceramics. We can, in most cases, restore broken and more. Request a catalog or shop online. Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 heirlooms to their original beauty. Before and after Retail and wholesale pottery supply business. photos on web. Letters of reference available Blue Diamond Kilns 504-835-2035 upon request. 2009 S. Hullen Toll-free: 800-USA-KILN Aves Studio 715-386-9097 PO Box 172 PO Box 34 4 Fax: 715-381-2121 Bartlett Instrument Co. 319-372-8366 Metarie, LA 70004 1032 Ave H Fax: 319-372-5560 River Falls, WI 54022 Toll-free: 800-261-2837 Manufacture electric ceramic, glass and custom-ordered kilns. Manufacture self-hardening sculpting clays, Ft. Madison, IA 52627 maches and repair compounds that are safe, user Design and manufacture kiln controllers used by Bluebird Mfg. Inc. 970-484-3243 friendly, nonshrinking, noncracking, and waterproof many major kiln manufacturers. Our mission is PO Box 2307 for all your sculpting and repair needs. Our 2 part to provide reliable, easy-to-use and economical Fax: 970-493-1408 clays are safe to use with potable water and perfect controllers. Ft. Collins, CO 80522-2307 Toll-free: 800-335-0741 for ceramic repairs. Bella Bisque, Inc. 512-405-3848 PO Box 1212 Manufacture 3 sizes of pugmills, studio to large Axner Pottery Supply (Laguna Clay production models. All have cast aluminum barrels CO.) Fax: 512-405-3849 Kyle, TX 78640 Toll-free: 866-902-3552 and stainless steel parts. Also manufacture studio and 490 Kane Ct. 407-365-2600 production size clay mixers with stainless steel buckets. Oviedo, FL 32765 Fax: 407-365-5573 Manufacturer and importer specializing in Italian Toll-free: 800-843-7057 bisque. With over 200+ designs, we offer a large BNZ Materials Inc. 303-978-1199 Email: [email protected] variety of unique European functional designs and 6901 S. Pierce St. Fax: 303-978-0308 Website: www.axner.com one-of-a-kind kid’s shapes. Free freight program Littleton, CO 80128 Offer the best quality, pricing and service for available. Nationwide delivery 1–4 days! Excellent Manufacture BNZ-24 HK Insulating Firebrick, pottery supplies, materials, equipment and books. customer service. which is the premium brick available today for the Glass fusing and surface modification products, proper lining and insulation of hobby kilns. Steve tools and Bellar roller sold here. Boston Kiln Sales & Service B & W Tile Co. Inc. 310-538-9579 617-926-1802 14600 S. Western Ave. Fax: 310-528-2190 66 Thomas St. Gardena, CA 90249 Toll-free: 800-499-TILE Fax: 781-391-8942 Bennett Pottery Supply 407-877-6311 studio reference | company directory Family-owned business manufacturing tile and tile Medford, MA 02155 trims since 1947. Make and sell dry-pressed ceramic 431 Enterprise St. Fax: 407-877-3559 Provide sales, custom installation and repairs to body tiles in a variety of sizes and a full line of trim. Ocoee, FL 34761 Toll-free: 800-432-0074 all kilns and wheels, and consulting to schools and Sell both retail and wholesale. Email: [email protected] colleges regarding technical and code issues. Website: www.bennettpottery.com Badger Air Brush Co. 847-678-3104 Complete line of Kilns – Excel, L&L, Olympic, 9128 W. Belmont Ave. Fax: 847-671-4352 Paragon and Skutt, Potters wheels – Axner, Franklin Park, IL 60131 Toll-free: 800-222-7553 Brent, Creative Industries, Pacifica, Thomas Maker of quality airbrushes for over 45 years. Stuart, and Shimpo at super discounted Manufacture several types of airbrushes designed to prices. Amaco & Brent and Laguna Glazes. meet a vast array of spray needs. Call for our wholesale catalog. Our catalog is Bracker’s Good Earth Clays also online at bennettpottery.com. 785-841-4750 Bailey Decal Ltd. 44-0-1782-524400 1831 E. 1450 Rd. Fax: 785-841-8142 Trent House Lawrence, KS 66044 Toll-free: 888-822-1982 Dunning St. Email: [email protected] Stoke on Trent ST6 5AP Website: www.brackers.com United Kingdom Supply ceramic and sculpture materials, equipment, tools and accessories to potters, sculptors, teachers, schools, institutions and hobbyists since 1982.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 42 Brickyard Ceramics & Crafts Cattle Barn Clay Co. 574-727-5737 Ceramic Supply Chicago 847-425-1900 317-244-5230 4786 W. County Rd. 900 N. 942 Pitner Ave. Fax: 847-332-2575 6060 Guion Rd. Fax: 317-248-9300 Royal Center, IN 46978 Evanston, IL 60202 Indianapolis, IN 46254 Toll-free: 800-677-3289 Offer ceramic materials for individuals and schools Materials & equipment for potters, sculptors, Indiana’s largest supplier of clay, kilns, slip, at discount prices. ceramic decorators. Standard moist clays; glazes, tools, molds, bisque, glass, wheels, and Ceramic Arts & Crafts Supply Duncan, Mayco, AMACO, Spectrum, Opulence slab rollers plus art and craft products for potters, 905-335-1515 glazes; raw clay and glaze materials; plasters; teachers, hobby ceramics and the crafter. We 3103 Mainway Dr. Fax: 905-332-4403 Kemper, Dolan, Sherrill tools; L&L, Brent, North carry all the name brands including AMACO, Burlington, ON L7M 1A1 Star, Shimpo. Brent, Excel, Mayco. Canada Ceramic Supply Inc. 973-340-3005 Brown Tool Co. 612-331-1556 Wholesale ceramic supplies. Business package. 7 Rt. 46 W. Fax: 973-340-0089 212 13th Ave. N.E. Fax: 612-331-1556 Online shopping at website. Classes available. Lodi, NJ 07644 Toll-free: 800-723-7264 Minneapolis, MN 55413 Toll-free: 800-980-8665 Ceramic Arts Library 607-962-6042 Materials and equipment for potters, sculptors, Replaceable-blade trimming tools and adjustable glazing tongs. 79 E. Third St. ceramic decorators. Standard moist clays; Buyers Market of American Craft Fax: 607-962-1636 Duncan, Mayco, AMACO, Spectrum glazes; raw clay & glaze materials; plasters; Kemper, Dolan, 410-889-2933 Corning, NY 14830-3101 Sherrill tools; Skutt, L&L, Brent, North Star, 3000 Chestnut Ave. Ste. 300 Fax: 410-889-1320 Specialize in out-of-print and hard-to-find books, Shimpo. Free delivery. Baltimore, MD 21211 Toll-free: 800-432-7238 catalogs and slide programs in the ceramic field. The place to meet qualified buyers in a professional We also do appraisals. Ceramics & Crafts Supply Co. 415-982-9231 wholesale-only setting. Applications reviewed Ceramic ArtSpace 818-782-1500 throughout the year–get yours online today. 490 Fifth St. Fax: 415-957-1492 6020 Woodman Ave. Toll-free: 888-CERAMIX San Francisco, CA 94107 C and R Products, Inc. Van Nuys, CA 91401 Email: [email protected] 7495 S.W. 38th St. Fax: 352-861-2507 Full-service online supply store; bisque, Website: www.ceramicssf.com Ocala, FL 34474 Toll-free: 800-657-7020 plastercraft, glazes, tools, kiln supplies, acrylics Materials and equipment for potters, ceramists Your fired art superstore! Full distributor for color, and much more at great prices. Everything for the and porcelain doll artisans. Mayco & Duncan bisque, kilns, supplies and glass. ceramic crafter. glaze distributor. California Pot Tools 805-525-0080 Ceramic City 830-964-4038 Ceramics Consulting Services 792 Manor Ridge Rd. Fax: 805-525-4704 186 Julius Dr. 413-527-7337 Santa Paula, CA 93060-1651 Fax: 830-964-3646 6 Glendale Woods Dr. Fax: 413-527-2755 Manufacture tools for ceramic artists and potters; Canyon Lake, TX 78133 Southampton, MA 01073 including 56 embossed patterns in a variety On-site kiln repair and rebuild service, parts Email: [email protected] of shapes and sizes plus decorating ribs in 12 and supplies; all Texas. Sell all kiln brands and Website: www.fixpots.com patterns. All used to stamp, roll or drag hundreds models. Master kiln repair technician. Warranty Technical information on clays, glazes, slip of unique decorations into clay. Also carry lid on all work. Kiln repair and firing seminars. casting, raw materials, kilns, equipment, product calipers and more. Send for free catalog. Refurbished kilns with warranty. development and ceramic toxicology. Specialize Campbell’s Ceramic Supply Inc. Ceramic Design Group Ltd./Plinth in clay body and glaze defects cause and 804-329-0109 Gallery corrections. 4231 Carolina Ave. Fax: 804-329-1439 3520 Brighton Blvd. 303-909-5488 Ceramics Hawaii Ltd. 808-845-8100 Richmond, VA 23222 Toll-free: 800-399-0660 Denver, CO 80216 Fax: 303-296-3581 501 Kokea St., Bldg. A-6 Manufacture a complete line of pottery, clay, Design and prototype/sample maker for ceramics Honolulu, HI 96817-4935 glaze and slip. Visit us at our headquarters in & pottery; master mold and model maker for slip Chesapeake Ceramics Supply Richmond, VA, or stop by one of our 24 dealers casting, hydraulic pressing and jiggering. Clay 410-247-1270 along the East Coast. and glaze consulting service. L&L Kilns and Shimpo distributors, Paragon and Nabertherm 4706 Benson Ave. Fax: 410-247-1708 Capital Ceramics Inc. 801-466-6471 kilns distributor. Baltimore, MD 21227-1411 Toll-free: 2174 S. Main St. Fax: 801-466-6946 800-962-9655 Salt Lake City, UT 84115 The Ceramic Shop 215-427-9665 Wholesale supplier of ceramic supplies and equipment. For more than 50 years the main source of 3245 Amber St. potters’ supplies and equipment for Utah and the Philadelphia, PA 19134 surrounding area. Outstanding customer service io and walk-in store. Home of the Hydro-Bat, a and prompt shipment of orders have contributed gypsum cement bat designed to fit all wheels. to our reputation as a good place to do business. Ceramic Services 909-986-1566 The Chinese Clay Art, USA 408-343-3919 PO Box 1352 1155 S. De Anza Blvd. Fax: 408-343-0117 Fax: 909-983-6041 Toll-free: 800-689-2529 Chino Hills, CA 91709 San Jose, CA 95129 Complete line of professional raku kilns from 4 Email: [email protected] to 14 cu. ft., downdraft kilns and custom pottery Website: www.chineseclayart.com Carbondale Clay Center 970-963-2529 equipment. Offer Laguna Clays, Aardvark Clay Web store, manufacture and wholesale company. Offer 135 Main St. and Glazes, Shimpo Wheels, Leslies Clay and patented and newly invented clay tools, brushes, ceramic Fax: 970-963-4492 Glazes as well as IMCO Clay. We are the Inland materials, prepared glazes and ceramic art books. Also Carbondale, CO 81623 Valley Ceramic Supply. offer China ceramic tours and cultural exchange programs. studio reference | company directory Email: [email protected] Website: www.carbondaleclay.org Ceramic Services Inc. 215-245-4040 Chris Henley Tools 760-942-0086 1060 Park Ave. Fax: 215-638-1812 912 Third St. Non-profit community clay studio serving Bensalem, PA 19020-4652 Encinitas, CA 92024 Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley and beyond, offering year-round, high quality ceramic arts Solutions to drying and firing problems. Bringing Handcraft potters tools for throwing, handbuilding, classes and activities for adults and children. industrial know-how to production potters. Home sculpture and tile molding. Crafted from exotic/domestic of the Kilnman, the Pottery Pro 2000 dryer and woods, bamboo and high carbon tool steel. Custom/ Pottery Master kilns, the best-built kilns and traditional patterns available, or to your specifications. dryers available. Ceramic Store of Houston, LLC 713-864-6442 1002 W. 11 St. Carolina Clay Connection 704-376-7221 Fax: 713-864-6550 2132 Hawkins St. Fax: 704-376-6824 Houston, TX 77008 Toll-free: 800-290-8990 Charlotte, NC 28203 Serving schools and institutions, potters and sculptors Email: [email protected] in the Houston metro area for over 30 years. Website: www.carolinaclay.com Full-service supplier, featuring clays by Standard, Highwater and Laguna. We carry equipment by most major manufacturers. Service-oriented with easy accessibility.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 43 Clayworks Supplies, Inc. 410-235-5998 Creative Glazes 770-476-7322 4625 Falls Rd. 3407 Hwy. 120 Fax: 410-235-6061 Duluth, GA 30096 Baltimore, MD 21209 Email: [email protected] Website: www.creativeglazes.com Clay Art Center 253-922-5342 Sell a full line of clay supplies to schools and 2636 Pioneer Way E. Fax: 253-922-5349 artists for over 20 years. Products from Standard Feature Duncan, Mayco, and Western glazes, Tacoma, WA 98404 Toll-free: 800-952-8030 Ceramics, Highwater, Laguna, Campbells, Orton cones, kiln wash, Kemper tools, as well as Email: [email protected] Duncan, Kemper, L&L and Skutt. Truck delivery to other tools, paint brushes and turn tables. Most Website: www.clayartcenter.net MD, D.C., northern VA, DE and southeast PA. orders ship the same day when placed during the week. Open Monday–Friday, 9 am–6 pm. Walk-ins Northwest’s leading manufacturer of custom clay and glazes. Clayworld Inc. 210-222-1331 welcome. Owned and operated by potters for over 35 years. Distributors 1200 E. Houston St. Fax: 210-222-1777 for Skutt, Laguna, Kemper, Duncan, AMACO and most other San Antonio, TX 78205 Toll-free: 800-284-2529 Creative Hobbies, Inc. 856-933-2540 manufacturers. Offer kiln, wheel and equipment repair. One-stop shop for all your pottery supplies and 900 Creek Rd. Fax: 800-992-7675 Clay Factory Inc. 760-741-3242 equipment. Discounted prices every day. Bellmawr, NJ 08031 Toll-free: 888-THE-KILN PO Box 460598 Fax: 760-741-5436 Coastal Ceramic Supply 843-873-1211 Escondido, CA 92046-0598 Toll-free: 115 Varnfield Dr. Fax: 843-873-1909 Wholesale prices to those doing ceramics and 877-728-5739 Summerville, SC 29483 Toll-free: 800-688-0602 pottery as a business. Best discounts regardless of quantity and same day shipping. Freight Carry Jacquard products, Kemper tools, Artistic Full-service ceramic and pottery supplier providing allowances based on order size. wire and Makin’s clay and tools. products from leading manufacturers. Columbus Clay 614-488-9600 1080 Chambers Rd. Fax: 614-488-9849 Columbus, OH 43212 Complete source of supplies for ceramic art Creative Paradise 316-794-8621 classes and potterymaking. Clays, raw materials, clay-king.com 864-579-1752 415 Industrial, Box 734 Fax: 316-794-8226 kilns, potters wheels, tools, glazes and more. Call 125 Ben Abi Rd. Fax: 864-579-1756 Goddard, KS 67052 or e-mail us for a free catalog. Now carrying a full Spartanburg, SC 29307 Toll-free: Email: [email protected] line of bisque. 888-838-3625 Website: www.handbuilding.com Email: [email protected] Cone Art Kilns Inc. 905-889-7705 Website: www.clay-king.com Ceramic design firm dedicated to offering unique 15 W. Pearce St., Unit #7 Fax: 905-889-7707 handbuilding forms and tools. Online discount store with a huge Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H6 Toll-free: product index, including Artisan 800-304-6185 Cress Mfg. Co. 775-884-2777 Kilns, for all levels of ceramic Canada 4736 Convair Dr. Fax: 775-884-2991 Carson City, NV 89706 Toll-free: 800-423-4584 artists and potters. Manufacture quality ceramic and glass kilns with distribution in N. America and Europe. Since Produce the finest in electric firing equipment. The Clay Lady 615-242-0346 Kilns feature competitive pricing without 1416 Lebanon Pike, Bldg. C Fax: 615-244-3191 1982, known for producing an energy efficient, extra-insulated kiln. compromising quality or safety. From small test Nashville, TN 37210 Toll-free: 866-203-5286 units to large production-grade equipment, Cress Your resource for teaching clay in the classroom! is your best choice. The Clay Place 412-276-3260 Crossroads Pottery & Clay Co. One Walnut St., Ste. 2 Fax: 412-276-3250 517-783-2942 Carnegie, PA 15106 3022 Francis St. Fax: 517-817-0252 Sell ceramic equipment, supplies and books. Continental Clay Co. 612-331-9332 Jackson, MI 49203 Toll-free: 877-872-8471 Distributor for Amaco, Brent, Kemper, Olympic, 1101 Stinson Blvd. N.E. Fax: 612-331-8564 Ceramics/pottery supplies, equipment, tools, Paragon, L&L, Shimpo, Soldner, Standard Minneapolis, MN 55413 Toll-free: 800-432-2529 and clay. Slip-casting and mold making supplies, Ceramic Supply Co. and Sculpture House. Email: [email protected] including slump hump molds and sculpture- Website: www.continentalclay.com making supplies. Basic instructions on how to mix Premier source for pottery, handbuilding, dry glaze, slip mixing, and plaster mold making, sculpting and casting supplies. Clays, glazes, including over 125 custom glazes. chemicals, kilns, pottery wheels, tools, books, Crucible Kilns 206-587-0570 and related equipment. 25 stock clay bodies 35 S. Hanford St. Fax: 888-587-0373 Clay Planet 408-295-3352 and superior custom blending. Online store; Seattle, WA 98134-1807 Toll-free: 800-522-1975 1775 Russell Ave. Fax: 408-295-8717 catalog available. Santa Clara, CA 95054 Toll-free: 800-443-CLAY Manufacture custom and stock ceramic and glass Email: [email protected] The Cookie Cutter Shop 360-652-3295 kilns for over 25 years. Website: www.clay-planet.com 3021 140th St. N.W. Fax: 360-652-3647 Marysville, WA 98271 Crystal Productions 847-657-8144 Northern California’s most complete ceramic 1812 Johns Dr. Fax: 800-657-8149 supplier. Manufacture clay and glazes, full Cornell Studio Supply 937-454-0357 Glenview, IL 60025 Toll-free: 800-255-8629 8290 N. Dixie Dr. Fax: 937-454-0397 retail store plus workshops, repair services Produce and distribute art resources including Dayton, OH 45414 and firing services. videos, prints, posters, and books. Committed to Claymakers 919-530-8355 Complete line of supplies for pottery and sculpture. Our technician providing the highest quality resources. Feature 705 Foster St. has over 30 years of experience at repairing equipment. top selling videos and teaching posters for Knowledgeable and courteous staff ready to assist customers. studio reference | company directory Fax: 919-530-8306 ceramics classrooms and the home. Catalog available. Celebrating 30 years in business. Durham, NC 27701 Curran Pfeiff Corp. 732-225-0555 Multifunctional clay center offering classes Liddle Ave. Fax: 732-225-5012 (beginner through advanced), retail clay, supplies Edison, NJ 08837 and equipment, individual studio rentals and a Family business for 83 years. Manufacture kiln posts, heating gallery of fine pottery and clay art. element holders, stilt stones, glass dams and saggers. Provide historical restoration on architectural ceramics, terra ClayPeople 510-236-1492 Coyote Clay & Color 505-344-2250 cotta, and pottery for professional, hobby, artists, glassmakers, 1430 Potrero Ave. Toll-free: 888-236-1492 5107 Edith Blvd. N.E. Toll-free: 866-344-2250 schools, architects, and distributors. Carry insulating bricks, Richmond, CA 94804-2141 Albuquerque, NM 87107-5107 dry clays, custom bodies, glazes and shapes. Ceramic supply, plaster, equipment sales and Email: [email protected] service. Website: www.coyoteclay.com Dakota Potters Supply 605-332-1946 Clayscapes Pottery Inc. 315-424-6868 Coyote Cone Six Electric Glazes are unique, 2315 W. Madison St. Fax: 605-332-2729 1003 W. Fayette St. Fax: 315-424-8877 beautiful and reliable. Now you can get all Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Syracuse, NY 13204 the richness and variety of gas firing in your For over 30 years, manufacture pugged clay Premier distributor of clay and equipment in electric kiln. Available in pints, gallons, and and distribute glazes, kilns and equipment for central NY and the northeast. Offer a wide variety three gallon buckets or packaged dry. Our Paragon, Skutt, L&L Kilns, Laguna, Coloramics/ of clay bodies, wet and dry glazes, kilns, wheels high fire underglazes stay bright and true from Mayco, Spectrum Glazes, Vent-A-Kiln, Peter and tools. Virtually everything a ceramic artist or cone six to cone ten. Pugger, Amaco-Brent, and North Star. teacher needs!

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 44 Danser, Inc. 304-679-3666 Dunghanrach Clay Co. 320-256-3496 US 50 East @ Murphytown Rd. Fax: 536 N. Third Ave. W. Fax: 320-256-3496 304-679-3354 Melrose, MN 56352 Parkersburg, WV 26104 Venco Pugmills, Skutt Kilns, and Creative Industries Steel and sheet metal fabricator specializing in custom throwing wheels at discount prices. Falcon Company 714-541-4157 fiber-lined gas kilns for industrial and studio potter use. Also Duralite Inc. 860-379-3113 1400 E. Pomona St. Fax: 714-541-2021 manufacture and install ductwork and combustion systems. 15 School St. Santa Ana, CA 92705 Davens Ceramic Center 770-451-2105 Fax: 860-379-5879 Email: [email protected] 5076 Peachtree Rd. Fax: 770-455-7012 Riverton, CT 06065 Manufacture quality, heavy-duty hand tools Atlanta, GA 30341 Toll-free: 800-695-4805 Family business for over 50 years. Manufacture custom quality for ceramic and craft areas. Publish technical Complete line of pottery equipment and supplies. electric heating elements for kilns and furnaces, replacement books for the studio potter. A division of Anything needed to make pottery. If we don’t have elements, switches, controls, connectors, and thermocouples; Aardvark Clay. it, we’ll get it! Purchase orders welcome. design service by qualified, experienced engineers. Fat Cat Pottery Inc. 910-395-2529 Del Val Potter’s Supply Co. East Valley Supply 607-478-8178 419-C Raleigh St. Fax: 910-395-4684 215-233-0655 4635 E. Vally Rd. Wilmington, NC 28412 1230 E. Mermaid Ln. Fax: 215-233-0496 Andover, NY 14808 Offer classes and working studio space by the Glenside, PA 19038 Specialize in epoxies specific for repairing hour or month. Distributor for Skutt kilns, L&L Full-service pottery supply offering dependable, ceramics. Kilns, Standard Ceramics clays, Kemper tools, friendly, helpful service to the professional Spectrum glazes, and underglazes, Amaco glazes Echo Ceramics 310-815-1525 and the hobby ceramist. Distributor of many and pottery wheels. 2856 S. Robertson Blvd. Fax: 310-815-1525 manufacturers and stand behind the materials Los Angeles, CA 90034 FireRight/Warner Instruments and equipment that we sell. A great place for potters to work. Beginning, 616-843-5342 Dew Claw Studios 401-312-0540 intermediate and advanced classes each month. 1320 Fulton Ave. 545 Pawtucket Ave., Ste. 106 Tools, supplies and clay available for sale. Home Grand Haven, MI 49417-1534 Pawtucket, RI 02860 of the unique Echo Claypron. High fire glazes Kiln, furnace, and test chambers electronic Full-service clay art center offering supplies, classes, available in dry and wet form. controls. workshops, studio memberships, firing (gas/wood/ Edouard Bastarache Inc. 450-742-2170 Flat Rock Clay Supplies 479-521-3181 electric/raku/pit), and artist business services ranging 2340 Des Erables 2002 S. School Ave. Fax: 479-443-3772 from shooting images to mailing list management. Sorel-Tracy, PQ J3R 2W3 Fayetteville, AR 72701 Digitalfire Corp. 406-662-0136 Canada Provide a full range of supplies and equipment Box 432 Fax: 866-223-7132 Author, editor, publisher and distributor of to schools and potters in Arkansas, eastern Cornwall, PE C0A 1H0, Canada Substitutions for Raw Ceramic Materials and Oklahoma and southeast Missouri through our Our INSIGHT and 4SIGHT ceramic chemistry and database Toxicology: Ceramics, Glass, and Metallurgy. store and online. Service what we sell. 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Texas, easily accessible to Oklahoma or including bowl stands, plate holders, coaster holders, and more. Louisiana. Delivery within 150 miles. Dogwood Ceramic Supply 228-831-4848 Euclids Kilns & Elements 12590 Dedeaux Rd. Fax: 228-831-3111 1120 Speers Rd. Fax: 905-849-0001 Gulfport, MS 39503 Oakville, ON L6L 2X4 Toll-free: 800-296-5456 One of the largest multi-line pottery and ceramic distributors Canada Free Freight Pottery Supply LLC in the southern U.S. Offer a great selection of kilns, clay, Buy direct and save! Manufacture quality electric kilns for 877-344-2933 glazes, wheels, molds, and related supplies. pottery and glass as well as replacement elements, bricks, PO Box 70505 Fax: 505-344-2950 and slabs for any kiln. Offers custom kiln and element Albuquerque, NM 87197-0505 design service. Email: [email protected] Website: www.FreeFreightClay.com Euclid’s/The Pottery Supply House Sells clay, glazes, kilns, wheels, tools, chemicals, stains. Ltd. Free freight on everything all the time—even clay! Dolan Tools 480-998-7169 1120 Speers Rd. 905-849-5540 PO Box 15161 Fax: 480-991-4509 Oakville, ON L6L 2X4 Fax: 905-849-0001 Freeform Clay & Supply 619-477-1004 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Toll-free: 800-624-3127 Canada Toll-free: 800-465-8544 1912 Cleveland Ave. Fax: 619-477-1333 Email: [email protected] Supply all your needs for making pottery: kilns, National City, CA 91950 Website: www.dolantools.net kiln furniture, wheels, clay, raw materials, pre- San Diego’s leading ceramic supplier for over Complete line of handcrafted pottery tools all individually made glazes, and tools. Also have an assortment 35 years. Best prices on equipment. Distributor of glass fusing and slumping supplies. for Laguna Clay, Duncan Glazes, Kemper Tools, studio reference | company directory made of high-quality knife steel. Custom orders available. Dealers welcome. Skutt Kilns, Peter Pugger, North Star, Shimpo, Evans Ceramic Supply 316-262-2551 Giffin Tec, L&L, and Cress Kilns. Doo-Woo Tools LLC 845-987-9589 1518 S. Washington Fax: 316-262-1396 PO Box 1275 Wichita, KS 67211-0654 Frog Pond Pottery 610-388-1254 Fax: 845-926-3125 For over 50 years, supply raw materials to retail PO Box 88 Fax: 610-388-1254 Warwick, NY 10990 studios, schools, colleges, and art centers. Pocopson, PA 19366 Primary U.S. wholesale distributor of fine pottery Hobbyists and finishware producers also find our GlazeMaster, a glaze calculation and database tools designed by Dong-Hun Chung of S. Korea. A products important for their completed projects. software for Windows and Mac. Mastering Cone variety of tool sets, individual tools, and custom 6 Glazes, written by John Hesselberth and Ron Evenheat Kiln Inc. 989-856-2281 Roy. Both can be purchased on our website. tool sets assembled according to customer 6949 Legion Dr. Fax: 989-856-4040 requirements. Caseville, MI 48725-0399 Funke Fired Arts 513-871-2529 Dry Creek Pottery 817-326-4210 For over 50 years, manufacture high quality 3130 Wasson Rd. Fax: 513-871-5576 8400 Cleburne Hwy. kilns for the private and commercial studio. Cincinnati, OH 45209 Toll-free: 866-GET-CLAY Granbury, TX 76049 Accessories: RampMaster II & Set-Pro computer Supply ceramic materials and equipment. Public Teacher workshops and lesson plan books relating controls, PC-based kiln software, pyrometers, studio facilities/rental. Classes in handbuilding to clay. Teachers can comp staff development Ventmaster, kiln shelves, and posts. and wheel throwing. Workshops. Professional and days and make clay projects that can be used hobbyist potters, art teachers. Unified purchasing in the classroom from elementary through high approved. school.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 45 Gare Inc. 978-373-9131 Greenbarn Potters Supply Ltd. Industrial Minerals Co. 916-383-2811 165 Rosemont St. Fax: 978-372-9432 604-888-3411 7268 Frasinetti Rd. Fax: 916-383-8741 Harverhill, MA 01830 9548 192nd St. Fax: 604-888-4247 Sacramento, CA 95828 Leader in ceramics since 1950. Over 600 bisque designs and Surrey, BC V4N 3R9 Canada Provide a wide range of products and services for several hundred glazes for artists, studios, and commercial Supply potters on the west coast of Canada. Carry everything the mineral processing industry and ceramic art accounts. Contact us for your special bisque or glaze needs. a potter needs: clay, materials, glazes, tools, equipment, markets. Manufacture a wide range of clays. See Geil Kilns Co. Fax: 714-847-6145 books, and much more. our website for more information. 7201 Clay Ave. Toll-free: 800-887-4345 Groovy Tools 502-859-5070 Innovative Ceramic Corp. 330-385-6515 Huntington Beach, CA 92648 1221 Johnson Rd. Fax: 502-859-5070 432 Walnut St. Fax: 330-385-6510 Manufacture portable downdraft gas kilns, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 E. Liverpool, OH 43920-3130 electric fired kilns, gas burners, and controls, and Premium quality trim tool handcrafted in Kentucky. Provide creative solutions to product identification industrial furnaces. Offer the 200 Series heavy gauge tool made from and decoration. Manufacture glass and ceramic true tool steel and the 300 Series medium gauge decals, rubber stamps and DuraFire inks. Supply tool made from high carbon steel. decal squeegees, underglaze pencils, and high Hammill & Gillespie Inc. 973-994-3650 temperature china markers. 154 S. Livingston Ave. Fax: 973-994-3847 Insulating Firebrick, Inc. 724-282-1012 Livingston, NJ 07039-0104 Toll-free: 610 E. Butler Rd. Fax: 724-285-7673 Georgies Ceramic & Clay Co. Inc. 800-454-8846 Butler, PA 16002 541-338-7654 Distribute ceramic raw materials including fine Supply insulating firebrick, 2300˚–3000˚F, 1471 Railroad Blvd., #9 Fax: 541-338-7565 English china and ball clays, Cornish stone, standard sizes and oversized bricks, straights Eugene, OR 97402 Toll-free: 866-234-2529 Yorkshire Whiting, and Spanish red iron oxide. and shapes. First Quality ISO certified insulating Email: [email protected] Manufacture Gillespie Borate. firebrick. Stock brick at our Claysburg, PA Website: www.georgies.com Har-Bon Ceramics & Decals 989-595-2463 warehouse ready to ship. Specialize in cone 6 electric glazes, plus offer great tips and 24475 U.S. 23 S. Fax: 989-595-2326 International Decal Corp. 847-498-5820 techniques on how to use them. Visit our website for details. Presque Isle, MI 49777 3322 Commercial Ave. Fax: 708-498-6356 Northbrook, IL 60062 Georgies Ceramic & Clay Co. Inc. Ceramic decals for every purpose. Over 7500 in 503-283-1353 our online shopping cart. Many online features. Manufacture custom ceramic and glass decals. 756 N.E. Lombard Fax: 503-283-1387 Herring Designs, LLC 970-547-4835 Specialize in 4-color process photographic Portland, OR 97211 Toll-free: 800-999-2529 PO Box 3099 reproductions. Produce overglaze, inglaze and Email: [email protected] Fax: 775-206-7526 reactive decals as well as glass and non-fire Website: www.georgies.com Breckenridge, CO 80424-3009 Toll-free: decals for plastic, wood, and canvas prints. Full range of equipment, supplies and tools for the studio. 888-391-1615 J. & J. Ceramic Studio 302-678-2845 666-A S. DuPont Hwy. Fax: 302-678-2845 Giffin Tec Inc. 360-758-7008 Makers of SlabMat, a non-woven fabric for slab rolling Dover, DE 19901 4135 Sunny Hill Ln. Fax: 360-758-2520 and handbuilding. Lummi Island, WA 98262 Highwater Clays of Florida Full-service traditional studio, serving the tri-state area since 1974. 4,000 sq. ft. facility centrally Manufacturer of the Giffin Grip and Lidmasters pottery tools. 727-553-9344 located in Delaware on a major highway. Large Offering the utmost in customer care and satisfaction. 420 22nd St. S. Fax: 727-553-9346 St. Petersburg, FL 33712 selection of greenware from over 15,000 molds, Glaze Mixer 801-633-9524 bisque, brushes, tools, firings, classes, etc. 2156 Cambridge Ave. Florida potters need look no further than our Japan Pottery Tools Cardiff, CA 92007 facility for all their supplies. Celebrating our 7th year. Feature 40+ clay bodies, glazes, tools, 1032 Irving St. , PMB 967 Save your glaze recipes online and we can mix them for you. equipment, books and more. Located in St. San Francisco, CA 94122 Retrieve them anywhere that you have access to the Internet. Petersburg’s Historic Seaboard Train Station just Discover hard-to-find Japanese tools, and learn new Glyptic Modeling Tools 970-663-5190 off I-275. techniques for throwing, trimming and glazing on our website. 418 W. 8th St. S.E., Unit B5 Fax: 970-663-5127 Jen-Ken Kilns 838-648-0585 Loveland, CO 80537 Toll-free: 800-260-4690 3615 Ventura Dr. W. Fax: 863-701-9867 Email: [email protected] Lakeland, FL 33811 Website: www.glyptic.com Different types of kilns including glass-fusing kilns. Glyptic (from the Greek to carve) modeling tools Jiffy Mixer Co. Inc. 951-272-0838 are high quality, interchangeable tools. Variety of Highwater Clays, Inc. 828-252-6033 sizes and a wide range of loop shapes for every 1691 California Ave. Fax: 800-666-4120 600 Riverside Dr. Fax: 828-253-3853 Corona, CA 92881 Toll-free: 800-560-2903 size project from miniature to monumental. Great Asheville, NC 28801-2140 for modeling and cutting/trimming. Email: [email protected] Mix any dry or liquid ingredients or combination quicker and more thoroughly. Three-bladed Graber’s Pottery Inc. 951-675-5468 Website: www.highwaterclays.com mixing head pulls all material to be mixed inside 2058 North Mills Ave. #217 Offer a full line of tools, kilns, glazes, the head, reducing mixing time up to 90%. Range Claremont, CA 91711 equipment, raw materials and books to of sizes. The Steve Tool - “One Tool, Many Results”. Roll it on, stretch customers from around the globe. There’s a lot the pot - get awesome texture on pottery! Hold back runny more to our clays than the ingredients. With John Brown Tools 336-765-0604 glazes via texture; fill with contrasting slip; or go “naked” three decades of experience, our prepared 163 Wynbrook Ct. with unglazed pottery for a new tactile feel. clay bodies perform batch after batch. Winston-Salem, NC 27103 studio reference | company directory HyperGlaze/Richard Burkett Johnson Gas Appliance Co. 319-365-5267 619-286-1836 520 East Ave. N.W. Fax: 319-261-0726 6354 Lorca Dr. Fax: 619-583-3894 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 San Diego, CA 92115-5509 Pioneer in the development and manufacture of Easiest-to-use glaze calculation software for gas burning equipment including many types of Great Lakes Clay & Supply 847-551-1070 ceramics artists. Powerful features. Newly furnaces, kilns, and burners. 120 S. Lincoln Ave. Fax: 847-551-1083 revised. Now for Windows (98 or newer), Linux KC Metro Ceramic Supplies 816-350-3003 Toll-free: 800-258-8796 and Macintosh OSX. 15900 E. 40 Hwy. Fax: 816-350-3056 Carpentersville, IL 60110 I Love To Create (Duncan Enterprises) Kansas City, MO 64136 Toll-free: 800-944-6653 Email: [email protected] 559-291-4444 Website: www.greatclay.com Nationwide dealer and distributor of high quality kilns, wheels, 5673 E. Shields Ave. Fax: 559-294-2447 clay, glazes, tools and other ceramic and pottery supplies. Inventor of the Versa-Bat and Glaz-Eze markers. Fresno, CA 93727-7819 Toll-free: 800-CER-AMIC Chicagoland’s most respected source of Kemper Tools 909-627-6191 Duncan Ceramic Arts is the leading hobby ceramic 13595 12th St. ceramic and pottery making supplies. Supply brand, trusted as the ultimate source of fired creativity by commercial potters, hobby/craft artists and Fax: 909-627-4008 hobbyists, educators, students, and studio owners for over Chino, CA 91710 Toll-free: 800-388-5367 school programs. 60 years. The brand is renowned for its comprehensive line of nontoxic products including color, bisque, brushes, and Over 500 tools for clay. Don’t be fooled by tools while supported by an honored educational program. imitations. Hand-crafts tools with over 60 years of technical design experience using durable, quality materials.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 46 Kentucky Mudworks LLC 859-389-6817 Lamp Specialties 856-931-1253 825 National Ave. Fax: 859-389-9681 Box 240 Fax: 800-722-7061 Lexington, KY 40502 Westville, NJ 08093 Toll-free: 800-225-5526 Full-service ceramic supplier serving Kentucky, Klopfenstein Art Equipment Lamp parts, kits, music boxes, ceramics, Indiana, Ohio and internet. Multiple classes, 419-884-2900 and pottery supplies and hard to find crafters workshops and all clay, tools and supplies for PO Box 9057 components all offered at substantial discounts your studio. Year-round weekend workshops. Fax: 419-884-2908 based on quantity. Manufacture Dirty Girl Pottery Tools. Lexington, OH 9057 Toll-free: 866-899-1899 Email: [email protected] Lark Books 828-253-0467 KeRAflex, US Website: www.klopfensteinart.com 67 Broadway PO Box 2822 Manufacturer of upright treadle wheels. Fax: 828-253-7952 Gilbert, AZ 85299 Asheville, NC 28801-2919 Keraflex Porcelain is made from ceramic raw Krueger Pottery Supply 314-963-0180 Publish books on many aspects of the ceramic materials and an organic binding matrix which 8153 Big Bend Blvd. Fax: 314-963-7712 arts; among the titles are books for the beginner, burns out when fired to cone 10, resulting in a St. Louis, MO 63119 Toll-free: 800-358-0180 the intermediate enthusiast and the experienced strong pure porcelain. Full-service supplier of materials, new/used equipment, kiln ceramist. Our 500 series books present images of Kickwheel Pottery Supply Inc. repair, and maintenance. Monthly classes, weekend and contemporary ceramic practice, and in the Masters 770-986-9011 summer workshops, kids classes, and pottery workshops. series, 40 of today’s outstanding international artists. 1986 Tucker Industrial Rd. Fax: 678-205-2001 Krumor Inc. 216-328-9802 Tucker, GA 30084 Toll-free: 800-241-1895 7655 Hub Pkwy. Fax: 216-328-9803 Manufacture over 40 premium clays plus custom. Valley View, OH 44125 Kilns, wheels, tools, books, general supplies, Manufacture temperature sensors: thermocouples and and materials. Helpful and highly-trained staff to RTD’s. Carry accessories. Supply most applications in assist in all phases of pottery. See our extensive ceramic industry. Contact factory direct. Fast service. Larkin Refractory Solutions online catalog. No middleman. 678-336-7090 Killam Gas Burner Co. 303-722-2871 PO Box 716 1240 S. Bannock St. Fax: 303-871-8049 Fax: 678-336-7094 Denver, CO 80223-3202 Toll-free: 877-328-9330 Lithonia, GA 30058 Email: [email protected] Atmospheric and power type natural and LP gas Website: www.larkinrefractory.com burners, auto gas valves, gas pressure regs. Flame safeguard controls Honeywell, Fireye. L&L Kiln Mfg. Inc. 856-294-0077 Full-service refractory supply and construction 505 Sharptown Rd. Fax: 856-294-0070 company. Engineers assist in refractory lining Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Toll-free: design and our own masonry construction 877-468-5456 crews can capably install the products we sell. Email: [email protected] Lily Pond Products Website: www.hotkilns.com Campbell Industrial Supply 559-876-0118 The Kiln Doctor Inc. 540-636-6016 Feature hard ceramic element holders to protect PO Box 939 Fax: 559-876-3305 202 E. Main St. Fax: 540-631-9476 firebrick and elements. Complete line of kilns Sanger, CA 93657 Front Royal, VA 22630 Toll-free: ranging from one-cu.ft. test kilns to 36-cu. ft. 877-KILNDOC production kilns. 3-yr limited warranty on Easy-Fire, Professional and hobby ceramic slip casting equipment, Email: [email protected] Jupiter, DaVinci, and Easy-Load front-loading kilns. pouring tables, slip mixing equipment ,and casting products. Website: www.thekilndoctor.com M&M Pottery Supply 814-663-0866 Retail store and equipment showroom; sales, delivery, 11800 Rte. 426 Fax: 814-663-0866 assembly, instruction, service and repair, for all popular Corry, PA 16407 brands of electric kiln, pottery wheels, pug mills, Supply and repair business with emphasis on customer service. mixers, slab rollers, spray booths, venting systems, and more. Your specialty store for accessories, repair L&R Specialties Inc 417-725-2606 Manitou Arts 231-386-7977 parts, consulting, and service! House calls and service 202 E. Mount Vernon Fax: 417-725-2607 PO Box 820 Fax: 231-386-7978 accounts, serving VA, WV, MD, Washington DC, DE. Nixa, MO 65714 Toll-free: 877-454-3914 Leland, MI 49670 Toll-free: 866-240-3434 Email: [email protected] Distribute English earthenware bisque tiles, The Kiln Elements Co. 503-755-2289 Website: www.claydogs.com switchplate/outlet covers, and wood products in 71898 Northshore Dr. which the potter can place finished tiles, e.g., Birkenfeld, OR 97016 Missouri’s only moist clay manufacturer and home of the Claydog Raku Kiln with vacuum pressed fiber mirrors, tables, trays. Kiln elements at 30% off retail. Skutt, Cress, shell and light-weight, portable stand. Provide service Marjon Ceramics Inc. 520-624-2872 L&L, Coneart. Supply gage, ohms and length of and materials to Midwest ceramic artists since 1969. elements we do not have specs for and take an 426 W. Alturas extra 10% off. Laguna Clay Co. 626-330-0631 Fax: 520-624-3127 14400 Lomitas Ave. Fax: 626-333-7694 Tucson, AZ 85705 Kiln-Ray Services 845-987-9589 City of Industry, CA 91746 Toll-free: Serving Arizona and the surrounding area with ceramic/ PO Box 1275 800-452-4862 pottery supplies, service, and equipment. In business for 50 Fax: 845-926-3125 Email: [email protected] years. Two locations to serve you: Phoenix and Tucson. 65 Southern Ln. Website: www.lagunaclay.com Warwick, NY 10990-1275 Marjon Ceramics Inc. 602-272-6585 Since 1932, manufacture and supply clay, glaze, Complete repairs on gas and electric kilns, pottery 3434 W. Earll Dr. Fax: 602-272-1507

studio reference | company directory pottery equipment, tools, and raw materials wheels, and all studio equipment. Dealer for Alpine, Ste. 101 Toll-free: 800-903-CLAY worldwide. Thousands of stock and custom, high Phoenix, AZ 85017-5284 Geil, Nabertherm, Frederickson, ConeArt, AMACO, and low-fire glazes, and clay bodies. Manufacture Shimpo, and Brent. Pacifica potter’s wheels, Thorley kiln furniture, Maryland Refractories Co. Kissimmee River Pottery/Fullwood Laguna kilns and Lockerbie wheels, Bellar Roller 330-532-9845 Measure available - made in the USA. 267 Salisbury Rd. Fax: 330-532-3224 Irondale, OH 43932 Toll-free: 800-228-4672 One 8th St. , #11 908-996-3555 Laguna Clay Co. 740-439-4355 High-duty grog for potters since 1957. High-quality, Frenchtown, NJ 08825 61020 Leyshon Dr. Fax: 740-439-4268 volume-stable grog recommended for all uses to 3200°F. Handcraft the Fulwood Measure, the perfect Byesville, OH 43723 Toll-free: 800-762-4354 Suitable for ceramic supplies and art applications. Price tool for same-size production pottery. Also offer Email: [email protected] depends on size and quantity ordered. adult pottery classes, kids camp, and school Website: www.lagunaclay.com programs. Studio offers cone 10 reduction, raku, Mason Color Works Inc. 330-385-4400 La Meridiana 39-0571-660084 and pit firing. 250 E. 2nd St. Loc. Bagnano 135 Fax: 39-0571-660084 Fax: 330-385-4488 50052 Certaldo (Fl) Italy E. Liverpool, OH 43920-5076 Workshops, seminars and residencies in Tuscany Since 1842, manufacture high-quality, but throughout the year. Tutors of international economical, ceramic pigments. Serving the recognition. A congenial meeting ground to gain ceramic arts community for many years with inspiration from the land of Roman culture and colorants for body, glaze, underglaze, and engobe renaissance splendor, matched by mediterranean uses. Most stains can be fired to 2300˚F. flair, genuine food and wines.

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Aurora, OH 44202 Toll-free: 888-937-2723 artists and institutions throughout the U.S. Pecatonica, IL 61063 Provide component parts used in functional or Mayco Colors 614-876-1171 Complete line of ball mills and milling supplies for decorative craft and hobby projects for over 50 4077 Weaver Ct. S. Fax: 614-876-9904 making your own glazes. Industrial quality at affordable years; clock and musical movements, lamp- Hilliard, OH 43026 prices. All mills come with a 2 year warranty. making parts, display hardware, frames, etc. Manufacture low and mid fire glazes, acrylics, Nevada Dan’s 775-425-9494 and stains. Design and produce 04 bisque, 345 Cortez Ct. casting molds, slump molds, and other assorted Fax: 775-425-6504 clay texturing tools. Offer brushes and decorating Sparks, NV 89436-8599 Toll-free: 877-325-POTS accessories. Provide hands-on product workshops Specialize in pottery wheels, kilns, extruders, slab for schools, potter’s guilds and ceramic studios. MKM Pottery Tools LLC 920-205-2701 rollers, pugmills, and much more. Visit website for Metomic Corporation 773-247-4716 217 E. Pacific St. Fax: 920-830-9394 secure online sales. Appleton, WI 54911 2944 W. 26th St. Fax: 773-247-2563 New Brunswick Lamp Shade Co. Chicago, IL 60623 Toll-free: 800-847-8342 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mkmpotterytools.com 732-545-0377 Supply components to assemble lamps and 7 Terminal Rd. lighting fixtures for over 60 years. Supply quality Manufacture pottery tools: MKM Stamps4Clay™, Fax: 732-545-6993 parts to the pottery industry, including sockets, MKM Throwing Tools, MKM Decorating Disks New Brunswick, NJ 08901 cords, harps, and decorative brass finials. and ribs (wood, stainless steel and Coconut CocoRibs™). Lamp shades, made to order, in a wide range of Midlantic Clay 856-933-0022 materials, sizes and shapes. Low minimums, high 900-D Creek Rd. Fax: 856-931-1240 Morean Art Center 727-822-7872 quality, reliable delivery, and personal service. Bellmawr, NJ 08031 719 Central Ave. Fax: 727-821-0516 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Discount potters art supplies including Duncan, Mayco, Amaco and Laguna Clay products in stock for Master Artists Workshops and classes in ceramics for novice immediate shipment. to professional: wheel-throwing, sculpting, hand-building. Studio classes offered in all media. Members exhibit and Mid-South Ceramic Supply Co. sell work. Contemporary art exhibitions; five galleries. 615-242-0300 New Mexico Clay, Inc. 505-881-2350 1416 Lebanon Pike , Bldg. C Fax: 615-244-3191 Mud in Mind 619-729-7889 3300 Girard N.E. Fax: 505-881-6067 Nashville, TN 37210 Toll-free: 866-203-5286 2111 Paseo Grande Fax: 619-312-0971 Albuquerque, NM 87107 Toll-free: El Cajon, CA 92019 800-781-2529 Manufacture Opulence Glaze. Full-service pottery Website: www.mudinmind.com Email: [email protected] supplier with complete line of pottery equipment Website: www.nmclay.com and supplies. Discount supplier of kilns, wheels and tools for the potter. Mudmats 614-403-4030 Pottery and ceramic supplies. Duncan and Mayco Midwest Ceramic Art Supply Inc. paint and glaze, cone 6 glazes, kilns, wheels and 815-725-8616 1551 Carlton Way Fax: 614-488-1395 Blacklick, OH 43004 clay, Kemper and Dolan tools, precious metal silver 1700 Plainfield Rd. Fax: 815-725-8871 clay. School and community center POs accepted. Crest Hill, IL 60403 Toll-free: 800-333-2723 MudMats are perfect for wedging, handbuilding, in the slab roller, and even glazing when flipped. North Star Equipment Inc. 509-235-9200 Full-line fired arts supplier, family-owned and PO Box 189 Fax: 509-235-9203 operated since 1966 in the Chicago area. Make studio cleaning and dust control easy. Smooth, portable, washable, and tough. Cheney, WA 99004 Toll-free: 800-231-7896 The Mudpit 718-218-9424 Quality U.S. manufactured slab rollers, extruders, 228 Manhattan Ave. ware carts, tile presses, and throwing bats. For Brooklyn, NY 11206Full-service clay facility for over 30 years potters have trusted North Star to wheel throwing, tile making, handbuilding, mold provide exceptionally well-made studio equipment. Mile Hi Ceramics, Inc. 303-825-4570 making, and slip casting. Classes, studio space Northeast Ceramic Supply 518-274-2722 77 Lipan St. Fax: 303-825-6278 rentals, and supplies. Check our website for full 621 River St. Fax: 518-272-5962 Denver, CO 80223 range of services. Troy, NY 12180 Email: [email protected] Wholesale/retail ceramic equipment and supply Website: www.milehiceramics.com Mudshark 971-645-8611 416 N.E. 26th St. company. Dealer/distributor of Laguna Clay Co., 50-year-old ceramic/pottery supply house. Portland, OR 97232 Skutt Kilns, Duncan, Gare, Amaco, Brent, Shimpo, Duncan, Mayco, Amaco, Spectrum, and Accept commissions and custom designs. Provide Kemper, and Dolan Tool Co., in upstate New York Opulence glazes; Skutt, Paragon, Aim, and and western Massachusetts. Shimpo kilns; raw materials; and manufacture model and mold making as well as production over 30 clay bodies. services. Ohio Ceramic Supply Inc. 330-296-3815 Mudtools 828-625-1852 PO Box 630 Fax: 330-296-5346 studio reference | company directory 923 Edney Inn Rd. Fax: 828-625-2467 Kent, OH 44240 Toll-free: 800-899-4627 Hendersonville, NC 28792 Distribute hobby ceramic supplies worldwide. Supply Innovative tools by Michael Sherrill for all your products to schools, institutions, military facilities, potters, ceramic and sculpting needs. sculptors, studios, and hobbyists. GSA contract. Nabertherm, Inc. 302-322-3665 Old Farmhouse Pottery 903-795-3779 Minnesota Clay Co. USA 952-884-9101 54 Read’s Way Fax: 302-322-3215 232 County Rd. 1805 7429 Washington Ave. S Fax: 952-884-1820 New Castle, DE 19720 Rusk, TX 75785 Edina, MN 55439-2410 Toll-free: High quality industrial grade kilns for pottery, raku, glass Old Hickory Clay Co. 270-247-3042 800-252-9872 fusing, slumping, casting, and annealing. High firing top and PO Box 66Fax: 270-247-1842 Email: [email protected] front loading kilns. The best three-year warranty and service Hickory, KY 42051 Toll-free: 800-242-6885 Website: www.minnesotaclayusa.com of any manufacturer. Built to last, handmade in Germany. Family-owned and operated company established in Nationwide dealer and distributor serving the Nasco Arts & Crafts 209-545-1600 1918, produce high-quality ball clays for all types of clay community for over 50 years with high 4825 Stoddard Rd. ceramics, including slip casting, moist clay, modeling, and quality clay, glaze and ceramic items. PO Box 3837 glaze formulations. Toll-free: 800-558-9595 Olsen Kiln 760-349-3291 Modesta, CA 95356 60520 Manzanita #205 Fax: 760-349-8009 Comprehensive kindergarten-to-college selection Mountain Center, CA 92561 of arts and crafts supplies. Kiln Kits—12,16, 24, 36, 50, 72 and 100 cu.ft. kilns.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org | Copyright © 2010, Ceramic Publications Company | 2010 Buyers Guide to Ceramic Supplies | 48 Olympia Enterprises Inc. 330-746-2726 PO Box 321 Fax: 330-746-1156 Campbell, OH 44405 Offer the largest selection of quality imported decals, chinaware, plates, and sponges. High- quality brushes and tools made in the U.S. Order Paragon Industries, L.P. 972-288-7557 Portion Master LLC 989-329-4753 our 326-page color decal catalog. $22.00 includes 2011 S. Town East Blvd. Fax: 888-222-6450 shipping and handling. 810 Dale Road Mesquite, TX 75149-1122 Toll-free: Beaverton, MI 48612 800-876-4328 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.portion-master.com Website: www.paragonweb.com Manufacture Portion Master adjustable clay Manufacture Cone 10 electric kilns, including cutter. popular-sized top loaders, front loaders and small Olympic Kilns 770-967-4009 glaze test models. Portland Pottery Supply 207-772-3273 4225 Thurmon Tanner Rd. Fax: 770-967-1196 118 Washington Ave. Fax: 207-780-6451 PO Box 1347 PCF Studios 585-229-2976 Portland, ME 04104 Toll-free: 800-539-4301 Toll-free: 800-241-4400 PO Box 722 Wholesale/retail pottery supplies to public Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Honeoye, NY 14471 and private schools, colleges, universities, art Email: [email protected] Offer step-by-step instructional books and DVDs, museums, art schools, and commercial and Website: www.greatkilns.com as well as unique sculpting aids and workshops home potters. Stock a wide variety of clays, raw Manufacture electric and gas kilns (small 120- taught by artist Philippe Faraut. materials, kilns, wheels, glazes, and tools. volt kilns to large custom car kilns) for pottery, Pebble Press, Inc. 734-327-0833 ceramics and glass, and low-fire glaze and stilts. Portland Pottery Supply South 1610 Longshore Dr. Fax: 734-327-1081 781-848-2772 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 87 Messina Dr. Fax: 781-356-4112 Offer books and DVDs on ceramics. 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