In-Mold Glaze and Slip Applications in Ceramics
by Efe TürkelI aimed to combine in-mold glaze and slip applications with a single firing method to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and introduce aesthetic innovation in ceramic production. By merging the tradit…
Q&A: Glaze Additives
Once the appropriate additive is chosen the critical point is to use only as much that is needed. It is often the case where too much of a good thing is bad resulting in a whole array of different gla…
Q&A: Trimming Defects
Q: Why are my porcelain pots cracking after trimming? There could be any number of reasons why a porcelain pot would crack starting with the fact that porcelain clay body formulas are typically compos…
Jiwoon Yang : Aestheticism, Art and Craft
by Bang, Chang HyunThe crafted works of Jiwoon Yang, a ceramic artist standing at the center of the “objet tableware phenomenon” in 21st century Korea, cannot be treated as ‘well-made things’ because a new aesthetic tha…
Felicity Aylieff: A Monumental Achievement
So, what makes one of the country’s leading ceramic artists step back from a full-time position at the Royal College of Art, and an established and successful UK studio, to start a production studio i…
Clay Houses
Sketching the work is the best method I’ve found to force myself into close observation, deep looking. During the sketching process I learn things about the work I would never have noticed. Somewhere,…