Currently listing 548 patterns in 84 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! Fancy Fish: Choose one or more to create your own scene. With this selection of angles and poses, nothing is impossible for a professional artistic rendering. To SAVE, CLICK PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION on right hand column or use your computers […]
You need flash installed to view this header! About Us: Ceramics Made Easy has been a labor of love resulting from over 50 years of working in the field of ceramics. Upon retiring and closing my school of clay arts, I witnessed the industry take a decline and many others closed their studios. I was […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! Filter Search by Category: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – About Ceramic Greenware About Ceramic Molds About Kilns About Porcelain Business Dynamics Ceramic Projects and Techniques Ceramic Shows […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! Ceramics Shops and Businesses with on-line presence: With much appreciation, CME is happy to provide a copy of a listing prepared by Mike Smith (Cindy’s Ceramics; Haymarket VA) of ON-line Ceramic shops and businesses for your reference. Thank you Mike. […]
It all starts here. When handling porcelain, one must follow an entirely different set of rules compared to cast earthenware. It is much softer and much more fragile. It requires a lighter, more delicate touch. Once you get the hang of it though, working with porcelain is a real delight. Cleaning Porcelain greenware doesn’t require […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How to Make Porcelain Casting Slip Cone 6-10: GROLLEG (KAOLIN) 15% E.P.K. (KAOLIN) 25% TENN. #10 (BALL CLAY) 15% CUSTER (FELDSPAR) 25% SILICA (200 MESH) 20% 100% (total dry ingredients) Distilled water 35% (dry ingredients) Darvan #811 00.36% (dry ingredients) […]
Reclaiming Ceramic Slip – A How Too: Submitted by: Majik | Date Added: 21 Sep 2016 About: What to do with all the broken ware and trims from slip-casting? Simple,really. Reclaim it. More Details: Clay is a natural element and it can always be reclaimed to a liquid state for casting molds. It is important […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! How To Wet Clean Porcelain Greenware: A process to clean porcelain greenware with water. Porcelain produces a very fine dust which can be bothersome to people with breathing problems or allergies. Though normally, one does not use water to clean […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! What Is Lace Draping?: An Almost Lost Art Lace Draping is an all-but-lost art form of turning lace into porcelain. This is done by saturating a cotton lace with liquid porcelain and attaching it to a porcelain figure. When fired, […]
History of porcelain and description Porcelain is the finest among all clays. It is the purest and finest textured clay found on earth. It is made from Kaolin clay and other minerals that was found in China around 700 AD. Most of the fine pottery and ceramic products were exported from the orient and they […]
What Is A Ceramic Mold: Submitted by: Majik | Date Added: 7 Nov 2014 About: What are ceramic molds made of? More Details: A ceramic mold is made of plaster. It is made to create a shape or object using clay or slip (liquid clay). A mold can have one piece, referred to as an […]
It all starts here. I have always told my students that even if you dip your ceramic piece in pure gold it is not worth two cents if you do not clean it properly to begin with. Good cleaning is the difference between ceramics as a craft and ceramics as an art. Even a beginner […]
The Basics It is not a good idea to load your items on the bottom of your kiln, you should use some short stilts and place one shelf over the bottom and then build up your shelves to heights needed. Try to load your kiln evenly, arranging items of the same height on each shelf. […]
Currently listing 139 articles in 15 categories! You need flash installed to view this header! About Greenware: What is Greenware? In a nutshell, greenware is raw clay. Clay that has not been fired or ‘baked’. Potters throw pots and until they are fired, they are greenware. It does not matter if an item has been […]
