by CAQ | May 28, 2019 | Blog Post
Simple Rules for Composition of Pottery Photographs Every pottery picture tells a story. An essential part of that storytelling is the composition or relationship between the elements within a photograph. The things that affect composition of a photograph are: Line —...
by CAQ | May 27, 2019 | Blog Post
How and Why To Make A Shrinkage Measure Somewhere down the track, you may need to make something to a particular size. And knowing that clay shrinks quite a bit, it is vital to know precisely how much and when in the process the shrinkage happens. Traditional and...
by CAQ | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog Post
What! Turn Our Garage Into A Pottery Studio? Planning a ceramics studio conversion needs some careful thought. A two-car garage under a suburban home has to be converted into a small pottery teaching studio that could house 6 – 10 students. It would also be used...
by CAQ | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog Post
Making Glazes – Theory And Practice How to save money and give your ceramic art that unique touch. When a wide range of commercial glazes are available for speedy delivery at the click of a button, why would you go through the mess and uncertainty of mixing your...
by CAQ | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog Post
Seger Yields to Boron at Cone 6 Recent glaze research work in the US by both Matt Katz and Sue McLeod looks at the use of Boron as a flux in cone 6 firings. Cone 6 is used typically with mid-fired clays in electric kilns. Katz says that it is possible to formulate...
by CAQ | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog Post
Making your ceramics look great in digital photographs It’s important to remember that in the internet age, your ceramic artworks have two existences. The first is the actual object: it has three dimensions, it’s solid and, well, it’s real. The second is your work’s...
