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Why I Create My Own High Fire Clay Bodies, Part
Working with Porcelain and White Stoneware at High Fire Temperatures I’m a potter who works on the wheel, primarily making pots for the kitchen table. I have many expectations of the fired white stoneware and porcelain high fire clay bodies I create and use. A few of them are: To achieve the clarity of glaze…
Why I Create My Own High Fire Clay Bodies, Part
Working with Porcelain and Stoneware to Create High Fire Clay Bodies at High Temperatures I work to create stoneware, white stoneware and porcelain clay bodies that are strong and resilient enough to survive being clinked around in the dish washer and dish water in everyday use. A major enemy of producing such durable utilitarian pottery…
Answering the Question – What is Porcelain?
In order to answer the question of "What is Porcelain?," the process of creating a porcelain clay body begins with selection of the purest of clays, kaolin (china clays), plus feldspar, silica, and a plasticizer, a critical ingredient I add thoroughly mixed with water (blunged). At high temperature, in my case cone 10 (between 2350…
