Anatomy of A Cone Tom McInnerney from Orton shares insights to great firings. Cones have been around since the late 1800’s. Dr. Edward Orton, Jr. recognized the ceramic industry’s need to have a calibrated visual device to measure the amount of heat work delivered to ceramic products during the firing process to validate thermal processing. The rest is […]
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APT II and what to do? This magic serum stops problems from happening, fixes problematic areas, and resurrects problem pieces. What is it, you may ask?!? How is it used? This is called APT II Ceramic Enhancer. It is an “acrylic emulsion additive that is food safe and non-toxic. It cleans up with water and […]
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Got an Etch? Put Some Cream On It This is a little-known technique that not complicated but it’s fun safe and expressive and its for just about any age. The other really terrific part of this is that it open up the world of microwave kilns to the new to fired arts artist. So, let’s […]