Once a pottery piece is off the wheel and dry, it often goes back on another kind of turntable, a banding wheel, so it can be painted, glazed, or otherwise embellished. The rotating platform gives you ...

IntroductionWhen looking at glaze samples in a studio, you may notice that even with the same name, the color changes ...

Introduced as a medicinal drink around 2700 B.C., tea has grown to be the one of the most popular beverages worldwide. One of the key reasons for its popularity is its rich content of flavonoids and ...

From the back of the shelf, an old piece of pottery covered in brown or gray glaze has emerged. The shape is slightly ...

The colorful glaze on that ceramic mug of yours may look nice, but there's a chance that it could contain toxic substances. US scientists have thus created a safer type of glaze, that incorporates ...

The Owen family can trace their pottery roots back six generations, so far back that their family’s artwork now rest in the The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. Ben Owen III has been making pottery since ...

Glass-ceramic glazes combine the inherent advantages of glassy coatings with controlled crystalline phases to deliver enhanced mechanical, thermal and aesthetic properties. Unlike traditional ceramic ...

Tea contains flavonoids such as catechins, which have numerous health benefits. Now, researchers reveal that the glazing on ceramic tea sets plays a crucial role in retaining the beneficial components ...