brian gartside - contemporary studio pottery - creative clay - experimental glaze - educational

studio pottery - explore creative clay - experimental glaze - educational

The pages in this section of the site called "clayglazexplore" are selected mainly from a series of articles that I wrote for the "New Zealand Potter" magazine - mainly technical topics that describe easy and low-tech methods for glazing and clay formulation. Some are accompanied with written comments. .The visual charts and notes are shown in abbreviated form .

pdf downloads are available if you want the full articles - click on the links below

about glaze materials

about clay and fire

TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE

SIX OF ONE AND HALF DOZEN

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO

FREE AND EASY GLAZING

RAKU GLAZES, SALT AND SMOKE

TERRA SIGILLATA

CRAWL AND CRACKLE GLAZES

SATURATED RICH IRON GLAZE

GLAZES FROM THE SEA BED

WOODASH - CUT THE CACKLE

BASIC STONEWARE GLAZE

BARIUM AND FICKLE NICKEL

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO

PAPER CLAY#1

PAPER CLAY#2

WOOD KILN FOR BEGINNERS

SIMPLE KILNS TO BUILD

MAKING CLAY TEXTURE

LOWFIRE AND RAKU

about surface design

VISION AND DESIGN COMMENTS

INTUITION AS A DESIGN ELEMENT

THEY SAY

BUT...WHAT IS IT?

IF YOU DON'T TELL ME

VISUAL SKILLS FOR ART AND CRAFT IS AN AREA OF STUDY THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED ON THIS SITE. THIS EDUCATIONAL PROJECT WILL EVOLVE DURING THE YEAR- LINK HERE