Ceramic glaze

Centered Earth needs your help. The ceramics arts studio and gallery is once again helping with the Annual “Soup and a Bowl” event, held by the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. This event will be held on February 19, 2016 at the Genetti Hotel and Suites located in Williamsport. Besides the great food, raffles, for this this event, each participant gets a bowl to keep. “To Remind people that an empty bowl means that someone is going without food.” Pam Hicks, Programs and Events Coordinator…

Seals were everyday items in medieval England from 1150 to 1350. Seals were utilized for a variety of exchanges, the most frequent being land agreements, but seals validated any documents that needed proof of identity. A seal has two parts, the wax seal and the metal matrix combined form a seal. Many different social classes within England used them. Seals were attached to documents for selling land, binding serf contracts, or rental agreements within urban settings. Other seal uses included…

Jessica Martinkosky V100 Weyers Cave, VA 24486 Dear Ms. Martinkosky, I am writing to introduce you to the work of Marilyn Levine. She is a ceramics artist that specializes in making clay appear as leather. Unfortunately she is deceased however; she has dedicated her career to making hyper realistic renderings of leather objects that are entirely made from clay. Although many artists refine, vary or shift styles throughout their careers, Levine stuck to the realistic sculpture she devised 35…

How to make modern floor lamps more decorative? Description: You can now implement different new creative ideas for making the look of modern floor lamps more attractive. You can either develop these ideas of your own or can derive the same from other sources. If you want to change the look of your house by adding great an updating feature, then nothing can be the best option other than installing modern floor lamps. These kinds of lamps are mostly equipped with outstanding contemporary designs…

Paul Ajibolade Professor Lauren Clay ARTS 3320.01 6 October 2015 A Look at Ryan Kelly Ryan Kelley is a ceramics artist who is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Ohio State University in the Art Department. Kelly’s education consists of receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and his Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Ohio State University (OSU). Kelly has won several awards and achievements for his artwork including winning the Fleisher…

Middle Shang spans from the 15th-13th century B.C., featuring pottery with a yellowish-brown glaze (Shangraw, 383). On the other hand, the Late Shang period spans from the 13th-11th century B.C. and features a more brownish-green glaze. Clearly examining pottery under the umbrella of the long timeline of Shang Dynasty is difficult, as there are many subtle changes over time, not to mention the fact that “ceramic tradition associated with China spans seven millennia” (Shangraw, 382). So, the more…

Much of the workflow for ceramics production remains the same over the many years this art form has been practiced. When centuries ago, a potter starting the process workflow of producing a ceramic mug (or more likely a jug), he would go to a river bed and collect the clay. Now, Angel Pottery’s supplier is currently a clay supplier in Amherst, Massachusetts. In this supplier’s factory, they use mixing augurs to produce the raw material clay. From factory to home factory, the clay bags are…

Even though the piece may look “simple and plain” (eastcornercompany), the design of the color shows a beautiful comparison between the colors. The history to a blue and white piece have both a “cobalt glaze on the clay body and covered with transparent glaze, belongs to underglaze porcelain decorative style” (eastcornercompany). The glazing on the piece display a sparkling and crisp of art that the color will never disappear. The color blue and white blends in wtih any color around…

wrapped tightly around the heart is called “Heart Teapot: Petrol Hostage,” and it is one of many teapots in the Yixing Series by American ceramist, Richard Notkin, in 2013 (Pentilla, 2014). Notkin’s ceramic heart teapot is a relatively small teapot (6.5” x 11.25” x 5.75”) made from stoneware with a matte glaze that appears to have a rusted color that covers the entire teapot. The abstract teapot was designed to look like a heart with the heart’s vessels forming the handle, lid, and the spout of…

Among these works are two of his sphere series, Sphere/Sunrise (2008) and Sphere/Sombra (2008). Both are composed of glazed ceramic. Linear designs are engraved into the ceramic to add texture to the pieces. Sunrise combines yellows, oranges and browns. Sombra mixes purples, dark reds and black glazes. Though they each share the same basic form, they are differentiated by colour and pattern. In Spanish, sombra means “shadow,” placing it in direct contrast with…