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Below are articles from Ceramics Monthly/other magazines that communicate glazes, recipes, techniques, and just raw information that I hope to provide as a resource for those in need.

Soon to come (in addition to my CM articles) will be a series of glaze lists with corresponding color tiles.

Currently in development:
-Tracking Reflectance Profiles of Glazes
-The Mechanism of Flashing
-Self-flashing Cone 6 Clay
-Super secret glaze/clay projects. (SSssshhhh)

Reduction Misnomer

What is really taking place in a reduction firing.

Electric Woodash

Some alternatives to spending a week wood-firing pots.

Opacity: Color, and Cost

The color-shifting properties of tin, aside from its use as an opacifier.

Cone 6 Shino

Actual shinos in cone 6 oxidation and recipes for them! Faux flashing, too.

Gemstones and Glazes

A correlation between gemstones, glazes, and their colors.

Niobium and Rutile

Why rutile is so special, fickle, but still has all of our hearts. 

Rare Earths at Cone 6

Fluorescent and color-changing glazes, from some interesting rare earth metals.

Chasing Chun
The science of Chun glazes and how they can be emulated at cone 6.

Carbon Trapping

The mechanism, specifics, and how to control carbon-trapping in your reduction firings.

Dirty Dishes
A bacteria survival study that contradicts misconceptions about "poisonous" crazing.

The Science of Glaze Color

The underlying science behind glaze color.

Tenmoku to Tomato
Understanding crystallization mechanisms in iron-saturated glazes.

The Mechanism of Dichroic Glazes
Kaolin and Color
Microcrystalline Glazes
The science of dichroic glazes and how they change color in various light sources.
How kaolinite content affects perceived color saturation and quality in celadon-type glazes.
How microcrystals form in glazes and how they can be exploited to be beautiful!

Copper Red Nanoparticles
Silver and Gold
By Weight, not Volume
The science of nanoparticle colors and how they work in several glazes -- including copper reds.
Silver and gold nanoparticle glazes in both reduction and oxidation firings.
Wood-firing practices might have it wrong and are working too hard.

No-Grind Crystals
How to make crystalline pottery without catch-basins, risers, or the time required for those.
Acid-Etching Crystals
How to acid-etch your crystalline pottery through 3 different very reasonable chemical baths.
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