Translucent, strong, dense and vibrant are a few words I use
to describe porcelain.
Working with porcelain clay is yummy. The clay slips through the fingertips on its
way to becoming a form. After firing the
clay is so strong and dense and the glazes are so vibrant on the surface. I still fire to a hot cone 10 because I love
the sound of the clay body at this temperature. I love how the high pitch ring vibrates and
carries in the air. I recently started
throwing and building with Jack Troy Porcelain from Standard Ceramics. The cone 10 porcelain I was using was warping
at cone 10 so I switched to a cone 13 clay body which I am firing to cone
10.
I am not sure why the old clay started warping so much. Maybe I am handling the clay differently or
my throwing has become much thinner. Or,
maybe the clay recipe was changed. Regardless of the reason, I am getting use to
a new clay body and wondering how it will change my work.
Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo
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