How Silicon Carbide Mesh Size Controls Lava Glaze Texture (From Rough to Smooth)
The same glaze recipe. Five completely different results. Here's what happens to lava glaze texture when you change silicon carbide mesh size — from coarse 23 mesh to ultra-fine 1000 mesh.
What You Need to Set Up a Ceramics Studio at Home (The Real Minimum)
Intimidated by gear lists with $6,000 kilns? Here's what you actually need to set up a home ceramics studio — and how Maria Loram started for about $200.
How to Find Open Calls for Exhibitions, Residencies & Competitions (As a Ceramic Artist)
How to Find Open Calls for Exhibitions, Residencies & Competitions (As a Ceramic Artist)
How Much Silicon Carbide Do You Actually Need in a Lava Glaze?
Does more silicon carbide mean more bubbles in a lava glaze? A two-set glaze review from workshops in Lebanon and Portugal says otherwise.
100 Ways to Make Money as a Ceramic Artist (And Why Most People Only Know Three)
100 Ways to Make Money as a Ceramic Artist | Loram Ceramics
How Flux Ratios Change Lava Glaze — R2O, RO, and Three Sets of Tests
ow adjusting R2O and RO flux ratios changes lava glaze ceramics results — a three-set glaze review from workshops in Bali and Portugal.
How I Mix My Own Glazes — My Full Process From Recipes to Test Tiles
How to Mix Your Own Glazes — A Step-by-Step Process for Ceramic Artists
How Glaze Thickness Creates Crawl Glaze Effects — A Ceramics Glaze Review
How glaze thickness and water ratio create crawl glaze effects in ceramics. A silicon-aluminum mapping glaze review with three test sets — and what the Stull chart predicts.
The Quiet Surface: Why Natural Ceramic Textures Are the Most Compelling Thing in a Room
Natural Ceramic Textures: Organic, Volcanic and Wabi Sabi Pottery
What Underfiring Does to Lava Glaze — Crawls, Craters, and Alien Ceramic Textures
Underfiring Lava Glaze: Crawl Effects and Alien Ceramic Textures
$50,000 to Make Ceramics? Here's Where Every Dollar Went
Running a ceramics or pottery business costs more than clay. Real 2025 expense numbers across every category — for ceramic artists figuring out how to price ceramics and track their costs.
Cub Creek Residency
A brief story on how I spent my summer 2024. My experience at the Cub Creek Residency in Virginia, where I immersed myself in wood-firing ceramics, working with local wild clay and exploring natural materials.