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The basics of firing pottery.

How ceramic glazes work and the colours created from raw minerals.

A definition of porcelain ceramics and the properties of porcelain clay.

A definition of stoneware clay ceramics.

Clay is simple, a blend of an array of minerals such as silica, calcium, iron, and many more defined by its fine particle size. Finer than sand but coarser than silt, most of us have a general understanding of what clay is. But when we're talking about pottery, there's much more to know. Sometimes pottery is marked as porcelain, stoneware, earthenware , and on the rare occasions raku or fireclay . What's the difference, and is one better than the other? I don't think any

What is neriage and nerikomi pottery?