Pottery Shorts: What Happens to Clay in a Firing?

Welcome to Pottery Shorts, brought to you by The Potter’s Round Table, the topic for this episode is What Happens to Clay in a Firing?

If you have fired any pottery in the past, you will know that when we fire, the clay gets stronger and easier to handle. When we fire clay to the rated cone, the clay vitrifies and becomes a stone-like ceramic material. This Pottery Short episode will explore what happens from a scientific perspective. Phil gives an easy-to-understand explanation of how the clay changes in a firing. Enjoy the show.

The Potters’ Round Table is brought to you by Washington Street Studios, a community pottery studio, gallery, and pottery school located in Harpers Ferry / Bolivar, WV. We exist to provide ceramic artists an affordable, fully equipped studio space for aspiring, emerging and established artists to share their creative energy and knowledge in an environment designed to support the ceramic artist. If you want to learn more about Washington Street Studios, visit our website at https://www.hfclay.com/.

At Washington Street Studios, we believe the sharing of creative energy and knowledge will improve the quality of our art and increase the appreciation of art within our community. We are striving to create an environment where the arts are shared and appreciated. We want to grow as a family of artists and contribute to our community.

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