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    Underglazes and stains

    Dec 22, 2020 4 minutes

    Linda Bloomfield is a scientist turned potter. More glaze recipes can be found in her books, Advanced Pottery (2011), Colour in Glazes (A&C Black 2012), The Handbook of Glaze Recipes (Bloomsbury 2014) and Science for Potters (The American Ceramic Society 2017). Her new book Special Effect Glazes, and the second edition of Colour in Glazes are both out now

    There are many options for adding coloured decoration to ceramics, including underglaze, stains and colouring oxides. In this article, I will explain what each of these is and how to use them.

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