The colorful glaze on that ceramic mug of yours may look nice, but there's a chance that it could contain toxic substances. US scientists have thus created a safer type of glaze, that incorporates ...

A family of five in NYC is recovering from lead poisoning after the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene discovered they'd been using contaminated cookware. Getty Images/iStockphoto A family of ...

Glass-ceramic glazes combine the inherent advantages of glassy coatings with controlled crystalline phases to deliver enhanced mechanical, thermal and aesthetic properties. Unlike traditional ceramic ...

Pottery is a complicated process involving mixing and fine-tuning clay, creating and refining vessels or sculptures, and then developing and applying glazes before firing. Though glazing is one of the ...

In the previous article, I wrote about why Shigaraki tanuki (raccoon dog) figures became popular nationwide as lucky charms.▶ ...

Many articles are published on a daily basis illustrating the use of glazes, but the technology employed in their application and composition is quite complex and diverse. Many variations are possible ...

IntroductionWhen you look at earthenware and pottery in a museum, you will see deep vessels with open mouths, gray and ...

Lithuanian designer Agne Kucerenkaite reveals the value of industrial metal waste in her project Ignorance is Bliss, which sees the material used to make colourful ceramics. Ignorance is Bliss ...

Ceramic glaze material is the finishing glassy coat in a typical ceramic production. They are hard, smooth and impervious to liquids, steam, weak acids, alkalis, and are insoluble in water. Glazes are ...