Making ceramics is magical, ceramics mystifications certainly are not. Ceramics and glazes are surrounded by a cloud of thick black smoke. And I do not mean the smoke when firing raku.
Theory behind practice is often unnecessarily made very complicated. Because of ignorance, to impress? I have no idea, but it has always frustrated my quest for clear knowledge. Time for unmasking.
In this blog I grab three ceramics mystifications by the clay.. euh horns.