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 ...

IntroductionWhen looking at glaze samples in a studio, you may notice that even with the same name, the color changes ...

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 ...

Right across maritime Asia, including Hong Kong, pottery pilasters with a characteristic deep-green gloss, known as “Canton glaze”, were once a commonplace design feature. Mostly used to support ...

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 ...

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 ...

From the back of the shelf, an old piece of pottery covered in brown or gray glaze has emerged. The shape is slightly ...

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 ...