Understanding Pottery: Chapter 3 Bisque Firing

Thank you for watching our video on Bisque Firing.

Understanding Pottery is a video series in production by Washington Street Studios. The video series is a digital textbook that will take the viewer through the entire ceramic process from the raw material through the finished ceramic pieces. We’ve already covered chapter one: What is Clay? And chapter two: Clay Properties and Drying and this video will present chapter 3: Bisque Firing.

In this video you will learn the difference between bisque and biscuit firing, what happens in the clay during a bisque firing, why we bisque fire pottery, tips and pitfalls when bisque firing.

The next video topic in the Understanding Pottery series will be Tips for Successful glazing.

This video 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. This channel is one of our steps to share our passion for the ceramic arts, creative energy and knowledge with other artists and art lovers

We also created a podcast to expand our audience. If you are looking for an audio version of our show search for ‘The Potters Round Table’ on your favorite podcast platform of choice.

My favorite special tool sources:
Bill van Gilder Pottery: https://www.vangilderpottery.com/onli...
Troy Bungart: https://troybungartstudios.com/
StudioPro: https://studioprobats.com/

Channels of interest to potters:
Bill van Gilder:    / vangilderpottery  
Jonthepotter:    / @jonthepotter  
Ceramic Jim:    / @ceramicjim  
John Britt:    / @johnbrittpottery  
Earth Nation Ceramics:    / @earthnationceramics  
Simon Leach:    / @sleachpots