External Links - Get more from your L&L Kiln

American Ceramic Society Technical Organization. Devoted to scientific study of ceramics.

This is a good list of common ceramic terms.

Ceramics Today is a comprehensive independent ceramics site, but one with a long history. Its first incarnation as Claynet. Claynet evolved into ceramics.about.com.

Topics in Contemporary Ceramic Art. This is a blog site of various articles concerning contemporary art ceramics.

Good site for general information on ceramics, firing, cones, venting and controls.

SDSU School of Art website. The School of Art, Design, and Art History at San Diego State University is committed to excellence in the visual arts and design, intellectual development, interdi

The Brick Industry Association website contains a wealth of information on Clay Bricks.

A great resource for advanced refractory products. Industrial Minerals is amongst global leaders in advanced refractory products, industrial ceramics products and industrial refractory product

Ceramic Industry Magazine Website serves as the exclusive global voice of ceramic manufacturing, promoting the interests, growth and progress of the ceramic, glass and brick industries by: off

Established in 1990 by Janet Mansfield in Sydney, Australia, Ceramics: Art and Perception aims to set the international standard as a high quality magazine dedicated to ceramic art.

Clay Times is a full-color magazine serving tens of thousands of enthusiastic readers worldwide.

Pottery Making Illustrated provides intermediate to advanced potters with practical techniques, tips and information for the studio in a well-illustrated format.

The most important debugging tool in any toolbox is a trusty multimeter. A multimeter can measure continuity, resistance, voltage and sometimes even current, capacitance, temperature, etc.

Link to the Bartlett KISS Instruction manual, features, requirements, etc.

INSIGHT is a calculation tool anyone can use to learn and harness the power of  ceramic chemistry. Fix problems like crazing, blistering, pinholing, settling, clouding, leaching, crawling

See ceramic Artist Bruce Dehnert's work on the Peters Valley Craft Center Website.

Wiseman Ceramics focuses on decorative porcelain art created from wheel thrown, lathed, & hand altered clay, fused with macro crystalline glazes, metallic luster, & glass enamel.

This article by Marvin Bartel by Marvin Bartel first appeared in the June 2002 issue of Studio Potter.

MET Laboratories is the nation’s first Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory - a responsive, recognized
alternative to UL for North American product safety certification

Vince Pitelka, one of the most respected names in the ceramic world, and Head of the Clay Studio at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University, provides a good guide to clay