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Here we’ll share with you a bit of everything: current issues, history, curiosities … and you’ll be surprised as everything ends in … ceramics!
Kintsugi
The beautiful breakage Hi again! happy to be back here... we're very inspired this month with our posts - hope you like them 🙂 This time we'll talk about Kintsugi, this ancient art of [...]
the marketing side of your ceramics
Sell your pieces and have fun with it! Hello! I hope you're well. I'd like start with a new series of posts here on the blog. With so many projects happening at the studio, [...]
firing methods
The good, the bad and the ugly of firing methods When we talk about firing methods, we’ll often talk about oxidation and reduction. Oxidation and reduction are different processes. Therefore, the same glaze can [...]
glazing secrets revealed
5 tips para que seas feliz en el proceso de esmaltado ¡Espero que estés bien! Este es el primer post del año. Y esta vez, tenemos un post un poco más “técnico”: hablaremos del [...]
The “trues” and “falses” about stereotypes
Here at ElTorn we have people from all over the world: England, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Russia, Brazil, Greece, Argentina, China, Canada, US and from different parts of Spain. Coming every week; working on their [...]
Looking for an original job?
Few years ago, Google paid a huge sum of money to a select group of its employees to figure out which shade of blue users liked best. It sounds like a frivolous job, but the investment paid off: [...]
Ban sugar from your kitchen, but keep some in your studio…
We can say many things about sugar. First, it tastes great. Second, it’s quite a confusing subject… While we can agree that sugar isn’t exactly a health food, there’s a lot of misinformation about [...]
What year are we really in?
Today you woke up thinking you are in 2020, right? That’s not totally true… According to Webexhibits.com, there are approximately 40 different calendars worldwide... but, the most used ones are 3: the Gregorian, the [...]
Better be tickled pink than browned off
The way different cultures see and describe the meaning of colour varies dramatically around the world. Also the way we use the colours in our language: I’m sure you had, at least once in your [...]
Orange is the new black
It all started at a restaurant in Geneva, back in 2004. Martin and I lived in Lausanne (Switzerland) and decided to play “tourist” and spend a weekend in Geneva (like 40 minutes by train [...]