Handmade Does Not Mean Badly Made ‘Handmade’ means something and it means something important: At the simplest level it means an individual or individuals put their efforts, their attention and brought their skills into
Mold-Made Ceramic Cat Fountains Mold-made fountains are created by pouring low density, wet clay called slip into plaster molds. Mold-made Ceramic Cat Fountains Handmade Ceramic Fountains Handmade ceramic fountains are made of high
Veterinarian J. Eichenberg tells us: “Many cat owners are not even aware of the existence of cat fountains. Many of those who are, are unaware of the higher quality options available to them
The Glazing Twice a week we at ThirstyCats load the glaze kiln with bisqued-ware to which we’ve just applied glazes. Two days later we open the kiln and behold the transformation that 2300°
The Same Glaze Will Not Always Produce The Same Color Glaze Minerals Glazes are made completely from raw minerals which come from the ground. Feldspar, Talc, Cornwall Stone, Silica, Gertsley Borate – these
Unique Ceramic Art For Home Decor Rare In The World OF Cat Fountains We present our fountains as cat drinking fountains. Of course. That is what they are. But that is not all
PLEASE NOTE – We do not review plastic cat fountains in this review because they are universally known to generate slime (biofilm), cause chin acne, to be notoriously hard to clean once film
After years of off and on experimenting in the attempt to come up with a successful & reliable, food safe purple glaze we finally succeeded. Our new glaze we call Amethyst is a
ThirstyCats’ Cat Fountain Glazes If you’re not a potter you may not be familiar with glazes: what they are, how they’re made and how applied. The glaze is the coating that protects the
First, let’s distinguish between the manufactured kind , which comprise over 98% of the pet fountains available, and the handmade kind. To our knowledge there is only one company dedicated solely to the
Today we are all inured to ornamented ceramic-ware mass produced in China and elsewhere. As they became ubiquitous, we became desensitized to the relatively few hand ornamented ceramic pieces made in America. Our
As many know, we make all of our own glazes with the exception of two (we have about thirty) and we are constantly experimenting to come up with new glazes. Often we create
We say the “3 best ceramic cat fountains for 2025” for very good reasons. It’s easy to call something ‘the best’ with no grounds whatsoever for doing so. Anybody can do it. We
To say that fashions change is to be redundant. Fashion is change. From 2016 through 2019 the ‘color of the year’ has gone from Rose Quartz through Yellow Green, Violet to Living Coral.
Food Safe Glazes Cat fountains must absolutely have food safe glazes, but what makes a glaze food safe? It is not simply a matter of containing no lead, rather, as is explained below,
