Polymer Clay vs. Air Cure Ceramic
Polymer clay sets with heat. Eco Forma is mineral forward, waterborne air-cure ceramic, built for a different kind of surface from the start.
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Eco Forma Guides
Technical Guides
Use these guides to move through materials, stages, color, care, storage, and troubleshooting. Start with Ways to Color Eco Forma to choose the correct color layer. Use the Opaque Matte Glaze Guide when working with compatible pigment stains, ceramic oxides, or other compatible effect pigments.
Why Waterborne Matters in the Studio
Waterborne means water is the working carrier, not solvent based materials. In Eco Forma™, that is part of what makes the process cleaner, more...
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Dip: Refinement, Reinforcement, and a Receptive Ground
Dip is not a decorative finish or conventional sealer. It belongs to the refinement stage of the Eco Forma System, after the clay has...
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Ceramic Coat: Building the Ceramic Surface
Ceramic Coat is the stage where the Eco Forma surface is built, refined, and brought toward completion.
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Gloss Top Coat: Clarity, Depth, and Final Finish
Gloss Top Coat is the final clear layer in the Eco Forma System.
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Drawing, Painting, and Transfer on Eco Forma
Eco Forma’s bright mineral surface gives color, line, transfer, and mixed media a clear place to begin.
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Refining Eco Forma With Water
Eco Forma can remain open to refinement after the first shaping stage.
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Throwing Eco Forma
Eco Forma is soft, responsive, and thixotropic, giving it a fluid feel under the hand while allowing the form to settle as movement slows.
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Choosing Between Gloss Top Coat and Ceramic Coat
Eco Forma finishes are not epoxy resin and not ordinary top coats. They are waterborne coatings designed to build in controlled layers and cure...
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Why Artists and Designers Are Moving to Air Cure Ceramic
Eco Forma is more than another clay. It is a studio material for serious makers, built for performance, control, and a more considered studio...
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From Form to Finish: One Connected Process
If you’ve worked with air-cure long enough, you’ve seen it: a piece can look finished, then shift in the next stage. The answer is...
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What makes Eco Forma different
Eco Forma is not traditional air-dry clay. It is air-cure ceramic, built to carry the surface through one connected workflow: Form → Dip →...
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