Autumn Higgins and Carole Epp

at In Tandem Gallery ( intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, June 25–July 25. 

1 Autumn Higgins’ cup, 5 in. (12.7 cm) in width, wheel-thrown and assembled porcelain, sgraffito, stains, underglazes, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 10. Photo: Silvia Palmer.
1 Autumn Higgins’ cup, 5 in. (12.7 cm) in width, wheel-thrown and assembled porcelain, sgraffito, stains, underglazes, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 10. Photo: Silvia Palmer.
2 Carole Epp’s plate, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in diameter, handbuilt white stoneware, underglazes, glazes, fired to cone 6. Photo: Silvia Palmer.
2 Carole Epp’s plate, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in diameter, handbuilt white stoneware, underglazes, glazes, fired to cone 6. Photo: Silvia Palmer.

Wild Earth: JB Blunk and Toshiko Takaezu

at the Columbus Museum of Art (columbusmuseum.org) in Columbus, Ohio, through August 3.

1 JB Blunk’s Untitled, ceramic, 1995. Copyright JB Blunk Estate. Courtesy of the Estate and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York.
1 JB Blunk’s Untitled, ceramic, 1995. Copyright JB Blunk Estate. Courtesy of the Estate and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York.
2 Toshiko Takaezu’s Closed Form, stoneware, 2010. Artwork copyright Family of Toshiko Takaezu. Photo: Izzy Leung. Courtesy of the Toshiko Takaezu Foundation.
2 Toshiko Takaezu’s Closed Form, stoneware, 2010. Artwork copyright Family of Toshiko Takaezu. Photo: Izzy Leung. Courtesy of the Toshiko Takaezu Foundation.

3 JB Blunk’s Thrown Pierced Bowl, ceramic, 1953. Courtesy JB Blunk Estate. Photo: Daniel Dent.
3 JB Blunk’s Thrown Pierced Bowl, ceramic, 1953. Courtesy JB Blunk Estate. Photo: Daniel Dent.

Six McKnight Artists

at Northern Clay Center (northernclaycenter.org) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 7–August 17. 

1 Larry Buller’s Obey Your Sir, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, low-fire earthenware, decals, gold luster, 2024. Decal photo credit: @__kozmos.
1 Larry Buller’s Obey Your Sir, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, low-fire earthenware, decals, gold luster, 2024. Decal photo credit: @__kozmos.
2 Maggie Jaszczak’s White Candle Holder, 17 in. (43.2 cm) in width, earthenware, 2024.
2 Maggie Jaszczak’s White Candle Holder, 17 in. (43.2 cm) in width, earthenware, 2024.

3 Ani Kasten’s Desert Vessel, 14 in. (35.6 cm) in height, black stoneware, porcelain, slips, glazes, 2024.
3 Ani Kasten’s Desert Vessel, 14 in. (35.6 cm) in height, black stoneware, porcelain, slips, glazes, 2024.
4 Ellen Kleckner’s Echoes Without End, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, ceramics, reed, stainless steel, 2024.
4 Ellen Kleckner’s Echoes Without End, 15 in. (38.1 cm) in height, ceramics, reed, stainless steel, 2024.

5 Karima Duchamp’s golden rock - dragon gate, 22½ in. (57.1 cm) in height, fiber porcelain, engobes, 2024.
5 Karima Duchamp’s golden rock - dragon gate, 22½ in. (57.1 cm) in height, fiber porcelain, engobes, 2024.
6 Joon Hee Kim’s Love Wins, 25 in. (63.5 cm) in height, ceramic, glaze, gold luster, mother-of-pearl luster, 2024.
6 Joon Hee Kim’s Love Wins, 25 in. (63.5 cm) in height, ceramic, glaze, gold luster, mother-of-pearl luster, 2024.

Best of 2025

at the Ohio Craft Museum (ohiocraft.org) in Columbus, Ohio, through July 5. 

1 Romina Barrera Enciso’s Dia de los Muertos, to 5½ in. (14 cm) in height, raku clay, glaze, Obvara mixture, raku fired, 2024.
1 Romina Barrera Enciso’s Dia de los Muertos, to 5½ in. (14 cm) in height, raku clay, glaze, Obvara mixture, raku fired, 2024.
2 Luke Sheets’ Diptych, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in height, altered and assembled slip-cast porcelain, glaze, fired to cone 10 in a wood kiln, 2024.
2 Luke Sheets’ Diptych, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in height, altered and assembled slip-cast porcelain, glaze, fired to cone 10 in a wood kiln, 2024.

3 Tom Marino’s Horizon Series: Earthrise, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in height, porcelain, black glaze, fired to cone 10 in heavy reduction, metallic silver, sealed with a blue and green coating, 2024.
3 Tom Marino’s Horizon Series: Earthrise, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in height, porcelain, black glaze, fired to cone 10 in heavy reduction, metallic silver, sealed with a blue and green coating, 2024.
4 Sophie Knee’s Slug Butter Dish, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in length, clay, underglazes, glaze, luster, fired in an electric kiln, 2024.
4 Sophie Knee’s Slug Butter Dish, 12 in. (30.5 cm) in length, clay, underglazes, glaze, luster, fired in an electric kiln, 2024.

5 Dennis Swartzlander’s bottle, 6½ in. (16.5 cm) in height, wheel-thrown porcelain, crystalline glaze, 2025.
5 Dennis Swartzlander’s bottle, 6½ in. (16.5 cm) in height, wheel-thrown porcelain, crystalline glaze, 2025.
6 Christopher St. John’s Rabbit, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in height, earthenware, slips, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 04, 2025.
6 Christopher St. John’s Rabbit, 9 in. (22.9 cm) in height, earthenware, slips, glazes, fired in oxidation to cone 04, 2025.

Fong Choo

at In Tandem Gallery (intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, through June 21. 

1 Fong Choo’s teapot, 7 in. (17.8 cm) in height, wheel-thrown cone-6 porcelain, various glazes.
1 Fong Choo’s teapot, 7 in. (17.8 cm) in height, wheel-thrown cone-6 porcelain, various glazes.

Kevin Snipes – Ceramic Sculpture Today

at John Natsoulas Gallery (natsoulas.com) in Davis, California, May 21–June 28. 

1 Kevin Snipes’ Get Lost, 7⅛ in. (18 cm) in height, ceramic, 2010.
1 Kevin Snipes’ Get Lost, 7⅛ in. (18 cm) in height, ceramic, 2010.

Chris Gustin: Ascension

at Donzella LTD. (donzella.com) in New York, New York, through June 5. 

1 Chris Gustin’s Platter #1811, 25 in. (12.7 cm) in width, stoneware, glazes, 2018. Photo: Michael Mundy.
1 Chris Gustin’s Platter #1811, 25 in. (12.7 cm) in width, stoneware, glazes, 2018. Photo: Michael Mundy.
2 Chris Gustin’s Spirit Series #2403, 4 ft. 2 in. (1.3 m) in height, stoneware, glazes, vintage 70s side table, sunglasses, 2024. Photo: Michael Mundy.
2 Chris Gustin’s Spirit Series #2403, 4 ft. 2 in. (1.3 m) in height, stoneware, glazes, vintage 70s side table, sunglasses, 2024. Photo: Michael Mundy.

Koichiro Isezaki

at the Goldmark Gallery (goldmarkart.com) in Uppingham, Rutland, UK, through June 15.

1 Koichiro Isezaki’s Ridge Jar, 10¼ in. (26 cm) in width, wood-fired stoneware, hidasuki and natural ashing. Photo: Jay Goldmark.
1 Koichiro Isezaki’s Ridge Jar, 10¼ in. (26 cm) in width, wood-fired stoneware, hidasuki and natural ashing. Photo: Jay Goldmark.
2 Koichiro Isezaki’s Ridge Jar, 10¼ in. (26 cm) in width, wood-fired stoneware, hidasuki and natural ashing. Photo: Jay Goldmark.
2 Koichiro Isezaki’s Ridge Jar, 10¼ in. (26 cm) in width, wood-fired stoneware, hidasuki and natural ashing. Photo: Jay Goldmark.

Hello, Goodbye.

at DIMIN (dimin.nyc) in New York, New York, June 6–July 3. 

1 Michelle Im’s Hyo-Soon (孝 順), 3 ft. 5 in. (1 m) in height, handbuilt terra cotta, underglaze, majolica glaze, majolica stains, fired to cone 04 in an electric kiln, epoxy, 2024. Photo: Zeshan Ahmed.
1 Michelle Im’s Hyo-Soon (孝 順), 3 ft. 5 in. (1 m) in height, handbuilt terra cotta, underglaze, majolica glaze, majolica stains, fired to cone 04 in an electric kiln, epoxy, 2024. Photo: Zeshan Ahmed.

Bryan Hopkins

at In Tandem Gallery (intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, June 4–July 4. 

1 Bryan Hopkins’ vase, 7 in. (12.7 cm) in height, slip-cast cone-11 porcelain, luster.
1 Bryan Hopkins’ vase, 7 in. (12.7 cm) in height, slip-cast cone-11 porcelain, luster.

Porcelain Pottery by Delores Fortuna

at Margo’s Pottery and Fine Crafts (margospottery.com) in Buffalo, Wyoming, through August 8. 

1 Delores Fortuna’s Teapot with Barbed Wire Handle, 13 in. (33 cm) in height, wheel-thrown porcelain, black slip inlay, glazes, fired in reduction to cone 9, 2021.
1 Delores Fortuna’s Teapot with Barbed Wire Handle, 13 in. (33 cm) in height, wheel-thrown porcelain, black slip inlay, glazes, fired in reduction to cone 9, 2021.

(In)fluorescence

at Carbondale Clay Center (carbondaleclay.org) in Carbondale, Colorado, July 7–August 30.

 

1 Molly Altman’s Bloom Theory, 28½ in. (72.4 cm) in height, porcelaneous stoneware, fired to cone 5, cotton roving, sheep’s wool, epoxy, 2025.
1 Molly Altman’s Bloom Theory, 28½ in. (72.4 cm) in height, porcelaneous stoneware, fired to cone 5, cotton roving, sheep’s wool, epoxy, 2025.

Heather Lepp

at In Tandem Gallery (intandemgallery.com) in Bakersville, North Carolina, June 18–July 18. 

1 Heather Lepp’s vase, 4 in. (10 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and assembled earthenware, white slip, fired to cone 3 in a soda kiln.
1 Heather Lepp’s vase, 4 in. (10 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and assembled earthenware, white slip, fired to cone 3 in a soda kiln.

2025 Lake Placid Pottery Invitational

at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts (lakeplacidarts.org) in Lake Placid, New York, through July 13. 

1 Carey Nathanson’s white bottle, 11 in. (28 cm) in height, wood-fired stoneware, shino glaze, 2024.
1 Carey Nathanson’s white bottle, 11 in. (28 cm) in height, wood-fired stoneware, shino glaze, 2024.

Crazed and Cracked: Ceramic Sculpture by Donna Namnoum

at the Gallery on the Green (galleryonthegreen.org) in Canton, Connecticut, through June 28. 

1 Donna Namnoum’s Blue and Orange Tree Jar, 28 in. (71 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and assembled stoneware, underglaze, glaze, fired to cone 5 in an electric kiln, 2024.
1 Donna Namnoum’s Blue and Orange Tree Jar, 28 in. (71 cm) in height, wheel-thrown and assembled stoneware, underglaze, glaze, fired to cone 5 in an electric kiln, 2024.

Small Favors 2025

at the Jill Bonovitz Gallery at The Clay Studio (theclaystudio.org) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through June 29. 

1 Jennifer Azzariti’s Carnival King, 3¼ in. (8.1 cm) in height, colored porcelain, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
1 Jennifer Azzariti’s Carnival King, 3¼ in. (8.1 cm) in height, colored porcelain, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
2 Hannah Groff’s Smaller Fry (blue period), 2¾ in. (7 cm) in height, stoneware, glaze, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
2 Hannah Groff’s Smaller Fry (blue period), 2¾ in. (7 cm) in height, stoneware, glaze, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.

3 A.C. Bell’s Mini-Skirt Mug 1, 3½ in. (8.9 cm) in width, stoneware, glaze, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
3 A.C. Bell’s Mini-Skirt Mug 1, 3½ in. (8.9 cm) in width, stoneware, glaze, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
4 Marguerite Brennan’s Cat, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm) in height, black stoneware, white terra sigillata, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
4 Marguerite Brennan’s Cat, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm) in height, black stoneware, white terra sigillata, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.

5 Erin Paradis’ Pulsating, 3½ in. (8.9 cm) in width, stoneware, underglaze, glaze, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
5 Erin Paradis’ Pulsating, 3½ in. (8.9 cm) in width, stoneware, underglaze, glaze, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
6 JeeEun Lee’s Figure Cup 1, 31⁄5 in. (8.1 cm) in height, porcelain, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.
6 JeeEun Lee’s Figure Cup 1, 31⁄5 in. (8.1 cm) in height, porcelain, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of The Clay Studio.

 

 

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