Focus: Summer Workshops

We need passionate newbies; we do, in fact, want them to be fired up about clay. But once they are interested, and we have them in our clutches, and they have learned a subtle thing or two about the wonders of clay, then I think it is reasonable to expect that their vocabulary and manner of dialog reflect their level of knowledge—which is to say that they move from being fired up to becoming stoked, or centered (well, maybe not centered—that takes quite a while). —Sherman Hall, Editor

On the cover: Kate Maury’s Grotto (For Marie), collaboration with David Swenson, 24 in. (61 cm) in height, handbuilt porcelain, fired to cone 6 in oxidation. Photo: Brad Daniels.

In This Issue

Departments

Letters
Exposure
Tips and Tools
Clay Culture: Trading Experiences by Justin Rothshank
Clay Culture: Pacific Standard Time by Kathleen Whitney
Clay Culture: Khan Academy by Jessica Knapp
Studio Visit: Backa Carin Ivarsdotter, Stockholm/Valskog, Sweden
Techno File: Plaster (Gypsum) by Guy Michael Davis
Spotlight: Clay Is Back at Otis by Margaret Reeve