On the Cover:  "Self-Portrait #7" by Bill Abright

"Self-Portrait #7 (Drip Face)" is 15 inches in height, assembled from raku-fired slabs, acrylic-painted clay "sticks," low-fired slabs with silk-screened underglazes and found objects (a Czech terra-cotta shard "cheek" and a seashell "eye").

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Architecture of the Vessel

American Ceramic National

Closing Thoughts on Firing 138 by Mark Skudlarek

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Portfolio: Reappearing Themes by Mayer Shacter

Aesthetic Communion by Joseph Bennion

Cone 06-6 Vitreous Engobes by Gerald Rowan

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Comment: Can Apprenticeship Survive? by Michelle Coakes News & Retrospect

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Ceramics Monthly Index: January-December 1986    

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