On the Cover:  Robert Eckels

On the cover: Robert Eckels outside his studio in Bayfield, Wisconsin; turn to page 40 for the story of how working one summer with Eckels had a profound and enduring effect on an apprentice fresh from college.

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Deer Creek Pottery: Making Purged Molds for Quick Release by Jo Ann Chartier

A Studio Cycle by James Brooke

Davis Funk by Thomas Folk 

Britain's Emerging Talent

Robert Eckels: A Potter's Gift by Curtis Benzle

Celebrating Excellence: Gretchen Ewert, Karen Karnes and Judith Motzkin

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Portfolio: The Archie Bray Legacy: Four Decades of American Ceramic Art by Norma Tirrell 

Cone 06-04 Clear and White Glazes by Harold McWhinnie

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