On the Cover:  Robert Kvenild

On the cover: California artist Robert Kvenild assembling an oversized ceramic bouquet in his Santa Cruz studio.

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13th Annual Oregon Showcase by Lyn Sedlak-Ford

Ceramic Art in Senegal by Cleve Overton

Vivika Heino: On Pottery

Louis Katz

Steeped in Clay

Robert Kvenild by Sandra Leader

19th-Century Portuguese Palissy Ware by Marshall P. Katz

Wood Firing in Maryland by Hollis L. Engley with The Gapland Wood Kiln by Dan Finnegan and Bill van Gilder  

Brother Thomas Bezanson

Fifth Cup National by Colby Parsons-O'Keefe   

Holly Hanessian by Kate Dobbs Ariail

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Comment: Transcending Tradition by Kevin A. Hluch 

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