On the Cover:  Simona Alexandrov

Russian emigré Simona Alexandrov developed her majolica techniques through hands-on study of historical ware at Saint Petersburg's Muchina Museum School for the Applied Arts.

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Maria Alquilar: A Perspective on Public Art by Joe Valencia

Ron Meyers: Thirty Years

Venturing into the Unknown by Margaret Haydon

Watershed—A New Rawness by Tony Hepburn with Challenge, Renewal and Inspiration by Lynn Gipson

Trials and Tribulations of Turning Professional by Sara Baker

Narrative Mural by Gary Baxter

New York Clay by Judith Schwartz

Contempo-Baroque Majolica: The Art of Simona Alexandrov by Louise Melton  

Mark Messenger

A Raku How-To: Gloss Crackle Glazing by John Ramer Sherrill   

Mexican Candelabra by Karen Beall  
 
Modular Inquiries by Beverlee Lehr with Sandy Marrone
 
Questions to Ask a Gallery by Karen Shelly-Genther

Digging a Hillside Kiln by Bryson VanNostrand 

Four Steps of Critical Observation by Susan DeMay

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Comment: Confessions of a Neo-Leachian by John Britt