Features in this Issue

Focus: Emerging Artists

We are all unsung in some way, just as we are lauded in others. And we will likely never be able to properly thank those who have been instrumental in guiding us, supporting us, and helping us realize our true potential. But remember, that’s not why they helped us in the first place, and the best way to acknowledge that assistance is to internalize that lesson of support and realize that you have tools that others need, whether it’s time, experience and expertise, advice, money, space, or perhaps just the acknowledgement of someone’s struggle along their own creative path. We work in studios, not in vacuums. —Sherman Hall, Editor

On the cover: Sunshine Cobb’s yellow garlic box, 7 in. (18 cm) in length, mid-range red clay, fired to cone 1, sandblasted, 2012.

In This Issue

The Potters of Thimi: Village Ceramic Traditions in Flux by Ani KastenEmerging Artists 2012Techno File: Testing Standards by Dave Finkelnburg

Departments

Letters
Exposure
Clay Culture: Ken Price, 1935–2012 by Don Pilcher
Clay Culture: Re-emerging by Dick Lehman
Studio Visit: Ben Ahlvers, Lawrence, Kansas
Tips and Tools
Spotlight: Mudshark Studios by Brett Binford