Focus: Emerging Artists

There is, at the end of the day, a larger issue that we all have in common—like the weather—that influences how we approach ceramics, and that is how to find a way to ignore all of these details and just focus on our clay work and produce work that we are proud of and that represents us in the world—which, after all, is the start and end of all of this. We have this question in common, but the solutions are as different as each of us. -Sherman Hall, Editor.

On the cover: Lauren Mabry's cylinder, 13 in. (33 cm) in height, red earthenware, slips, glaze, 2012.

In This Issue

Departments

Exposure
Clay Culture: Saving Jingdezhen by Yuqian Chen
Clay Culture: Ceramics and Biochem by the American Ceramic Society staff
Studio Visit: Justin Rothshank, Goshen, Indiana
Techno File: Bloating by Dave Finkelnburg
Tips and Tools: Sanding Bow by John Dadmun
Recipes: High-fire/atmospheric glazes: Caterina Roma and Bill Wilkey. Low-fire to mid-range slips and glazes: Lauren Mabry and YunWook Mun
Spotlight: Looking Back, Finding Threads by Ben Krupka