I loved everything about clay and glaze calculation class; discovering how a material’s individual properties can change a glaze, how  … Read More

I have 37 needle tools. And, I’m not at all ashamed about it. All of them are metal, with a  … Read More

What potters do best is touch. Thick or thin, groggy or smooth, warm or cool, I imagine most potters’ fingers  … Read More

Letter from the editor.  … Read More

Welcome to Pottery Making Illustrated’s 20th anniversary year! We’ve come a long way since our beginning as a supplement tucked  … Read More

Clay Cunningham’s covered jar
 

I was recently fortunate enough to attend Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts’ “Utilitarian Clay VII: Celebrate  … Read More

The psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihalyi wrote in his book Flow, “It is not the skills we actually have that determine how  … Read More

I believe there are two camps in ceramics when it comes to wood/salt/soda firing. One includes people who perceive them  … Read More

Have you heard about the Icelandic concept of failure? It’s common in Icelandic culture to admire failure. In fact, Icelanders  … Read More

When I took my first ceramics class, I convinced my instructors to teach me how to fire electric kilns on  … Read More