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Holly Walker’s career in clay spans nearly five decades. Currently, she creates earthenware vessels with bold, vibrant color blocking and patterning from her Vermont studio.

Ani Kasten came from a creative family, traveled to pursue ceramic studies and an apprenticeship, and has fostered relationships within her local and ceramics communities to the benefit of her practice, now located in Shafer, Minnesota.

Maria ten Kortenaar makes handbuilt vessels out of stained porcelain from her studio in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Her days include a swim in the River Zaan, regardless of the season.

Finding inspiration in English folk ceramics, the Industrial Revolution, and her experiences working in small potteries, Ginny Sims makes playful vessels that nod to history.

Haakon Lenzi shares the process he has developed for staining, layering, throwing, faceting, and finishing agateware vessels. The resulting patterns are visually striking and reveal the steps of their making.

Review the basics of electric kiln upkeep in order to ensure proper use and successful firings.

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The following recipes are shared by two of Ceramics Monthly’s 2025 Emerging Artists to create rich, variable glazed surfaces on their finished works.

Located in an 1800s brick row house, Papavero Clay Studio serves as a gallery, community studio, and private workspace for co-owner Jeremy Randall. The multi-functional nature of this space requires juggling and balance.

Inspecting how a glaze turns out after a firing can reveal a foundation of knowledge that can be applied to many other glazes fired at various temperatures and in different atmospheres.

Abbey Peters makes soft, pastel vessels that disguise their potential for communication.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race in American Sculpture” has come under threat of censorship and loss of funding by a recent White House executive order.

I’ve made many of these tools over the years for handles, textures, and refining the rims of bowls, and I think that it’s a quick way to modify and adjust a form that you couldn’t do as easily with another tool.

I am always interested to hear how artists are able to make this career work—and in this issue, we focus on Working Potters and those who center their practices on pots.

Ceramics Monthly’s 2025 Emerging Artists create innovative ceramic sculptures and vessels that captivate, challenge, and inspire their audiences. The work of these twenty artists demonstrates the strength and skill of the ceramic field today.

Sometimes the best answer for a studio problem is a simple DIY or upcycle. Here, Stacia Miller shares several of the affordable, accessible studio tips she uses to keep things organized and running smoothly.

The following recipes are made and used by two of Ceramics Monthly’s 2025 Emerging Artists, Eveline Kieskamp and Gabriel John Poucher, for their richness and versatility.

Humans have been glazing pots for a very long time with little change overall. Recently, though, ceramic artists have been pushing the boundaries of what a glaze can be. Two of these are gloop and Nerifoami.