Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

A turntable in motion turns Daniel Young Kim’s ceramic vessel into a hypnotic experience, merging the mechanics of early cinema with contemporary ceramic processes.

By integrating industrial ceramic waste into traditional Jaipur Blue Pottery, Disharee Mathur worked with local artisans to make use of what was abundant in order for the practice to thrive rather than merely survive.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Tucked away in a lush, rural setting, Dominique Ostuni’s studio and porcelain work celebrate the small treasures in life: flowers in bloom, brilliant color, ripe produce, and shared moments.

Naoko Fukumaru, a master conservator, draws on Japanese kintsugi techniques to create visible gold repairs, which honor imperfection, storytelling, and healing while redefining her own identity.

Inspired by Japanese cast-iron tea kettles, Josh Scott explores form, proportion, and surface through iterative throwing, altering, and surrendering to the unpredictability of atmospheric firing.

Va-Bene Fiatsi, a Ghanaian performance artist, uses clay as a spiritual and political medium.

Farraday Newsome and Tiffany A. Fairall break down the art catalog process from documenting an exhibition to layout design, to sourcing printers and binders, to the satisfaction of holding a finished copy.

Chris Gustin’s exhibition, “Wild Things,” balances monumental vessels with themes of spirituality, sensuality, organic abstraction, and the expressiveness of wood firing.

Joe Thompson details mug handle design, explaining how shape, size, space, leverage, and friction affect comfort and stability. He urges ergonomic considerations while showing how thoughtful handle choices can balance function and aesthetics.

While silicon carbide builds rich, textural surfaces, it can dull the brilliance of accompanying stains. Find out how the addition of a common flocculant can retain hue saturation in your foaming glazes.

Adapted pipettes, grip tape, and an applicator tip make up the key components of an inexpensive and ergonomic underglaze applicator built to mimic delicate tattoo lines.

While not food safe, these surfaces show that unexpected glaze “defects” can turn out to be the perfect texture for non-functional, sculptural works.

When glazes overlap, the results can be surprising, perhaps at the rim of a vessel or after spraying, dipping, splashing, or painting one over the other.

Information on submitting work for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals.

Jeff Campana’s and Hope Limyansky-Smith’s teaching classrooms became development labs for their company, Blue Bucket Tools, as they collaborated on ceramic tools built for adaptivity and heavy use.

We’re all learning and adapting our practices alongside one another in search of different magical combinations, and are fortunate to keep trying within such a generous community of curious troubleshooters.

Devoted time and space to pursue your practice—sound appealing? Learn more about residencies here.

Brian Boldon balances technology with human expression. After decades in public art, personal loss led him back to experimental ceramic sculpture.