Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

  • Cone 10 Sculptural Layering Glazes
    Ann Mallory shares recipes for layering glazes that give her sculptural surfaces depth and complexity.
  • Summer Workshop Glazes
    Get ready for summer workshop season by trying out a few shop glazes used in workshop studios around the US and Canada. For more recipes from workshop venues, check out the digital edition of this iss
  • Splash Bowls
    Inspired by Doc Edgerton’s famous action photograph of a splash in motion, Peltz shows how she reinterprets the image to make fluid-like bowls and platters.
  • Second Career: From the FDA to Clay
    After retiring from a career at the Food and Drug Administration, Currier focused full time on an earlier interest in art, and a newfound interest in clay. Her experience with careful, methodical rese
  • Finding Clay: Finding Balance
    Hilton taught environmental science, astronomy, and oceanography for eight years before switching to a career in clay.
  • Just Beyond Grasp: Chasing a Life in Clay
    With the help of an encouraging support system, two exceptional university ceramics departments, two artist residencies, and a desire to follow her heart, DeBuse was able to quit her job in non-profit
  • Solving Problems: From Engineering to Studio Ceramics
    Switching from a career in environmental engineering to working as a potter was one of the best, and hardest, decisions Aquillano has ever made.
  • Studio Visit: Tom Budzak, Tempe, Arizona
    Converting his garage into a tidy, well organized, and customized work space has helped Budzak fit more studio time into his ever-changing work schedule.
  • Clay Culture: Moh, Please!
    Pots, food, and friends have always been a good combination. We were recently reminded of this when ceramic artist and cook Sebastian Moh and gallery owner Susie Bowman combined a dinner and dishes ma
  • Spotlight: Ordinary and Dignified
    Akio Takamori reflects on how size matters and his relationship to the figural form.
  • Summer Workshops 2015
    Ready to learn something new? Plan a summer escape to recharge your creativity with the help of our handy annual summer workshops guide.
  • Tips and Tools: Pegboard Easel Tool Organizer
    Want to get organized in the studio? Try this easy-to-build pegboard tip to get your tools out of the water bucket and up where you can see them and reach them with ease.
  • Techno File: Calcined Kaolin
    In response to a reader question, we tackle the science behind calcining kaolin. We also add in a few tips about calcining your own materials along with why and how to use them in recipes.
  • Anthony Stellaccio: Drink from the River
    A solo exhibition of Stellacccio’s totemic sculptures was recently on view at Du Mois Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • From the Editor: April 2015
    We all have clay in common. We find it at different times, sometimes early on, sometimes as a second career, and sometimes as our retirement gig. I have found that artists whose work most intrigues me
  • Exposure: April 2015
    Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
  • From the Editor: May 2015
    In a way, each issue of Ceramics Monthly is about recognition, calling out artists for their achievements and ability, looking at the work and techniques, tools, and research that influence our field
  • Exposure: May 2015
    Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions.
  • Emerging Artist Clays, Engobes, and Glazes
    Emerging Artists Joyce St. Clair, Alex Thullen, Adam Yungbluth, and Matt Ziemke share recipes for the clays, engobes, and glazes they use to make their work.
  • No-Craze Glaze
    Richard Hensley has dialed in his clear glaze recipe to prevent crazing. With a few additions, this versatile glaze can be adapted into a great celadon, or opaque trailing glaze, too.