Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Part of navigating the use of commercial glazes is understanding the phraseology on the jar.

Reflecting on the artists and artwork whose figurative and narrative perspectives are included in this issue.

Find venues that showcase ceramic art in our annual Gallery Guide listing.

This issue’s Studio Visit artist Christy Culp shares the slip and glaze combination that makes efficient and effective use of commercial products, plus we share a few additional slip recipes from the archive.

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

Growing up in her father’s sign-painting shop, Nikki Blair developed an artistic style centered on color and line. Her graphic forms are a combination of gestural, quirky, and weird. For Blair, it all just needs to be fun.

Installing your newest work in an upcoming gallery show? Save yourself some time and go prepared with a set-up, fix-all toolkit.

Jill Oberman shares the unique perspective of a ceramics-focused gallery when selecting work to exhibit, artists to represent, and shows to host over the span of a year.

Potters approach pots very differently than one another. Madeleine Boucher’s approach to forming starts with hands—not only hers when throwing and altering, but also how a user handles a functional pot with a more organic shape and aesthetic.

With decades of experience honing his craft, Steven Hill has developed a very personal style. Read about his artistic journey, then learn from his guidelines on how you can grow your own voice.

The exhibition “Body Vessel Clay” spans 70 years of ceramics and follows a matrilineal line of influence from Nigerian pioneer potter Ladi Kwali and her contemporaries.

The least rare-earth metal, lanthanum, doesn’t behave like other colorants. Instead it acts as an opacifier. It also blends with other metal pigments to selectively color crystals in crystalline pottery.

Constructed with reverence for the homestead’s original structure and its materials, Christy Culp’s studio is a thoughtfully designed space full of natural light and views of the property, which inspire her functional pottery.

What started years ago as a peers page on Brian Harper’s website has grown into the invaluable database of member-juried artist profiles (1000+ strong) and community-driven nonprofit Artaxis.

Images from current and upcoming exhibitions

To solve this problem, I keep a Boon Grass Countertop Drying Rack on the workspace table at my wheel.

There is excitement in entering a gallery to come across something unexpected or to encounter a piece in person that you’ve previously only studied online.

Soda kilns can yield highly varied results depending on just about every variable in the process. Discover how high-alumina clay bodies fired in a soda kiln can yield dramatic results without the application of glaze or slip to the exterior of pots.

This year, our readership-wide contest features selected work from ceramic artists that explore or amplify the senses—touch, sound, taste, smell, sight.