Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

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.

Abandoning the notion of less is more, eight ceramic artists, gathered en masse to create ceramic sculptures through accumulation, repetition, and innovative feats of construction.

Recreate the iconic look of two-tone decorative elements found on Wedgwood vessels with this step-by-step process.

Chloë Dowds makes a study of how colors interact and vibrate through the unglazed surfaces of stained porcelain vessels.

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

Ceramics Monthly Working Potter Maya Machin (from the June/July/August issue) joins Ian Hall-Hough in sharing slip and glaze recipes used at or around cone 10.

Utilizing imaging software and slip casting, Mark Goudy’s makes monochromatic porcelain forms that are as abstract as they are organic. The sculptures call to mind waves and sound in their quiet, rhythmic structures.

Pattern is paramount in the porcelain and earthenware work of London-based artist Miyu Kurihara.

With a view of Chair Mountain and careful organization to make the most of every inch, Ishara Sweeney creates nature-inspired pottery in her upstairs home studio.

With increased concern for hygiene, a team of researchers at the Icheon Branch of the Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology have conducted tests on the antibacterial and antiviral possibilities of copper-glazed ceramic.