Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Qwist Joseph describes the evolution of his artwork and career since being selected as a Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist in 2016.

If you have access to a table saw and a drill press, you can make a bunch of bats in an hour or less.

As a committed fan of dipping glazes, I am sometimes confronted with a pot that is too wide for my hand to grasp to dip it into the glaze.

There are many ways that artists can and do make a difference in their communities, in the lives of people who experience their work, in the careers of artists who are just starting out, and in the advancement of causes and issues that they value.

Curious to know how much the glazes you are mixing in your studio are actually costing you? Determine your material costs and how to chart glaze prices to learn when substitutions could be beneficial.

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

Want to try a different firing type, learn some new glazing techniques, meet fellow ceramic artists, or just get away and immerse yourself in a week or two of all-day hands-on clay making? A summer workshop might be just the thing.

Function and form work together in my mind, and a love of texture directly informs the design of my pots. I strive to make the visual and tactile experience work together, so the user is invited to return and investigate further.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Creating evocative and compelling forms that challenge what we’ve come to expect from more traditional or industrial methods, he is an innovator in the field of mold making.

The advantage to a flat-top kiln roof is that it’s easy to construct and is lightweight, as each part of the roof can be handled by two people. Another advantage is the entire kiln only needs straight K insulating brick.

A new beginning portends opportunity, transformation, and growth. Making Place Matter is a starting point for, and a stepping stone to, more matter that matters.

By shifting the focus of learning ceramic techniques from the number of objects made to practicing process and developing a critical eye, your clay studio can become less wasteful.

Charlotte Grenier and Evelyn Ward share the mid-range-temperature glazes and slips they use to create the vibrant surfaces on their functional work.

In a compact but community-focused space in New York City, Steffany Tran of Vy Voi Studio makes functional porcelain vessels that embody culture and comfort.

When two artists opened a studio and gallery close to home, they planned their business model so they could have a greater community impact as well.

The effects of time on surfaces have always appealed to me on a visceral level. I see that as a starting point of where my aesthetic is, but then it becomes something different.

I often let intuition guide my work. I just start molding and let my feeling and the clay lead the way. Sometimes the most imaginative relationships, shapes, and entities emerge that I couldn’t have seen at the beginning.

Driven to share a fascination with nature and his Hispanic culture, Eddie Dominguez creates ceramic work with a community focus.