Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

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.

This slip base recipe is reliable across a wide temperature range and works well for building surface patterns with screen printing.

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

With a few buckets and drainage parts from the hardware store, you can make an efficient and space-saving clay trap.

Rare earth metallic oxides are used in ceramics to create vibrant glaze colors, but confusion about their properties and safety persists.

After deciding to pursue a career in ceramics, Tracie Hervy set about making that vision a reality. Now that’s she’s gained a market for her pots, the next big challenge is achieving a work-life balance.

Apprenticeships in Nigeria and Ghana helped Winnie Owens-Hart to explore beyond the Asian and European ceramic traditions taught in universities in the 1970s.

A belief that diminutively scaled objects can convey important ideas and a dedication to impeccable craftsmanship and detail led Richard Notkin to study and collect Yixing teapots.

Combining forms that echo observations of shapes and objects tied to specific places, Syd Carpenter creates sculptural assemblages that address experiences and express the importance of heritage and family.