Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Ryan Coppage observes, with a nearly clinical methodology, how the central spiral visual cues of three wheel-thrown plate designs draw the viewer’s eye.

Apprenticeships with one artist in the UK and another in Japan were transformational in shaping the way potter Florian Gadsby structures his studio and practice.

A panel during the 2022 North Carolina Wood Fire Conference asked three artists to reflect on the many factors that impact their decisions in making and assessing surface.

After taking over the Goshen, Indiana, studio of Dick Lehman, Mark Goertzen continued the tradition of mentoring interns. The practice is mutually beneficial for the artists involved, and allows for productivity and growth.

After relocating to Florida, Addison Wolff found a small, private space in a communal art center to continue making handbuilt abstract sculptures with layered, textured colors.

Made of innovative bioceramic material and designed for resiliency in their surroundings, Geoship structures offer an ecologically minded alternative to traditional home building for the not-so-distant future.

Images from current and upcoming exhibitions.

Making handles can be a painstaking and frustrating part of the pottery process.

While this issue focuses on atmospheric-fired work, the artists’ mentoring, training, and rationale for using these methods to achieve a specific, personal aesthetic are central to the stories shared.

Florian Gadsby shares his approach to making functional pottery designed to be lived with.

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

Kyle Guymon shares how to maintain an effective edge on your favorite trimming tool with a few passes on a sharpening stone before each use.

Learn why composition, flexural strength, and maximum working temperature are the most important things to pay attention to when buying and using kiln shelves.

Working in batches and retaining the marks of making, Maya Rumsey creates functional pottery decorated with color blocks and illustrations of magnolia blooms, houseplants, and the Victorian house where she grew up.

A recent group exhibition of sculpture by five artists at Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento explored material culture, identity, trauma, and belonging.

Art history—from two-dimensional prints to ceramics—influences Susan Dewsnap’s generous forms. That rich history also informs the fluid lines and high-contrast of her slip and wax-resist surface decorations.

Husband-and-wife team Luis and Irma Cortez create traditionally inspired pottery in their Tonalá, Mexico, studio.

By mixing Zulu tradition with elements of Gothic architecture, Sandile Brian Cele has developed vessels with layered meaning that draw from his heritage and interests.