Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

After years of teaching, Charlie Olson finds himself engrossed in a second career where his rigorous practice is less about intense control and more about interaction and play.

Kyungmin Park creates figurative sculpture that investigates the experience of being an outsider—particularly since the pandemic and the rise in racism and violence aimed at the AAPI community—through common experiences and potent symbolism.

Joanna Powell’s ceramic objects are sensitive renderings of personal histories and complex ideas. Elements like selfportraits, flowers and vases, and furniture and rugs converge in scenes that grant viewers the opportunity to absorb and explore.

What was once a horse stall and then a chicken coop now houses the studio of Jeffrey Lipton. A wood kiln on the property is planned for the near future to expand firing options and serve as a resource to the local pottery community.

Ceramic animal figures designed to release steam from pies while baking were popular in the 20th century. Today, as younger generations take to baking, pie birds could still prove to be a useful ceramic gadget.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

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.