Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

To celebrate the Potters Guild of Ann Arbor’s 70th anniversary, guild members collaborated on a series of sculptures, which were exhibited at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

The Brick Industry Association recognizes extraordinary clay-brick structures with the Brick in Architecture Awards. Learn more about the types of innovative projects that won the 2021 awards.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

I have made custom promotional mugs (including 130 that a local company used as employee holiday gifts), spoon rests, and other products for local businesses and an online store.

As you explore the vessels, sculptures, and installations presented on these pages, take the time to ask yourself about how materials and meaning are intertwined in your own work.

Dick Lehman shares how recent collaborations have provided insights on his work and new creative opportunities.

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Justin Rothshank and Rich Brown share recipes for slip, glaze, and added flux that they use to finish the surfaces of their utilitarian pots.

There are a number of approaches to removing flux and bits of wadding from soda-fired works after the firing. Neil Celani discusses the ones that work best for him.

Want to fire pots with mesmerizing crystalline glazes, but are put off by running glazes, catch basins, endless grinding, and firing up to cone 10? What if you could achieve great crystals at cone 6, without all the hassle?

Working potter Justin Rothshank’s passion for collaboration fuels projects with fellow ceramic artists and potters, and even led to several playfully decorated pieces painted by his children.

After a career as a technical translator, Didem Firat embarked on a new career as a potter. She embraced the opportunity to leave behind the precision required in translation and to explore the organic, loose, malleable qualities of clay.

Assisting other artists and art centers and working part time in clay-related jobs to earn a living helped Yesha Panchal define her goals, refine her work, and then take the leap into life as a full-time artist.

Transferring the creativity and curiosity that he used to engage middle school students to his career as a full-time potter has helped Rich Brown to seek out new learning opportunities, engage and grow his audience, and weather unexpected obstacles.

Along with selling thrifted vintage home décor, Lakyn Bowman creates pots that are inspired by the colors, surfaces, and forms of vintage wares.

A compact, organized studio behind Mitch Pilkington’s house in what was formerly a loft and stables provides space for creation of her expressive coil-built vessels.

When Loren Lukens mentioned he was planning to sell his studio and gallery, Deb Schwartzkopf knew it would be a great location for the educational facility she and her team at Rat City Studios had been discussing.

Images from current and upcoming exhibitions.

Traditional glazing tongs are perfect for simultaneously dipping the inside and outside of a pot or for grasping the top of a pot to dip upright.

In Ceramics Monthly’s annual focus on working potters, several artists share the decision making, acquired skills, and planning—both long and short term—that enable them to earn a majority of their income from their studio practices.