Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Stuart Gair and Justin Rothshank share slip, glaze, and wadding recipes that perform well when fired in a soda kiln.

If you’ve set up a studio at home recently, save your plumbing from clay going down the drain with this simple DIY bucket filter.

Ceramic studios are full of warnings about trapped air pockets in joins or improperly wedged clay, but the factor that causes blow ups isn’t the air. Read more from Sue McLeod on the real culprit: tra

Stuart Gair shares the details of form, materials, placement, and firing that allow him to achieve the results he wants when soda firing his work.

“Encounters” displays the work of Eirik Gjedrem and Ann Beate Tempelhaug, whose current access to the facilities of a ceramics factory enables large-scale exploration of natural themes.

Creating complex, abstract structures whose forms speak to the process of manipulating clay and whose interiors and exteriors blend together, Chris Miles invites viewers of his sculptures to move arou

Laurent Craste combines the opulent forms of 18th century European aristocratic and court porcelain with symbolic motifs and contemporary images to comment on inequality, inhumanity, and injustice.

Through a focus on mechanical components and fragmented systems, Kenneth Baskin explores the tension between suggested motion and balance, careworn and new, rough and smooth. His works invite viewers

Ceramic artist Brad Bachmeier has completed numerous residencies in national parks across the western US. These immersive residencies provide ample inspiration for his geologic vessels.

Situated on a canal in Detroit, Michigan, a former boathouse serves as the small but efficient work space for ceramic artist and sculptor Iggy Sumnik.

Studying traditional methods of ceramic building and sculpture, this team of architects and designers worked to explore the potential of machines to impart touch on clay.

Strides to restore coral reefs that have been bleached or destroyed are being aided by ceramics and engineering. Artificial reef tiles made of 3D-printed terra cotta have proven successful in seeding

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

As a high school ceramics teacher, remote learning has presented many challenges. Among them has been getting affordable and practical supplies for students to use at home.

Ceramic artists are making a difference in their communities and beyond through the objects they make, the research and collaborations they participate in, and the ways they engage people around them

With a bit of time and a dependable clay body, you can upcycle spent thermocouples into high-temperature stilts.

Andy Bissonnette, Seth Charles, and Olivia Tani share recipes for clays, slips, terra sigillatas, and glazes that respond well in soda, wood, and raku firings.

Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals.

Inspired by the landscape of the Southwest and the ability of music to spark memory, James Watkins experiments with materials in saggar firings and uses low-fire fuming techniques to achieve rich, arc

Glaze flow is dependent on the time and temperature of a glaze firing, along with glaze thickness, and glaze and clay body compositions. With so many variables to be mindful of, here’s a guide to help