Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Sarah Anderson and Austin Coudriet have spent the past couple of years as traveling artists. Ready to set down roots, they have embarked on a mission to build community through the therapeutic impact of clay.

Over 52 firings in fifteen years, 25 interns and dozens of potters contributed to and learned from the wood kiln built on the hill beside Justin and Brooke Rothshank’s Goshun, Indiana, home.

Pulling from her maternal heritage in Panama, her pieces evoke a ritualistic, intimate feel, reflecting themes of identity, ancestry, and resilience.

Richard and Emily James’ collaborative work for a recent exhibition has spurred a future of working together to build both a shared life and body of work.

Large enough to house up to eight people and support a range of creative studios, The Glastonbury Collective is a Northwest Detroit hub for art, ecology, and communal living.

Championing his fellow wood-fire potters started small for Joel Huff, but has since grown into a state-wide movement connecting and uplifting Georgia potters and their work.

Founded over 120 years ago, Pewabic is a Detroit institution providing a living connection to its historic pottery through community workshops, public lectures, and studio programming.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

After experimenting with different methods, I found a simple, inexpensive, long-lasting solution: PVC couplings and commercial floor tiles.

The artists featured in this issue have experienced the power and strength of collaboration and community, many of whom call Detroit, the host city of this year’s NCECA conference, home.

A turntable in motion turns Daniel Young Kim’s ceramic vessel into a hypnotic experience, merging the mechanics of early cinema with contemporary ceramic processes.

By integrating industrial ceramic waste into traditional Jaipur Blue Pottery, Disharee Mathur worked with local artisans to make use of what was abundant in order for the practice to thrive rather than merely survive.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Tucked away in a lush, rural setting, Dominique Ostuni’s studio and porcelain work celebrate the small treasures in life: flowers in bloom, brilliant color, ripe produce, and shared moments.

Naoko Fukumaru, a master conservator, draws on Japanese kintsugi techniques to create visible gold repairs, which honor imperfection, storytelling, and healing while redefining her own identity.

Inspired by Japanese cast-iron tea kettles, Josh Scott explores form, proportion, and surface through iterative throwing, altering, and surrendering to the unpredictability of atmospheric firing.

Va-Bene Fiatsi, a Ghanaian performance artist, uses clay as a spiritual and political medium.

Farraday Newsome and Tiffany A. Fairall break down the art catalog process from documenting an exhibition to layout design, to sourcing printers and binders, to the satisfaction of holding a finished copy.

Chris Gustin’s exhibition, “Wild Things,” balances monumental vessels with themes of spirituality, sensuality, organic abstraction, and the expressiveness of wood firing.