Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Most beginning potters pay little attention to bisque firings until they experience an explosion. More often than not, glaze blemishes can be traced directly to improper bisque firings. Taking a cue f

Kate Lydon reflects on her 35-year career at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Find more high-fire recipes from master artist Dan Anderson, who was featured in the March 2022 issue.

Maximize the use of commercial underglazes and glazes by testing and retesting. Change the variables—application technique, layered products, number of coats—to yield limitless options.

Do you dream about having a glaze lab in your studio but feel such a luxury is out of reach? Learn how to substitute materials so you can create more glazes with fewer ingredients.

Through appropriated decal imagery from Eastern and Western sources, collaged compositions, and references to history and culture, Nick Geankoplis constructs narratives that remain intentionally ambiguous and open ended.

Excavating local materials to use in clay bodies and glazes can infuse finished work with a sense of place and connect artists with the regions where they live, while also helping to lower the carbon footprint of their studio practices.

Transformation and spiritual containment are central to Rashida Ferdinand’s life and art practice.

Often large scale and composed of thousands of components made via collaboration, the work of Cannupa Hanska Luger emphasizes his belief that we need each other.

Yinka Orafidiya traveled to Ghana to study under master women potters, then held community-focused workshops upon her return to Philadelphia to share the vessel-making process with Black women.

When planning his second career as an artist, Byju S R moved to a house with a small studio and flexible outdoor patio space suitable for both larger projects and group workshops alike.

An organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, gives young artists a chance to learn how to plan, make, and install large-scale mosaics that simultaneously relate meaningful stories and beautify buildings around the region.

This global database connects kiln owners with those needing to fire their work. Currently boasting 250 kilns, the list is constantly growing.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Have you ever broken the lid to a fully finished teapot and needed to make a replacement? If you simply measure the lid with calipers, the measurement won’t be accurate.

In this issue, we focus on artists who center community in their studio practice and their lives.

Want to try a different firing type or learn some new techniques? A summer workshop might be just the thing. Check them out in our annual guide.

Malcolm Mobutu Smith discusses how teaching, improvisation, and a hunger for knowledge inspire him. He also shares his belief in the positive impact that maintaining connections can have throughout an artist’s career.

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