Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Addressing the lack of interaction between students in different media, Ashley Fuchs designed an assignment that paired graphic design and ceramics undergraduate students under circumstances not unlik

Concepts that riff off personal relationships and art history have been executed with elaborate staging in trompe-l’oeil artist Richard Shaw’s exhibition posters over his decades-long career.

I teach at a community college and enjoy sharing pots with my students as much as possible. Without access to a large teaching collection at the college, I started to bring pieces from my own collecti

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

We all have our studio routines and habits, a rhythm developed after years of making. This can be good and bad. It can help us be really productive and efficient, to conquer that intimidating to-do li

Eva Champagne recently uprooted from her Montana digs to fly halfway around the world and take on the challenge of being Gaya Ceramic Arts Center’s new managing art director. We checked in to see how

Information on submitting work for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals.

In addition to the matte and specialty glazes explored in her article, Alisa Liskin Clausen also tested a handful of glazes with names that promised interesting results. Here’s what she found.

Neil Estrick shares his go-to clear recipe and Paul Wisotzky provides two of the glazes he layers using precision-cut sponge stamps.

Cutting-edge fabrication tools have upgraded this potter’s production of the sponge stamps he uses to apply glaze and wax resist to surfaces.

As ceramic artists we commonly focus more on the colorants than the other ingredients in a glaze recipe. But, maybe we should also be paying attention to kaolin’s effect on clear glaze bases, causing

Edna Oliver makes ceramic sculpture that is meant to be touched and heard, as well as seen. Her biomorphic forms spark creativity and playfulness as articulated joints enable viewers to alter their st

An exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, explored the topic of animals as subject matter in Japanese art from the 6th century to the present, and how those dep

Alisa Liskin Clausen shares the fired results of testing six matte base glazes from the Ceramics Monthly archives and numerous color variations and identifies some of the key ingredients that explain

Jill Giller’s early experiences as a student teacher in the Navajo Nation’s Rough Rock Demonstration School led her to forge lifelong friendships and professional relationships with Native American ce

A lack of established guidelines for standard workshop compensation in the US makes it difficult for both artists and institutions to negotiate equitable pay. Kristen Kieffer aims to change that by st

Brian Somerville has acquired quite a few skills through his experience as a sculptor and through various building-focused jobs. Now, in addition to making his large-scale figures, he has put his spec

The team of artists at Heath Ceramics’ experimental clay studio talk about the creative opportunities and responsibilities that are involved in transforming new ideas and designs into finished forms.

Efficient upgrades of her workspace, solar panels to provide electricity, and a post office within biking distance have allowed Lucy Fagella to make her everyday studio practice more sustainable.

A group of potters came together to create an affordable group studio for ceramic artists in Honolulu. Since its inception, the guild has adapted to meet members’ needs, grow the community, and distri