Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

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.

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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.

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

Her work retains the traces of a course in mathematical theories during which she was introduced to the Golden Section and Fibonacci series.

Ceramics merge with wood, tar, and found objects to depict a dialog on labor and thought in Theaster Gates’ solo show at Gagosian Gallery in New York City.

Preserving historical films that document the techniques and way of life of potters in Japan, Korea, China, and Southeast Asia became the mission of filmmaker Marty Gross.

Seth Charles wants you to look closer. At first glance, his wood-fired sculptures might remind you of an eroded rock formation or the carved arch of a cliff.

Through large-scale installations composed of thousands of tiny elements suspended on monofilament, Ngozi Omeje tells layered stories of personal and universal experiences.

Within Andy Bissonnette’s refined vessels exists a series of contrasts: smooth and carved, complex and simple, intentional and organic.

Grove Vale is a gallery and workshop that is home to four ceramic talents, long-time studio mates established in their own individual practices.

Steel-framed homes with porcelain-enameled steel cladding were produced as kits at the end of the 1940s in response to the post-war housing crisis. Although the building method never took off, an esti

Two educators, Kelly Clark and Courtney Long, share the ways they’ve adapted to instructing ceramics students remotely.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Clay slip, or liquefied clay, can be used in varying ways. When working with earthenware, the clay bodies are higher in iron content and darker in color, ranging from red, to brown, to black. A lighte

Whether you’re interested in exploring atmospheric firing or are curious about the ways artists choose and use firing techniques to further their ideas, I hope you’ll be inspired by these artists’ approaches.

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