Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Unless you don’t fire the clay objects you make, at some point you have to decide what type of surface work best with your ideas. Kiln type and access are often major factors when artists develop a co

When throwing numerous open forms off the hump, the possibility of deformation is greatest at the moment of cutting the piece off the wheel and transferring it to a ware board to dry. To minimize this

After a long career in manufacturing, while making pots on the side, Monte Young moved from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Jasper, Indiana, to be closer to family. The move also gave him the opportunity

Engaging asylum seekers and refugees in hands-on workshops, Julie Nelson led the creation of over 200 ceramic birds. The project has culminated in exhibitions of the birds, as well as research into th

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Jen Allen, Monte Young, and Alex Zablocki share a few of the glaze and kiln wash recipes they use when making their work.

When did you last change your elements? What exactly was that glaze combination you tested a while ago? Keep up with what goes on inside your kiln by maintaining a thorough kiln log.

Bentonite is an amazing material, adding plasticity to clay bodies, greatly improving glaze suspension, and helping glazes harden. Properly adding it to a mix of materials can be very tricky. Learn ho

Alex Zablocki casts liquid glaze in soft-brick molds to create solid chunks of fired glaze, which he then saws, sands, and combines with other ceramic elements into sculptures that explore glaze as fo

An exhibition of large-scale ceramic sculpture by Torbjørn Kvasbø and Marit Tingleff as well as textiles by Kari Dyrdal was recently on view in an exhibition at the Sørlandets Kunstmuseum in Kristians

Edith Garcia explores the origins and continued success of the collectives Studio Manifold in London, England, and Kansas City Urban Potters in Kansas City, Missouri.

After Curt Hammerly saw an exhibition of collaborative work, he was inspired to try it out in his own studio practice. He and Eric Heerspink, who both use slip-casting techniques, created a series of

Two artists with a shared love of making narrative work teamed up in life and in the studio. Their in-progress dialog is as rich as the stories that the finished pieces convey.

Jen Allen has been interested in making art with other people since she was an undergraduate student. Her recent creative partners include ceramic artists, woodcarvers, and jewelers alike.

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