Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Slip and glaze recipes used with soda, reduction, and wood-fired work.

Are you on the pottery show circuit? Or just want to show off some pots? Try these plans for simple, collapsible shelves.

Intimidated by the blank surface of your wheel-thrown or handbuilt pots? Don’t fancy yourself as an illustrator? Teresa Pietsch teaches readers how to transfer images and layer underglazes and glazes

The Art Gallery of Burlington exhibited contemporary ceramics from Rankin Inlet, Canada, showcasing figurative sculptures that tell stories in the round.

An exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art displayed contemporary and historical Japanese ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection.

Kimberly Chapman shares her experience of going back to school and becoming a ceramic artist later in life, hoping to encourage others in mid life or later to pursue an art degree.

After receiving a BFA in ceramics and completing an apprenticeship with Mark Hewitt, Adrian King has set up shop in Portland, Maine. His philosophy for making and marketing pots that showcase his indi

References to Norwegian ships, nautical equipment, and architecture abound in Neil Forrest’s recent sculptures. The pieces combine his interest in scale models, Canada and Norway’s interwoven history,

In order to progress, A. Blair Clemo actively seeks out problems in his work. While this may seem counterintuitive, Clemo demonstrates how addressing the right problems can focus your creative explora

Built to suit the active practices of two artists, this home and studio features walls of windows that allow the surrounding mountains and landscape to serve as the backdrop for sculpting, researching

This ceramic artist fostered healing within a community devastated by the 2017 Tubbs Fire by incorporating the ash of lost homes into the glaze on symbolic vessels.

Stemming from one artist’s desire to mentor and reconnect, The Village Potters Clay Center offers a supportive and knowledgable community studio environment for artists to develop their skills and fin

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

A handy and economical tip I’ve picked up from my community of potters is how to have a nearly endless supply of inexpensive throwing sponges. Simply cut up an Armaly ProPlus polyurethane sponge—the l

As I write this, California is in the grips of several devastating wild fires, including the Camp Fire, which is now the worst in the state’s history. Many lives have been lost, homes and businesses h

Two artists share how they achieve depth in their sculptural and functional surfaces at cone 6.

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

Potter Mea Rhee makes the daunting task of reclaiming clay manageable by keeping an eye on her slop bucket and drying out small batches in a stacked tower of alternating plaster slabs and clay.

Nicole Aquillano explains how photographing her finished pots with oil, dried herbs and spices, fresh bread, greens, and whiskey activates the imagination of her customers.

Kirsten Stingle’s figures are characters on an epic journey, born from the thousands of existing tales and legends about women, but remade so that they define themselves, move beyond convention, and s