Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

The most efficient way to pack and transport ware to and from sales and fairs for each maker is usually determined by trial and error. Neil Estrick describes his preferred methods, as well as the fact

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

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

The Japanese also named a delicate little potter’s tool after it that is used to gauge the depth and width of a wheel-thrown piece of pottery and facilitate throwing multiple forms of the same size. M

This issue approaches the business side of ceramics from a number of angles. After all, artists’ experiences, skill sets, locations, and goals vary as widely as the objects they make.

For Mike Helke, self-assigned limitations on process, tools, and time in the studio served to generate ideas and questions in his creative practice.

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

Need a place to make work and make connections? Need a change of pace or scenery? Need some focused studio time? Apply for a residency!

Morean Center for Clay's 2018–2019 resident artists and Seth Guzovsky, one of Shockoe Bottom Clay's gallery artists, share recipes they use on their pots and sculpture.

This simple clay body is just as suitable for student work as it is for the forming, firing, and post-firing demands of elaborate figurative sculptures.

Learn how to rid bisque-fired surfaces of residual underglaze or stain after inlaying processes with a common household cleaner—the Magic Eraser.

Turning the terra-sigillata making process on it’s head, Tom Anderson has found a way to use temperature to eliminate time, and get a better yield.

Once you’ve made a large, fragile ceramic sculpture, how do you get it from point A to point B? Richard W. James explains his approach to crating and outlines the supplies, tools, and logistics it tak

Gerardo Monterrubio creates sculptures whose forms and surface imagery exemplify blended cultures and depict the accumulated nature of culture. His dynamic pieces combine layered references to persona

Framed through a number of works on paper and ceramic sculpture, Christopher Staley’s recent exhibition presents an investigation and archive of movement and form.

An emphasis on material converges with simple, yet curious forms in the ceramics of Louise Deroualle. Reflective of quiet introspection and the physical processes of their making, each piece offers th

Sandy Lockwood emphasizes the importance of paying close attention to the world around her and focuses on three main themes in her work: materials, making, and movement. The resulting sculpture and po

The Living Art of Bonsai project at the Pacific Bonsai Museum posed an unconventional challenge to ceramic artist Ron Lang: work collaboratively with two other artists to create a complete bonsai disp

Communication and respect are essential for the six resident artists working in the open-floor-plan studios of the Morean Center for Clay in order to maintain an environment that fosters the exchange

This guide outlines the ceramic sights in the Windy City, from museums and galleries to art fairs and community centers.