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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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Learn more from the cones you load into each firing than how hot your kiln got. Bloated, leaning, and deformed pyrometric cones point to the atmospheric and environmental conditions of a firing.

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

Following his technical research into 3D-printed ceramics, Emre Can has used the technology to reflect on issues integral to people living in the Middle East, conveying injustice and destruction throu

Susan Beiner’s installations present a hybrid, often vibrantly colored world saved by an ecosystem able to adapt to and evolve from our throw-away culture.

Cooking often influences the design decisions Lindsay Oesterritter makes when developing a new form. A recent collaboration with a chef opened her eyes to using the forms in new ways.

Sourcing inspiration and local clay from the setting of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Christina Bendo made over 500 plates to showcase one special meal.

Following the saying, “We eat food with our eyes first,” Yoko Sekino-Bové makes food-specific tableware to enhance the dining experience not only with function, but also with eye-pleasing design.

Growing up in Ukraine, dinner was a social event for Sasha Barrett, with friends, family, and neighbors stopping by and contributing ingredients. His bowls reflect that community spirit, and the image

We were able to purchase our first home in Bakersville, North Carolina, about an hour from Asheville, in 2012. In earlier years, while renting spaces to live and work in the area surrounding the Penla

Jaipur blue pottery is said to have been imported via Mongol artisans, who mixed their knowledge of Chinese glazing technology with Persian decoration. It travelled south to India in the 14th century,