Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

2019 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Scott McClellan shares his recipes for wood-firing friendly glazes and underglazes.

Firing your clay pieces is as much a part of the process as the making. Learn which factors determine the best firing schedules for your work.

Want to find ceramic hotspots before traveling to a new city? Looking for inspiration or the next piece to add to your collection? Find venues that exhibit ceramic art in our annual Gallery Guide list

Joshua Winer’s practice came full circle to create a monumental mosaic capturing the four seasons of the New England landscape at the very school where he installed his first mosaic 18 years ago.

A former mountaineer and paraglider, Sylvie Enjalbert started working with clay to fulfill a long-felt desire to work with her hands. Over a decade into her career as an artist, her quiet, coil-built

Over 300 urns that are part of Julia Galloway’s Endangered Species Project were recently on view at Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard in Allston, Massachusetts.

Starting in the 1920s, an émigré potter honed the skills he learned in Bulgaria and started a career-long focus on simple forms, custom glazes, and the natural qualities of clay at various factories i

Michael Sherrill’s mixed-media botanical sculptures demonstrate his powerful use of color and convey a profound observation of and connection to the natural environment.

With a focus on ergonomics, this ceramic artist’s basement studio provides a thoughtfully designed area for each step of her making process.

Saltstone’s followers voted on head-to-head competitions between two mugs at least once per day. Justin’s vote, Sarah’s vote, and one vote based on the Instagram followers’ favorite each counted equal

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Before really starting to make my own ceramic work, I began collecting pottery while in school at Western Illinois University. It didn’t seem like collecting at first; I just wanted to use handmade ce

In the summer of 2015, I closed my studio in Marshall, North Carolina, and relocated to western New York when my husband took a job at Alfred University. I had spent 10 years building a customer base

So much of what we do on a daily basis takes place via a screen interface, which is beneficial to artists in terms of widening our exposure to a whole host of ideas, knowledge, people, and artwork we

Three ceramic artists share the versatile slip and glaze recipes they use to achieve the dimensional surfaces that make their respective bodies of work unique.

Earthenware clay serves as the base layer of Shanna Fliegel’s dynamic, collaged illustrations.

Over 375 artists submitted work for our annual readership-wide competition. The selected artists interpreted the theme in many ways: exploring the potential of materials through experimentation, worki

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

Water damage to this potter’s studio space cost him valuable production time for necessary repairs and taught him a tough lesson on the importance of having (and understanding) adequate studio insuran

Plasticity is a sought after characteristic in clay bodies, but too much plasticity often leads to troublesome issues with clay memory. Learn how to predict and manage memory to prevent warping prior