Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Jarre à la corde, a historic French vessel-building method, inspires Benjamin Oswald’s contemporary clay sculptures.

The Shigaraki style of ceramics’ naturally occurring finish has been recreated by artists across the globe.

Packing a spectrum of underglazes in a convenient container can save storage space and make it easier to decorate your work anywhere.

Whether you’re coloring dried clay, moist clay, or casting slip, HTX Clay and Joanna Poag lay out how to use Mason stains in varying percentages and combinations to achieve a wide spectrum of hues in your work.

Pulled from the Ceramic Recipes archives of thousands of clay, slip, and glaze recipes, the following satin and matte glazes are sure to add a soft, sensory experience to your ceramic forms. For more, visit ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramic-recipes.

Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals.

Kate Johnson and Emma Whitney discuss personal and professional growth while learning new skills at East Fork Pottery.

Sparked by family heirlooms, Eric Ordway’s research into Norwegian folk-art objects generated the development of his ale bowls. Ordway shows how he approaches throwing and altering these longship-inspired vessels.

Broad Studios Club House’s co-founder demonstrates how floor darts and a squeeze can create a non-circular dish right on the wheel.

Using a narrow palette and embracing the frenetic atmosphere of a wood/soda kiln, Ben Eberle’s work breathes and contracts with gestural swelling and impressed textures and lines.

During cold Minnesota winters, radiant-heated floors and its proximity to home keep Kate Scherfenberg and Sean Scott’s studio warm and bustling.

At San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, this exhibition spotlights a new generation of Japanese artists—many of them women—who are shaping the future of clay through bold, inventive works while honoring the ceramic traditions of the past.

Organic, lyrical ribbons wrap and intricately slip-trailed surfaces cover Carol Long’s nature-inspired vessels. Dynamic negative space, built with functional and non-functional handles, makes her volumetric forms feel light and rich.

When met with the successes and logistical challenges of the Michiana Pottery Tour, the participating artists created the Northern Indiana Clay Alliance to organize and manage their expanding needs.

Similar to a skyscraper, EcoTech Lab utilizes vertical space to bring efficient agricultural production, smart design, and fresh produce to densely populated cities via their modular ClayPonic system.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

The clay body, slip, and glaze recipes listed below yield surfaces that are reliable and variable when fired in atmospheric kilns like wood and soda.

The following recipes, shared along with his process article, allow Eric Ordway to achieve vibrant color, flashing effects, and reliable functional surfaces out of wood and soda kilns.

Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals.