Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Alex Zablocki casts liquid glaze in soft-brick molds to create solid chunks of fired glaze, which he then saws, sands, and combines with other ceramic elements into sculptures that explore glaze as fo

An exhibition of large-scale ceramic sculpture by Torbjørn Kvasbø and Marit Tingleff as well as textiles by Kari Dyrdal was recently on view in an exhibition at the Sørlandets Kunstmuseum in Kristians

Edith Garcia explores the origins and continued success of the collectives Studio Manifold in London, England, and Kansas City Urban Potters in Kansas City, Missouri.

After Curt Hammerly saw an exhibition of collaborative work, he was inspired to try it out in his own studio practice. He and Eric Heerspink, who both use slip-casting techniques, created a series of

Two artists with a shared love of making narrative work teamed up in life and in the studio. Their in-progress dialog is as rich as the stories that the finished pieces convey.

Jen Allen has been interested in making art with other people since she was an undergraduate student. Her recent creative partners include ceramic artists, woodcarvers, and jewelers alike.

Addressing the lack of interaction between students in different media, Ashley Fuchs designed an assignment that paired graphic design and ceramics undergraduate students under circumstances not unlik

Concepts that riff off personal relationships and art history have been executed with elaborate staging in trompe-l’oeil artist Richard Shaw’s exhibition posters over his decades-long career.

I teach at a community college and enjoy sharing pots with my students as much as possible. Without access to a large teaching collection at the college, I started to bring pieces from my own collecti

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

We all have our studio routines and habits, a rhythm developed after years of making. This can be good and bad. It can help us be really productive and efficient, to conquer that intimidating to-do li

Eva Champagne recently uprooted from her Montana digs to fly halfway around the world and take on the challenge of being Gaya Ceramic Arts Center’s new managing art director. We checked in to see how

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

Neil Estrick shares his go-to clear recipe and Paul Wisotzky provides two of the glazes he layers using precision-cut sponge stamps.

In addition to the matte and specialty glazes explored in her article, Alisa Liskin Clausen also tested a handful of glazes with names that promised interesting results. Here’s what she found.

As ceramic artists we commonly focus more on the colorants than the other ingredients in a glaze recipe. But, maybe we should also be paying attention to kaolin’s effect on clear glaze bases, causing

Cutting-edge fabrication tools have upgraded this potter’s production of the sponge stamps he uses to apply glaze and wax resist to surfaces.

Edna Oliver makes ceramic sculpture that is meant to be touched and heard, as well as seen. Her biomorphic forms spark creativity and playfulness as articulated joints enable viewers to alter their st

An exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, explored the topic of animals as subject matter in Japanese art from the 6th century to the present, and how those dep

Alisa Liskin Clausen shares the fired results of testing six matte base glazes from the Ceramics Monthly archives and numerous color variations and identifies some of the key ingredients that explain