Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

  • Ceramics Monthly January 2025 front cover thumbnail image
    Call for Entries: January 2025
    Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals
  • Spotlight: Rebuilding article thumbnail
  • Recipes: 3-Layer Glazes by Gabriel Kline
    Recipes: 3-Layer Glazes
    Combing and layering various glazes can be tricky to avoid running, crawling, and other surface flaws. But, with advance testing and experimentation, the results can be stunning.
  • Techno File: Layering Glazes
    Yes, glazing can be a daunting task, but it can also be a lot fun and very rewarding, when you allow yourself some time to experiment with layering combinations.
  • Barbara Lormelle: Depth with Interacting Glazes by Lauren Kearns article thumbnail
    🎧 Barbara Lormelle: Depth with Interacting Glazes
    Drawing from influences including Scandinavian, German, and East Asian ceramics, Barbara Lormelle’s work embodies simplicity in form, with a particular focus on glazing techniques that explore depth, translucency, and color.
  • Unpredictability and Balance: The Work of Nina Gerada by Tim Saunders article thumbnail
    🎧 Unpredictability and Balance: The Work of Nina Gerada
    Nina Gerada, a Maltese artist, blends ceramics, sculpture, and installations to explore themes of memory, place, and the natural world.
  • Digital Ceramics in Architecture and Science by Jenny Sabin article thumbnail
    🎧 Digital Ceramics in Architecture and Science
    Jenny Sabin’s PolyBrick series redefines ceramics in architecture through 3D printing, bioengineering, and digital design, creating adaptive, sustainable, and responsive clay components that merge art, science, and architecture.
  • Katie Rose Johnston: Manifesto by Kate Mothes article thumbnail
    🎧 Katie Rose Johnston: MANIFESTO
    Katie Rose Johnston’s MANIFESTO studio blends nature, history, and function into ceramics inspired by Scotland’s rugged landscapes and archaeological heritage, celebrating handmade craft, foraged materials, and their power to connect past and present.
  • Yael Braha: At Home in Her Work by Susan McHenry article thumbnail
    🎧 Yael Braha: At Home in Her Work
    A child of North African refugees, Yael Braha’s journey from graphic design and filmmaking to ceramics reflects a life shaped by relocation and transformation. Her work explores themes of impermanence, process, and the search for a sense of home.
  • Recipes: Surface Options by Kyla Strid article thumbnail
    Recipes: Surface Options
    For functional forms adorned with brushwork motifs, Kyla Strid opts for either a glossy or satin-glazed surface. Below are the two recipes she uses to make them.
  • Exposure January 2025 article thumbnail
    Exposure: January 2025
    Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
  • 2025 Residencies and Fellowships thumbnail image
    2025 Residences and Fellowships
    Want to switch up your surroundings and devote a period of time to focusing on your practice, research, and making? A residency or fellowship might be just the thing.
  • Clay Culture: Small Kilns by Ryan Coppage, PhD article thumbnail
    Clay Culture: Small Kilns
    Ryan Coppage stresses the value of small kilns for experimentation and creative growth, urging potters to prioritize self-expression and trial and error over commercial pressures and mass production.
  • Clay Culture: Archaeological Insights by Laurel Sheppard article thumbnail
    Clay Culture: Archaeological Insights
    Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known Aboriginal pottery on Jiigurru (Lizard Island) in northeast Australia challenging old stereotypes, and revealing that Aboriginal communities were part of vibrant maritime networks thousands of years ago.
  • Studio Visit: Kyla Strid article thumbnail
    Studio Visit: Kyla Strid, Lawrence, Kansas
    A renovated split-level garage houses Kyla Strid’s studio. This 750-square-foot structure includes areas to wheel throw and trim work, display finished pieces, host events and sales, and store equipment for beekeeping, all with room to grow.
  • 2024 Residencies and Fellowships
    Devoted time and space to pursue your practice—sound appealing? Learn more about residencies here.
  • Clay Culture: Reclaim the Cup by Andrew Castañeda article thumbnail image
    Clay Culture: Reclaim the Cup
    Reclaim The Cup is a creative workshop series that encourages participants to transform broken and discarded ceramics into unconventional, sculptural cups.
  • Quick Tip: Reusable Templates by Chelsea Phelps
  • Clay Culture: Comparing Techniques by Laurel Sheppard
    Clay Culture: Comparing Techniques
    A recent study examined how cultural and individual differences influence pottery shapes by having 21 potters from French, Hindu Indian, and Muslim Indian communities reproduce four basic shapes on their respective pottery wheels.