Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

If clay is a conduit for memory, then Katriona Drijber’s work speaks this truth in subtle volumes. The essence of her life path is filtered through narrative drawing and pattern loaded with personal m

The space has many uses: our individual gallery work is made there, we host bi-annual studio tours, and it serves as the production studio for our collaborative line. In about 600 square feet, we have

The title of Keiko Fukazawa’s exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, California, puts a new spin on the label “made in China,” presenting a vividly ironic and comic view of the so

Rutile is that unbelievably beautiful glaze additive that produces colors ranging from light and dark blue, to tan, gold, yellow, and even purple. It also produces a range of crystal formations. It se

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Collecting ceramics for me builds on (and has replaced) my childhood interest in collecting interesting rocks, old coins, coins from around the world, costume jewelry, and anything that caught my eye

I had been researching umbel flower structures (an umbrella shaped flower) for a body of work and came upon a story about the wild mustard plants of California. The story has many variations; most are

We have all abused the bats by setting them in the sun, blasting them with a heat gun, or using them as glaze bucket lids. Eventually the standard methods of turning them over, using a bat grabber, or

Katriona Drijber and Ben Jordan, who both work with red clay, share recipes for a clay body that fires to cone 3, a slip that works from mid-range to high fire, and glaze formulated for cone 6.

We never decided to be art collectors. It just happened rather organically, a trade here, a purchase there, an unexpected gift. First and foremost we are artists, sculptors, and makers. We live in a v

In the late 1960s I took a ceramics class in high school and began a journey with clay that continues today. My teacher, Bob Gee, was a large influence in the early years. By 1972 I was ready to trans

Dancer, ceramics student, entrepreneur, art dealer, curator, teacher, mom, practicing artist. Change is the core of growth. Recognizing that every career change, every professional and personal role I

Walking down Lanc Utca in the southern Hungarian town of Hódmezővásárhely, you could easily pass by No. 3 without stopping. Yet behind the bright white façade and beautifully molded doors, marked only

Earlier this year I interviewed Byung Sik Moon, a successful artist who runs Moon Do Bang, a pottery located in Pangyo, South Korea. I came to admire more of Moon’s work and deeply appreciate what he

My Yonic Double Seed Server evolved from thoughts about seeds, their inner and outer hulls, and the shapes of seed chambers in green beans and peanuts. In the vessel, I reference the fecundity, virili

The most insidious response to racism is indifference. It does not manifest itself in brutal beatings, malicious rants in cyberspace, anonymous acts of intimidation under the coward’s cloak of night,

The history of porcelain is a captivating one, steeped in wealth, power, and mystery. Porcelain objects reigned as status symbols representing class and power for the growing 19th-century European bou

The theme for this year’s contest encompasses pouring vessels; works that focus on movement and flow; and work that is lavish, ornate, or over the top. The artists’ work gracing the following pages de