Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

“How do you want to be remembered?” Without hesitation, Pérez quickly responded, “I want to be forgotten, only that my pots survive.” In a time of instant media gratification and easy access to online

Art making entails an understanding of various techniques and applied skills. Initially, this activity is uncomfortably performed—often lacking in grace, ease, and certitude. However, with a faith-lik

Years ago, I opened my own ceramic studio in a commercial space, thinking I had a good sense of what expenses were expected. But as in all commerce, there are surprises. Among those was the cost of je

Working in the low-fire temperature range? Test layering these slips, terra sigillatas, and glazes in your next firing to expand your options.

I think it is safe to say that ceramics is a field that encourages, if not requires, some form of lifelong learning. Figuring out why clay and glaze do what they do (and how to get them to do what you

My Nana (my maternal grandmother) worked in a department store in Buffalo, New York, and when we grew restless, my mom and I would take a bus across town to visit her. Nana and her co-workers would do

A community of artists working together at a non-profit in Oakland, California, is shattering stereotypes by finding ways to overcome disabilities while creating in-demand artwork that helps them to m

During the summer of 2015, I participated in a local farmer’s market called the Umbrella Market in Greenville, North Carolina. Though it was quite fun and festive, the hiccup in my weekly vendor displ

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Typically, a gemstone family possesses a base formula—just as a glaze has a base formula. The base formula is clear or milky without metal impurities to provide it with color. A perfect example of thi

Pour It On! contest winners Carly Van Anglen and David Ferro, Alina Hayes, and Justin Donofrio, share the clay, slip, and glaze recipes they use on their work.

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

After graduating from West Surrey College of Art in Farnham, England, in 1982, I set up my first studio, converting an old building on my parents’ ocean-front property in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Environmentally-friendly method of manufacturing ceramics may reduce companies carbon footprint, and render kilns obsolete for some applications and products. The way your toilet is manufactured ma

One way to increase efficiency is to reduce waste. And when it comes to manufacturing ceramic tile, there’s some room for improvement. An estimated 1.5 million tons of waste are produced yearly fro

My studio is located outside Taos, New Mexico, on the way to the Taos Ski Valley and an hour and a half from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The property was purchased in 2006 with the dream of expanding a one-

My ceramics degree was only the start of my journey in clay. I knew instinctively that I wasn’t finished with potting when I completed my four years at university. While in school, I spent my honors y

In Shigaraki, we mass-produced pots for the commercial market. That was not necessarily what we wanted to do, but we had to do that in order to make a living. We were interested in wood firing and too

I have been pursuing art as a career since I was teenager. A middle- school assignment propelled me to study ceramics, after I made a sculpture of a local artist and I discovered clay. The clay got in

Pottery found me in high school as a rather indifferent kid. I was disinterested in anything related to school. When I encountered something that did not rely on the mundane basics of education, I tho