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

The flat-top kiln design has been around for decades. It typically uses two fuel-fired burners located near floor level, one on each side of the flue exit, firing toward the front of the kiln. Larger

Planning a trip to a new city? Want to find inspiration or something new for your collection? Find venues that love ceramics as much as you do in our annual Gallery Guide listing.

The use of functional objects provides opportunities for memorable moments, whether it is a vase filled with freshly picked flowers, or a platter used to share a meal. These moments can stem from obje

At first glance, Stephen Heywood’s emphatically industrial wheel-thrown ceramic vessels appear quite the opposite of everything we might associate with handcrafted pottery. These small-scale works see

Despite an overly theatrical installation with darkened walls, professional pool lighting and plinths and pedestals of varying heights, the collective force of Tip Toland’s recent sculptures outweighs

Gina Etra Stick is somewhat of an enigma. She has been working full time as a ceramic artist for the past three years—a nanosecond relatively with respect to a career—yet she has burst onto the intern

I currently make my work in Rabbit Creek Studio in Anchorage, Alaska. The studio is owned by my friend, Kim Nelson, and is built onto the back of her home. I pay a modest monthly rental fee for a work

Collecting handmade ceramics is, in part, about the connections we establish with the pots in our homes. The meaning builds over time with ownership and use, but it begins with the maker and the story

Anyone who has visited our home would safely conclude that we love ceramic pots. Our collection is eclectic and ranges from the flamboyant to the reserved. We have many pots whose beauty lie in their

After 20 minutes’ ride along the Monongahela River, the bus pulled up to what our guide proudly identified as the first and last functioning steel mill around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This relic of a

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Your little, pricey, two-gram bottle of gold luster has arrived and you can’t wait to slather that bling all over your piece, right? You’ve got your respirator and gloves on, your brushes ready, and t

I attended the 2017 Sculptural Objects, Functional Art (SOFA) Expo in Chicago in November 2017 to talk to gallerists and artists, spend time feasting my eyes on ceramics, and discover potential articl

I switched from porcelain to earthenware during my first semester of graduate school at the University of Nebraska. The department was moving to a new building and the only kilns available were elect

Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals

Looking for some new low-fire glazes? Want to try out a cone 3 firing? Start your investigation with these recipes from artists who contributed to this issue, as well as one of our 2018 Emerging Artis

A museum employee once told me how they used foam to pack valuable Chinese ceramic artwork for shipping across the globe. I have practiced this technique several times and it works nicely.

Chun originated over a thousand years ago in China, first reported in the Song Dynasty, as Jun Ware. While many chuns have been created with soft blues to reds, purples, and greens, modern chuns seem

My work is always fired to cone 6 in oxidation and I build glazes that include 20–25% red clay and mature at cone 6. This article could be very short, because red clay melts well before cone 6. That w