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The first time I saw Judit Varga’s work was in an exhibition at Baltimore Clayworks in 2010. At the time, we were both installing pieces for a show, and I had the opportunity to see the composition of

Mathew McConnell and Adam Posnak don't require a textbook for their introduction to wheel-throwing courses at the University of Arkansas. Students buy, live with, and study pots instead.

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

Noel Bailey, Rachel Clark, and Maria Dondero share recipes for clay, slip, and glazes they rely on to make their work.

Learn how a calligraphy nib can be altered to create crisp lines in clay, which are important for mishima drawings.

Have you been wondering about clay minerals lately? You're in luck. Here's a short guide to kaolinite, halloysite, montmorillonite, and illite.

Want to add an illustration or pattern with a metallic sheen to your work? While you could use lusters or specialty decal paper, Rachel Clark shares as way to etch and fuse the pattern into the surfac

A multi-part event including a residency, symposium, conference, and exhibition–featuring American, Argentinian, British, Batswana, Indian, Israeli, Palestinian, Serbian, and Taiwanese artists–explore

Drawing on the memories of his younger years spend hunting and skinning small animals and his desire to create awareness of the inequalities between the sexes and sexualities, Wrankle creates provocat

A subtle sense of landscape-inspired luminosity and movement carries through the form and surface decoration on Noel Bailey’s utilitarian pots.

Stanley Rosen, an influential mentor to many through his three decades of teaching at Bennington College in Vermont, creates enigmatic handbuilt sculptures that investigate the relationship between me

The simplicity and space-saving design of a coffee pour-over is pretty appealing. The fact that its an accessible form potters can explore, adapt, and design to work collaboratively with mugs made by

After years of working in many different spaces, including a small studio without a kiln in New York City, then a tiny, expensive studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Staschke renovated the garage a

Clay centers can face many challenges, even as they are enthusiastically supported by their communities. Carbondale Clay Center, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, is finding creative way

Canadas largest city is home to a thriving and welcoming community of ceramic artists. Local author and artist Heidi McKenzie shares places not to be missed when you visit.

Letter from the Editor, function and process.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Learn what drew Anthony Schaller and Brittany Stecker Mason to gallery work as a career path and what continues to inspire and drive the duo at Schaller Gallery in St. Joseph, Michigan.

Most of the universe is too big or too small for us to appreciate directly. Aside from mere samples delivered to us by electron microscopes or NASA’s Hubble telescope, we remain unconscious of the vig