Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

There are a variety of rare earth metals—28 of them in the lanthanides and actinides, to be exact—and many are either too expensive or radioactive, to incorporate into a glaze. The actinides are all r

Over the last 26 years, I’ve successfully bisque fired plates and platters of many sizes and weights on their rims. The technique of stacking wheel-thrown dinner plates on their rims in a vertical for

Eva Kwong and Kirk Mangus’ slip recipe works in a wide range of firings from electric to atmospheric.

I had the opportunity to help build and decorate a large, traditional jar with French artist Pietro Bruzzi, who is known as Pierrot. He is a third-generation potter in the town of Vallauris in the Sou

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

It doesn’t matter if you are local and are looking to rent studio space or are planning on visiting and seeing shows, the Twin Cities have a lot to offer to ceramic artists.

I remember the first time that I looked at a piece by Ron Nagle and really started to engage with it. I was reading the book Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950–2000 by Jo Lauria,

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

The Ottawa Guild of Potters presented Populace, a ceramic art installation that marked Canada’s 150th year as a nation, acknowledging the three main cultures present in the Ottawa area at the time of

I searched for my current studio for a long time and have been working there for two years. I wanted it to be in the old town of Faenza, to be bright and visible from outside, while also having a priv

After a few years, I dropped out of class, but continued taking workshops while still an active architect. My most influential teachers were Harriet Ross, who encouraged my handbuilding, Peter Callas

From the moment he pinched his first bowl more than 40 years ago, Bruce Cochrane has been enamored with functional pottery, and particularly with the wheel. But during a trip to Italy in the 1980s, Co

Ron Nagle’s work is nothing less than astonishing—simultaneously odd and beautiful, it seamlessly incorporates multiple aspects; the grotesque, elegant, crude, erotic, psychedelic, intimate, humorous,

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

During graduate school, my work was predominantly sculptural. Near the end of my studies, I became more drawn to sculptural vessels; I found that they could carry the content investigated in my previo

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 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

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

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