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For Peter Beard, a large part of being a ceramic artist is in the honing of his craft. He has established himself as one of the leading makers of contemporary ceramics in the UK in a career that began

Earlier this year, American Ceramic Society (ACerS) member Richard Laine, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, published research that pioneers a new approac

Potters are constantly looking for creative, inventive techniques; the latest one I’ve been experimenting with is bubble glazing. I was shown this technique by a skilled artist named, Robert Crisp who

“A good honest pot.” What does that mean? I imagine it to mean unembellished, straightforward, and functional. I also like to think it means thoughtful and designed with care and the wisdom of experie

I became serious about clay at age 21 when I learned to throw at an evening class. I loved the wheel as a tool for making and had found a satisfying hobby I could continue indefinitely.

Twelve years ago, I started making pots. I never imagined that a few years later, I would be running my own small business in ceramics. Before pottery, I had worked in retail buying, having studied te

The handbuilt sculptures of New York ceramic artist Pamela Sunday are admired around the world, but there was a time when she had never considered ceramics art as a viable career. After a decade of su

English Heritage is a London-based organization that oversees more than 400 historical buildings, monuments, and heritage sites in the United Kingdom, including such extraordinary sites such as Stoneh

Innovation in art, as in all practices, may be perceptible only against the backdrop of convention, but convention need not be synonymous with the status quo: a current state of thought or practices a

My home town, Revelstoke, British Columbia, is a working class/ski community six hours east of Vancouver on the Trans-Canada Highway. This highway skirts the edge of town and boasts 30,000 cars a day

I took my first pottery classes in middle school, and really fell in love with it as a dyslexic, uncoordinated kid who was asked to mouth the words in chorus. I’d never been good at anything in school

Jeff Schwarz’s sculptural vessels are the result of a delicate conceptual balancing act. Lying midway between popular culture and fine art, between functional and sculptural ceramics, his work bears a

Back in the 1990s I had a small ceramics business that specialized in tile, fountains, lamps, and other decorative indoor and outdoor wares. Early in my career I submitted a proposal for a large tile

“Core Connections: Korean Ceramics” at Lacoste Gallery (www.lacostegallery.com), in Concord, Massachusetts, included works selected by ceramic artist Sunkoo Yuh. By selecting the work of his instructo

Associate Editor Holly Goring and I had the opportunity to attend the Utilitarian Clay VII (UCVII) symposium at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, right before we sent this

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions.

I worked as a lawyer for almost six years at a couple of large law firms in New York City, and while the work was intellectually challenging and my colleagues were comfortably collegial, I felt someth

Mountains of discarded porcelain. Labor as material. Recycling as a natural resource. These are just a few phrases that Recycled China co-founders Jeffrey Miller and Thomas Schmidt commonly employ whe

I first saw the work of Recycled China (Jeffrey Miller and Thomas Schmidt) in person at the 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale’s competition exhibition in Icheon, South Korea. I was complete