Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Since 1989 Martine Polisset has been sculpting clay in the heart of the scenic village of Biot (9000 inhabitants, between Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera).

Making pots for her own kitchen helps York to come up with new ideas and refine the pieces she makes for sale.

One of Walther’s goals with her tableware is creating forms, like her pitcher, that combine references to historical fashion and historical pots with durability and ease of use.

DeVries found himself attracted to varying aesthetics, then learned to blend those interests into a single body of work.

Lavish and ornate surroundings inspired Compton to create a wheel-thrown and altered flask form.

Gruetzmacher discusses studio life after graduation and learning to identify with, and see the value in, the pots he makes every day.

Hansen’s trompe l’oeil vessels, seemingly constructed of sheet-metal signs and random metal parts, examine context and the viewer’s perspective in the construction of meaning.

A group exhibition of primarily sculptural work by 36 different artists was held at Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas.

The juried biennial exhibition held at Brown University’s Bell Gallery in conjunction with the 2015 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference, featured a total of 50 works from functional pieces to sculptures and installations.

My studio is located in a small basement room (about 100 square feet). Keeping my two young cats out of the studio wasn’t an option, but keeping them away from delicate greenware was a necessity! Jame

his non-uniform drying puts the entire circumference of the plate rim in tension. That can be called lateral tension. Since the clay at the rim has shrunk more than the clay in the center of the plate

I am trying to capture in my ceramic work that sense of soul and history I perceive from the buildings in these books and from buildings and objects I have seen while traveling.