Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

From Polseno’s early raku work to her continuing investigation of both figurative sculpture and pottery, a pursuit of surfaces with visual depth has remained a constant.

McConnell’s sculptural groupings emphasize the importance of context on perception and question definitions of authorship, originality, art, and creativity

Cavener’s expressive, hybrid creatures, which can be seen as products of self examination and a desire to understand relationships and motivations, explore animal nature embodied in humans and human nature symbolized by animals.

Over the course of his career, Pharis has switched from salt firing wheel-thrown stoneware forms to low firing loosely geometric handbuilt vessels.

Until the mid 1990s, Vanier made mostly earthenware pots. After she set up her own studio in the French countryside she made the switch to stoneware, seeking surfaces that, while still expressive and decorated with nature-inspired motifs.

Here I throw, alter the forms, rough trim when the clay is soft leather hard, finish-trim at close to bone dry, clean up the formed surfaces, and then carve patterns.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Check out this simple two-piece DIY tool to help make that line as clean and level as possible.

In the past potters used available materials such as locally dug clay and pulverized rocks, wood, and grass ash. Today a wide array of minerals is available to potters everywhere. Here’s the where and when to help you know why to use them.

The friendship, idea exchange, and time spent firing kilns together since Rowan and Yamaki first met more than a decade ago is evident in the two-person show that was on view at Sara Japanese Pottery in New York, New York.

A solo exhibition of Connell’s most recent figures, which depart from the style of her previous works, was on view in the gallery at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions.

As people who work with clay, we know the reasons that motivate us to go to the studio. As makers, we also understand the draw to buy handmade objects, both for the joy of using them and for the conne