Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

David MacDonald's high-fire clay and glaze recipes.

Wood firing is an arduous task. One way to help reduce the time and labor it takes to process wood for a firing is to build a metal rack that holds the wood in place and allows it to be quickly cut to

Traditionally, shino-glazed works are fired in reduction kilns—as a reducing atmosphere must be created for iron to be drawn into the glaze from the clay surface—unless the glaze is formulated with su

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This mug by Royce Yoder was the first pot I purchased that was made by a professional potter. His studio is located close to where I went to undergraduate school (Kutztown University) in Pennsylvania.

Tokyo University of the Arts’ Professor Ryo Mikami is a master of the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. In addition to making his own clays and glazes using local materials, he also makes his own kana,

In 2005, I was an art director and potter so I was heavily involved with administration at the time, as well as making pottery. I have been making ever since but not as a full-time endeavor.

Cone 3 clay and slip recipes shared by Zak Helenske and high-fire flashing slips and glazes for atmospheric firings shared by Chris Chaney and Kirk Jackson.

Naomi Clement, Stephanie Galli, and Travis Winters share their clay, casting slip, and glaze recipes.

Dufala makes works that combine his strong interest in drawing and ceramic assemblage—utilizing handbuilt and cast parts—with a complex, multi-step, monoprint-transfer process to achieve objects of re

My pottery is located in an old, cream-colored brick building that housed horses and carts for a butter, egg, and cheese business established in the 1880s. Sue Messer and I bought the building in 1999

There is no sign marking the entrance to Twante Pottery Village in Myanmar, but when you cross the village boundary it’s clear you’ve arrived. Brick kilns begin to emerge from the bamboo-thatched huts

The effect created on building façades and the interiors of holy spaces using intricately painted ceramic tiles made in the kashi tradition in Pakistan is one of ornate beauty and grandeur. The produc

Each spring, we are usually working on the Emerging Artists issue right around the same time that we are attending the annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference. Bey

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The 20 artists whose works are included on the following pages exemplify the depth and breadth of exploration as well as the vibrant expression of ideas prevalent in our field right now.

My pots are made from parts that I cut from leather-hard slabs using templates. I started using templates as a way to teach myself how to create new forms out of slabs. I draw the form on tag board or

There are three phases of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Many substances that are solid at room temperature can be heated up until they melt to become a liquid, and then heated still further until th

The members of The Philadelphia Potters (TPP) joined together to promote the creativity, diversity, and excellence of functional pottery being made in Philadelphia, and within our extended community o

The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, Tulane University’s women’s coordinate college, established the Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans, Louisiana, 25 years before women had the right to vote. From the