Ceramics Monthly Articles (Simple)

Akio Takamori reflects on how size matters and his relationship to the figural form.

Ready to learn something new? Plan a summer escape to recharge your creativity with the help of our handy annual summer workshops guide.

Want to get organized in the studio? Try this easy-to-build pegboard tip to get your tools out of the water bucket and up where you can see them and reach them with ease.

In response to a reader question, we tackle the science behind calcining kaolin. We also add in a few tips about calcining your own materials along with why and how to use them in recipes.

A solo exhibition of Stellacccio’s totemic sculptures was recently on view at Du Mois Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

We all have clay in common. We find it at different times, sometimes early on, sometimes as a second career, and sometimes as our retirement gig. I have found that artists whose work most intrigues me

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

In a way, each issue of Ceramics Monthly is about recognition, calling out artists for their achievements and ability, looking at the work and techniques, tools, and research that influence our field

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions.

Emerging Artists Joyce St. Clair, Alex Thullen, Adam Yungbluth, and Matt Ziemke share recipes for the clays, engobes, and glazes they use to make their work.

Richard Hensley has dialed in his clear glaze recipe to prevent crazing. With a few additions, this versatile glaze can be adapted into a great celadon, or opaque trailing glaze, too.

All of us on the editorial staff look forward to seeing the emerging artists submissions each year. We’re consistently amazed by the variety and quality of the work that we have the opportunity to con

Robins use of color is improvisational, metaphorical, and decorative, and the resulting objects read both as paintings and sculptures.

Making a large wall piece out of hundreds of forms requires some serious planning, mapping, and methodical organization, along with a whole lot of patience and passion.

Kelleher’s soda-fired sculptures and pots contain stories both about their making, and about the lives of the people who use them.

Getting a studio together in pricey Southern California requires flexibility and creative thinking to squeeze all of the utility out of every square foot available.

Everyday we hear about new advances in technology. Processes like 3-D printing are now household topics, but still a magical novelty that open up a world of seemingly infinite possibilities. With all

Get an inside look at the intensive, yet self-directed approach one university in Japan uses to prepare students for life as ceramic artists.

After being featured as an Emerging Artist in our May 2002 issue, Martina Lantin’s work changed in dramatic, unexpected ways.

The difference between a good cup and an amazing cup often comes down to the foot. Learn how to make your bottoms as smooth as glass with an inexpensive grinder tool.