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The growth patterns of hostas, succulents, and other garden plants along with the variety of pots required for different social gatherings inspire Tonsgard’s sculptural stacks and installations of fun

Erickson creates sculptural compositions made up of her dinnerware, and likens the process to a game, with the rules defined by the space, the story, and the concepts that inspired the work.

First, prepare your model. Mine is carved from insulating foam that’s first cut out using a template and a hot wire foam cutting tool. A separate form is cut out for the slip reservoir (1–2) and held

Working with modular units inspired by a wide range of sources from Gothic ogival arches to botanical forms, and Art Nouveau to Asian and Indian art, Roth creates serving pieces that function equally

Tilton creates crystalline glazed pots in a spacious, well-organized, and amazingly clean studio. He talks about how getting to this point is the result of 36 years worth of work and improvements afte

The Portland Growler Company believes that beer growlers don’t have to be glass. In fact, they’ve created a line of ceramic growlers that have many benefits.

Sometimes, studying past technologies leads to remarkable discoveries that can help design better materials for the future. This uncommon science of archaeomimetics (the development of new technologie

Matthew Groves primarily makes narrative figurative sculpture. For a recent collaborative show, he used his interest in narratives to create a series of vessels.

For those of us who don’t have a kiln in our studios, transporting glazed ware is a frustrating necessity. These tips will help keep your glaze from chipping or rubbing off before you can get the work

Need some seriously focused studio time? Need a creative jump start? Need a place to work and make connections? Need a change of scenery? Apply for a residency!

Tired of staying up until the wee hours of the morning coaxing a stalling kiln to temperature? Learn why it happens, and how to fix it so you can get some sleep.

History and universal themes inspire Groves’ narrative figure sculptures, which were on view at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Installing ceramic vessels or sculptures in an  exhibition space can be tricky. It’s something many of us deal with when showing work, so the editorial staff decided to focus this issue on a few diffe

Want some slips and glazes that work well together in salt and soda firings? Try the ones below that Cathi Jefferson uses on her work.

These glazes provide wide variation in hue, translucency, and texture, depending on the thickness of application, the rate at which the kiln is cooled, and the additions of colorants.

The size of a pot is often determined by what it’s intended use is, but subconsciously, maybe other factors are also involved—the size of your own body and the things you surround yourself with. Take

Cary Esser has worked with tile since the 1970s, both in architectural settings and as freestanding sculptures. Her interest in the mass and physicality of clay is an important connecting thread throu

Having an open-face plaster mold with flexible dimensions provides a lot of options when slip casting tiles. To make a mold like this, I cast a large flat plaster slab, as well as long thin plaster st

For the past 40 years, Cathi Jefferson’s biggest influence has been her surroundings and a belief that nature connects us to what’s really important. Her functional and sculptural series of salt-and-s