Spotlight: Reflect
Previous Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Alberto Bustos reflects on how his creative focus has expanded in recent years with influences … Read More
Tag: approach
2021 Emerging Artist: Nom Ceramics
Form, texture, tension, and balance are always at the forefront of our process. The function of a piece develops alongside … Read More
2021 Emerging Artist: Christina Erives
I prefer to imagine a certain object before looking at it for reference to see how my hand might change … Read More
2021 Emerging Artist: Antonio Martinez
The most challenging aspect of working in clay in terms of building a career has been feeling confident with my … Read More
Understanding the Flow of the Flame in a Wood/Soda Firing
In soda, salt, and wood firing, understanding the flow of the flame is crucial to getting good results out of … Read More
Going Industrial: A Potter Shares his Experience with Mass Ceramic Production
Why would someone who has spent most of his adult life pursuing excellence in handmade pottery enthusiastically pursue mass ceramic … Read More
A Thoughtful Soda Approach
Stuart Gair shares the details of form, materials, placement, and firing that allow him to achieve the results he wants … Read More
Implied Dynamics: The Ceramic Sculpture of Kenneth Baskin
Through a focus on mechanical components and fragmented systems, Kenneth Baskin explores the tension between suggested motion and balance, careworn … Read More
How to Make a Pitcher on the Pottery Wheel
Pitchers are a challenging form because they are designed to hold a lot of liquid and, therefore, the vessel itself … Read More
How to Make Casting Slip from Your Clay Body
Ready-made casting slip is commercially available in all firing ranges, making it super convenient, but if you were wondering how … Read More
