Great Idea for Teachers: A Simple Lesson Plan for Slab-Built Plates with Textured and Stenciled Decoration
We get a lot of inquiries at Ceramic Arts Network from teachers looking for grade-school assignments that can work with … Read More
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2021 Emerging Artist: Emma Louise Kaye
Assisting at Penland School of Crafts in 2016 was one of the early experiences that got me really excited about … Read More
Glaze Chemistry 101: A Quick Course on Mixing Ceramic Glazes
Remember in high school chemistry class when you found yourself thinking, “when will I EVER use this stuff in my … Read More
The Particulars of Clay Body Plasticity
Ahhh plasticity! It’s the property of clay that got us hooked on it in the first place. Caused by just … Read More
A Guide to the Ceramic Kiln and Various Firing Methods
One of the things all ceramic artists have in common is that we all need to fire our work in … Read More
Spotlight: Empowered
The People’s Pottery Project was established to provide vital creative, transferable skills and resources to formerly incarcerated women, trans, and … Read More
Review: Lost Encounters
“Encounters” displays the work of Eirik Gjedrem and Ann Beate Tempelhaug, whose current access to the facilities of a ceramics … Read More
Bringing Millennia Forward: Conservation through Clay
Ceramic artist Brad Bachmeier has completed numerous residencies in national parks across the western US. These immersive residencies provide ample … Read More
A Simple Watercolor Majolica Technique
Ceramic stains and underglazes mixed with water painted on unfired white-glazed bisque is pretty similar to watercolor painting on paper. … Read More
Flat Tiles The Easy Way
Recently, I decided to replace the aesthetically challenged house numbers on my abode with something that better fit the character … Read More
