Spotlight: Reflect
Previous Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Alberto Bustos reflects on how his creative focus has expanded in recent years with influences … Read More
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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
Pinch Pot Technique: A Fundamental Way to Make a Beautiful Pitcher
When you first decide you want to create your own pottery, it’s likely your first class will involve the pinch … Read More
Clay Culture: Haptek Lab
Clare Olsen, Errol Willett, and Linda Zhang
Studying traditional methods of ceramic building and sculpture, this team of architects and designers worked to explore the potential of … Read More
Slip Casting Ceramics Using Colored Casting Slip
Slip casting ceramics is a forming technique that has endless potential. Andrew Gilliatt adds a whole new level of fun … Read More
How to Replace Electric Kiln Elements
A few years back, I purchased my first brand spanking new electric kiln. I have had a nearly permanent grin … Read More
A Bisque Firing Schedule to Help Prevent Glaze Faults
When you pull a piece out of the kiln and there is a glaze defect on it, you might think there … Read More
Techno File: Melt Fluidity
Glaze flow is dependent on the time and temperature of a glaze firing, along with glaze thickness, and glaze and … Read More
How to Make Homemade Pottery Brushes to Make Marks that Are Truly Your Own
There are countless types and styles of brushes on the market that can be used in the pottery studio, but … Read More
Tips and Tools: Packaging
Shipping his teabowls in a square box just didn’t make sense to Paul Fryman. Working together with a packaging company, … Read More
