Finding the Right Kiln Ventilation System to Keep Your Studio Safe
Having adequate ventilation for electric kilns promotes a safe work environment. Find out what you need to do to ventilate … Read More
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An Introduction to Electric Pottery Kilns
Richard Zakin and Frederick Bartolovic
It goes without saying that kilns are a crucial part of the ceramic process, and increasingly, potters are using electric … Read More
How to Manage the Clay Drying Process
The clay drying process is one of the most crucial parts of the ceramic process to get right. Not paying … 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
Biodegradable Urns
I think a lot about the environmental impact that pottery making has on the earth. Potters make objects that are … Read More
Short & Stout: An ICAN Exhibition
Teapots are common utilitarian forms made by many studio potters. British potter Seth Cardew regarded teapots as having profound social … Read More
In the Studio: Managing the Drying Process
Besides the covering (or uncovering) of your work, the biggest factor in how fast your work dries is your studio … Read More
2020 Emerging Artist: Noemi Iglesias Barrios
It is important for makers to know traditional ceramic methods and use them to generate a more contemporary discourse. Learning … Read More
2020 Emerging Artist: Yewen Dong
The clay-drawing installation process begins with putting wet clay on a wall. The clay dries slowly and eventually peels off. … Read More
Carly Slade’s Oeuvre: Monuments to Everyday People
Foundational experiences from Carly Slade’s upbringing in a blue-collar family that valued hand work pervade her sculptures, which focus on … Read More
