Clay Tool Talk: Robin Hopper’s Advice on the Best Tools for Carving, Cutting, Scratching, and Slashing Clay
Almost anything can be used to make marks on clay – from found objects or repurposed kitchen utensils to handmade … Read More
Tag: found objects
Creating Sculptures with “Clay Fabric”
At first glance, Keith Schneider’s sculptures almost appear to be made of soft fabric. In fact, he calls the thin … Read More
Mimicking Texture
Creating figurative assemblages in clay with surfaces that recall the textures and finishes of other materials allows Keith Schneider to … Read More
Clay Culture: Across Disciplines
Addressing the lack of interaction between students in different media, Ashley Fuchs designed an assignment that paired graphic design and … Read More
Efficient Crating
Once you’ve made a large, fragile ceramic sculpture, how do you get it from point A to point B? Richard … Read More
How to Make a Slab Cup Template Out of a Paper Cup
If you love slab building, but have trouble figuring out how to turn a flat slab into a volumetric form, … Read More
Working Potter: Mizuyo Yamashita
My career as a ceramic artist started in the course of a series of events. I was in London after … Read More
Maintaining Integrity
From my perspective, a creative approach to process in ceramics isn’t about coming up with a method of work that … Read More
2019 Emerging Artist: Mary Cale A. Wilson
Antique vessels, Neoclassical architectural details, vintage wallpaper, baking tins, and even foods and their packaging are the visual cues in … Read More
Containing Time: Jane Perryman’s New Approach to the Vessel
The multimedia installation entitled Containing Time, a segment of which is being shown in the context of a larger solo exhibition … Read More
