Studio Visit: James Watkins, Lubbock, Texas
In a three-part space split between wet-work studio, glazing and firing area, and gallery, James Watkins creates and displays large … Read More
Tag: fuming
Process of introducing metallic salts into kiln or onto wares at about cone 018, producing thin layer of metallic surface iridescence. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
From the Editor: September 2021
The long history of making objects out of red clay as well as the almost equally long history of firing … Read More
Take a Sneak Peek at the March 2021 issue of Ceramics Monthly!
The Ceramics Monthly March issue is here! It can be found on our website and should be arriving in homes … Read More
From the Editor: March 2021
In Ceramics Monthly’s annual focus on atmospheric firing, we explore the experiences of artists who use wood firing, reduction firing, … Read More
Suzy Atkins: Bursting with Energy and Vitality
Suzy Atkins’ painterly, salt-fired, and gold-luster embellished vessels exude the same energy with which the artist approaches daily life, including … Read More
Pattern and Social Media
As a student at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the 1990s, I used to photocopy design books … Read More
Using Wood Ash in Glazes
Wood ash or, more correctly, ash from organic vegetation, has been used as an ingredient for the development of glazes … Read More
Natured Inspired Firing
I’m inspired daily by the world around me; my interests range from the microscopic to the celestial. I’m also fascinated … Read More
In the Studio: A Pit Firing Color Palette
Pit-fired and barrel-fired ceramics take advantage of absorbent bare clay surfaces for decorative effects. In addition to imprints from smoke, … Read More
Precision Piercing
Pushing the limits of clay, both in the form as well as the finish, inspires me to create; raku firing … Read More
