Pottery Careers: Expert Insights into Making a Living as a Potter
For many of us in the Ceramic Arts Network community, making pottery is something we wished we were doing more … Read More
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Techno File: Dirty Dishes
Ryan Coppage, PhD with Ruhan Farsin and Laura Runyen-Janecky, PhD
Taking test tiles to the lab and checking for food safety on a microscopic level, Ryan Coppage and a group … Read More
Akiko Hirai: Forming Connections
A move from Japan to London marked the beginning of a career in ceramics for Akiko Hirai. Her background in … Read More
4 Successful Potters Give Advice on Making a Living as a Potter
Probably every aspiring ceramic artist has pondered at great lengths how to make pottery their full time gig. Making a … 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
Stephen Heywood: Naturally Manufactured
At first glance, Stephen Heywood’s emphatically industrial wheel-thrown ceramic vessels appear quite the opposite of everything we might associate with … Read More
Let’s Talk Function: Two Potters Discuss Making Handmade Pottery for Use
As the name implies, something that is functional is meant to be used. But I think we can all agree … Read More
Cooking with Clay for Slow Food and a Healthy World
Can I use my current clay body for ovenware? What is flameware? Why do you use it? Why does it … Read More
Ibrahim Said: A Life of Making
Ibrahim Said’s formative clay classroom was very different from that of many ceramic artists. Said grew up in Cairo, Egypt, … Read More
Time is Money: How to Maximize Efficiency and Profits in the Pottery Studio
Not only is Daniel Ricardo Teran’s studio (above) large and light-filled, but it is well organized so that he can … Read More
