How to Create Surface Patterns with Wax Resist, Slip Inlay, and Glaze
When looking at Liz Pechacek’s work, one might think the decoration is made using the sgraffito technique. But Liz actually … Read More
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Call for Entries: March 2021
Deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals. … Read More
Theaster Gates: Black Vessel
Ceramics merge with wood, tar, and found objects to depict a dialog on labor and thought in Theaster Gates’ solo … Read More
Marty Gross and the Mingei Film Archive
Preserving historical films that document the techniques and way of life of potters in Japan, Korea, China, and Southeast Asia … Read More
Clay Culture: Lustron Homes
Steel-framed homes with porcelain-enameled steel cladding were produced as kits at the end of the 1940s in response to the … 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
How to Make a Clay Ocarina
All kinds of musical instruments can be fashioned from clay, with one of the simplest being the clay ocarina. If … Read More
Call for Entries: February 2021
deadlines for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals … Read More
Doyle Lane: Weed Pots
An exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles, California, showcased more than 60 small vases made by Doyle Lane … Read More
Heidi McKenzie: Mixed Clay and Color
Explorations of her own cultural hybridity and family history inform Heidi McKenzie’s choice of clays, forms, and surfaces in the … Read More
