2021 Emerging Artist: Oxana Geets
In my artistic practice, my main challenge is to create not an object, but a creature that can exist in … Read More
Tag: impressions
Clay Culture: Haptek Lab
Clare Olsen, Errol Willett, and Linda Zhang
Studying traditional methods of ceramic building and sculpture, this team of architects and designers worked to explore the potential of … Read More
Ceramic Carving Designs Inspired By Architecture
One of the most satisfying techniques in the clay world is pottery carving. Whether you are carving clay in realistic … Read More
A Lotus Lesson
As an ancient form of devotion and communication, they carry many meanings. While they are individually ephemeral, as a tradition … Read More
Polymer Clay Stamps for Applying Texture
I saw Virginia Cartwright demonstrating at a Potters Council (now the International Ceramic Artists Network–ICAN) workshop a couple years back … Read More
Slab Pottery Templates: A Great Way to Generate New Forms
Using slab pottery templates is a great way to consistently build a form over and over again. But there are … Read More
Carving Textured Press Molds and Stamps Out of Insulating Foam
Making impressions in clay is a ton of fun. Making your own stamps makes it even more fun because it … Read More
Pinched and Patterned Tumblers
The collective details of a space can create lasting impressions that evoke memories from a specific time or place in … Read More
The Women Potters of Rural Guatemala
Artists, designers, gallerists, and non-profit organizations have collaborated in Guatemala to combine generational ceramic traditions with contemporary forms
and marketing. … Read More
Using Textured Plaster Slabs to Make Lattice Inspired Handbuilt Forms
There are a lot of ways to put texture into clay surfaces. Clay artists have a knack for finding objects … Read More
