A Delicate Balance: Paul Briggs
Two distinct modes of making—contemplative slab building and meditative pinching—serve as a means for Paul Briggs to express reflections on … Read More
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A Monument to Table Salt
While thinking about elemental necessities, in terms of both nutrients in food and the emotional need for art, Marty Fielding … 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
Pinch Pot Technique: A Fundamental Way to Make a Beautiful Pitcher
When you first decide you want to create your own pottery, it’s likely your first class will involve the pinch … Read More
Using a Banding Wheel to Make a Bowl From Start to Finish
A banding wheel is one of my favorite tools in the pottery studio. These wonderful tools are great for so … Read More
How to Make Sophisticated Pottery Forms Using the Pinching Technique
The pinch pot is the most elemental of pottery forms requiring simply one’s hands and a lump of clay. Because … Read More
Soft Transitions
I’m captivated by the processes and experiences that are associated with ceramics. The material can exhibit vitality, spontaneity, and tension, … Read More
2020 Emerging Artist: Taylor Sijan
I use a combination of wheel throwing, altering, and handbuilding. I throw because I enjoy the immediacy of manipulating the … Read More
How to Make Pinch Pots Without Ruining Your Wrists!
Pinch pots are undergoing a bit of a renaissance these days. Even though pinching pots is an ancient technique, more … Read More
Flower Boats
The idea for my flower boats originated in a workshop given by Jacquelyn Rice who, at the time, was a … Read More
