Decorating with Nerikomi Colored Clay Patterns
If you’re bored with glazing, working with colored clay is a fun way to get color and pattern onto your … Read More
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What Makes a Matte Glaze Matte?
I looooooooooooove a matte glaze, especially those really buttery matte glazes that beg to be caressed. But I have to … Read More
Editor’s Note: Tool Kits
I have always believed that each of us has a personal tool kit, a set of internal skills, experiences, references, … Read More
Great Tips for Trimming Pottery Bowls
Love it or hate it, trimming pottery (sometimes called pottery turning) can transform a weighty Earth-bound pot into one that … Read More
Spotlight: Reflect
Previous Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Alberto Bustos reflects on how his creative focus has expanded in recent years with influences … Read More
Tips and Tools: Work-From-Home Studio
Have you hit a wall in your home studio or feel less than excited when making? Consider reworking your surroundings … Read More
2021 Emerging Artist: Brent Pafford
From disparate materials, contrary textures, and incompatible forms, POPJCTs are intended to manifest harmonious but revealing interactions. These interactions are … Read More
Burnishing Pottery: A Step by Step Guide
Burnishing pottery is a technique in which clay is polished to a beautiful sheen without the use of glaze (like … Read More
Tessa Eastman: Alchemical Aesthetics
Patterns of growth found in nature and their mutation inspire Tessa Eastman’s dynamic biomorphic forms. Improbable combinations of bright colors, … Read More
Seth Charles: Inner and Outer Landscapes
Honesty of materials and process, as well a sense of place, have guided Seth Charles’ sculptural and functional wood-fired ceramics. … Read More
