All About Pyrometric Cones
With today’s high-tech computerized kilns, you may have wondered why pyrometric cones are necessary when firing your ceramic art. Even … Read More
Tag: studio ceramics
Working Potter: Jo Davies
Jo Davies discusses how her perspective has evolved since starting out in the 1990s, how the public has become more … Read More
Ken Eastman: The Cut of the Light
Undulating planes meet abrupt edges, resulting in sculptures that reflect a balance between organic and inorganic, fast and slow, and … Read More
Wheel Throwing in Cross Section
When I was taking my first wheel throwing class, I remember staying in the studio late one night centering clay … Read More
Gallery Guide 2020
Want to find ceramic hotspots before traveling to a new city? Looking for inspiration or the next piece to add … Read More
Stoin M. Stoin: Vernacular Modernism in Clay
Starting in the 1920s, an émigré potter honed the skills he learned in Bulgaria and started a career-long focus on … Read More
Square Dancing: Creating a Diamond-Shaped Baking Dish with an Undulating Rim on the Pottery Wheel
It’s workshop season so today I thought I would present a project that was inspired by a workshop demonstration. Years … Read More
Unearthed in France
At Morvan Regional Natural Park, in central eastern France, a massive hill fort is being excavated. Built by the Gauls … Read More
Working Potter: Rhian Malin
All of my ceramic pieces are wheel-thrown porcelain that I hand paint in cobalt blue underglaze. I was initially inspired … Read More
Suzy Atkins: Bursting with Energy and Vitality
Suzy Atkins’ painterly, salt-fired, and gold-luster embellished vessels exude the same energy with which the artist approaches daily life, including … Read More
