Evident Process: Coiling and Throwing
Envision a cabin or a woven basket: both are constructed in a linear manner and demonstrate a labor of love. … Read More
Tag: Surface Decoration
A Good Pour
Everyday tasks are more enjoyable when using tools that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also excellently perform the tasks … Read More
Etched in Clay: How to Make Beautiful Relief Surfaces with Shellac Resist
Not long into his ceramics career, Jim Gottuso discovered shellac resist is a great alternative to wax resist for creating decoration … Read More
Beyond Wax Resist: Creating Interesting Resist Decoration on Your Ceramic Art
We’ve all used our trusty old friend wax resist to keep glaze from going where we don’t want it to … Read More
Akiko Hirai: Forming Connections
A move from Japan to London marked the beginning of a career in ceramics for Akiko Hirai. Her background in … Read More
Mocha Diffusion and Slip Dotting Pottery
Though it might sound like a fancy coffee drink, mocha diffusion is a little-known technique of ceramic surface decoration developed … Read More
Gina Etra Stick: Limitless Meanings
Gina Etra Stick is somewhat of an enigma. She has been working full time as a ceramic artist for the … Read More
From the Editor
I attended the 2017 Sculptural Objects, Functional Art (SOFA) Expo in Chicago in November 2017 to talk to gallerists and … Read More
Photo Lithography on Clay: A Surprisingly Simple Way to Print Images On Clay
A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of watching Kristina Bogdanov demonstrate a really cool way to transfer … Read More
The Layered Surface
Seeking a clay body with properties to best communicate my new ideas, I found myself testing every kind of clay … Read More
