Ceramic Deception: Mitchell Spain, Shalene Valenzuela, and Michael Schwegmann
Three contemporary artists employ trompe l’oeil techniques to achieve very different results, from evoking nostalgia to building a narrative. … Read More
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Miranda Thomas Pottery: A Labor of Love
A willingness to delegate and build a skilled team has allowed the Miranda Thomas Pottery to take on numerous challenging, … Read More
The Joy of Making: The Work of Osa Atoe
Osa Atoe combines many sources of inspiration in her work, including prehistoric symbols and universal imagery, to bring the creativity … Read More
How to Make Clay Art Animals: Mammal Heads
I’ve been interested in learning how to make clay art animals for a long time, but as a functional potter, … Read More
2020 Emerging Artist: Joann Quiñones
My ceramic and multimedia figures are hybrid forms made up of different individuals’ body parts. I make a life cast … Read More
2020 Emerging Artist: Kelsey Bowen
I come up with the forms by fabricating a story. I’ll start with a single strong emotion or a memory … Read More
Glaze Chunks
Alex Zablocki casts liquid glaze in soft-brick molds to create solid chunks of fired glaze, which he then saws, sands, … Read More
Establishing Meaningful Connections
Jill Giller’s early experiences as a student teacher in the Navajo Nation’s Rough Rock Demonstration School led her to forge … Read More
