Tips for Designing and Carving Geometric Patterns in Pottery
Carving geometric patterns into pottery can be a challenge. Aside from sharp tools and patience, you need to know the … Read More
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Porcelain for Beginners—8 Tips for Getting Off to a Good Start with Porcelain
Switching to a porcelain clay body may seem like an easy enough thing to do, but if you’ve ever worked … Read More
Spotlight: Empowered
The People’s Pottery Project was established to provide vital creative, transferable skills and resources to formerly incarcerated women, trans, and … Read More
Clay Culture: Haptek Lab
Clare Olsen, Errol Willett, and Linda Zhang
Studying traditional methods of ceramic building and sculpture, this team of architects and designers worked to explore the potential of … Read More
In the Studio: Getting Started with Porcelain
Porcelain can be worked like other clays, but when fired can reach a state of extreme whiteness, becoming vitreous and … Read More
Clay Culture: Teaching Remotely
Teaching introductory and advanced ceramic students during a pandemic continues to pose a number of challenges. Two educators describe how … Read More
Essential Guidelines for a Safe and Healthy Pottery Studio
Most of us ceramic artists know there are some dangers inherent in the art form we have chosen—from inhaling raw … Read More
Collaborative Ceramic Jewelry
Ceramic jewelry involves two components, a ceramic piece and a metal finding. Start by creating the ceramic element for the … Read More
Editor’s Note: The Sky is the Limit
When I first discovered ceramics, I quickly became captivated with the process. I loved everything from forming and decorating to … Read More
Clay Culture: Ceramic Rocket Stoves
Ceramics can contribute to a cleaner world by limiting household air pollution from cooking. … Read More
