Using Rare Earth Oxides as Ceramic Colorants to Obtain Intense Colors
Ceramic stains make it possible to create glazes that fire to just about any color of the rainbow. But one … Read More
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6 Great Tips for Carving Pottery
Carving pottery can add not only a pleasing design on a pot, but it can also be tactilely pleasing. Users … Read More
Pottery Careers: Expert Insights into Making a Living as a Potter
For many of us in the Ceramic Arts Network community, making pottery is something we wished we were doing more … Read More
How to Make a Textured Bisque Mold that Mimics a Thrown Piece
There are lots of ways to make clay molds. And I love that I keep discovering new variations on these … Read More
Spotlight: A Sense of Calm
Since being featured as a Working Potter in 2014, Yasha Butler has shifted the focus of her studio practice to … Read More
Working Potter: Natasha Alphonse
Creating work in small batches—as opposed to monolithic production lines—suits the working cycle and perpetual creative spark in Natasha Alphonse’s … Read More
In the Potter’s Kitchen: Open-Footed Pedestal Bowl
I make a variety of bowl forms that perform complementary services. Some are open and graceful forms lending a sense … Read More
2021 Emerging Artist: Kate Marotz
I draw inspiration from a variety of organic forms including coral, trees, vertebrae, chrysalides, shells, stones, and seed pods. My … Read More
A Simplified Ceramic Chemistry Lesson
If you’re like me, the mention of the word chemistry can send you into a panic–admittedly not my favorite subject. … Read More
Going Industrial: A Potter Shares his Experience with Mass Ceramic Production
Why would someone who has spent most of his adult life pursuing excellence in handmade pottery enthusiastically pursue mass ceramic … Read More
