Sculptural Vessels: Building with Slabs
The sculptural vessels that Olivia Tani makes combine visually distinct, seemingly inflated segments into a unified whole. She shares her … Read More
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Heidi McKenzie: Mixed Clay and Color
Explorations of her own cultural hybridity and family history inform Heidi McKenzie’s choice of clays, forms, and surfaces in the … Read More
A Delicate Balance: Paul Briggs
Two distinct modes of making—contemplative slab building and meditative pinching—serve as a means for Paul Briggs to express reflections on … Read More
How to Design Low-Relief Carvings in Wet Clay
This post is all about carving into clay and the best tools and techniques for doing so. In this post, potter … Read More
Take a Sneak Peek at the January/February 2021 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated!
The January/February issue of Pottery Making Illustrated focuses on alternative forming methods. Sometimes, the only barrier to making something in … Read More
How to Experiment with Pottery Rims and Discover New Forms
Pottery rims might seem like an insignificant thing to put so much time into when you are starting out in … Read More
Pottery Illustrated: Inside Out
One of the most important steps in trimming and finishing a pot is to study the curve or line of … Read More
In the Studio: Supersizing Clay Bodies
One of the most important decisions a ceramic artist makes concerns their choice of clay body. Commercial clays sold by … 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
Horizontally Layered Colored Clay: A Ceramic and Geologic Process
An interest in the forces that formed the earth’s strata led Allan Kluber to experiment with layering colored clays. A … Read More
