One of the most commonly expressed reasons for creating functional pottery is its ability to lend to the experience of connection. These experiences can be an i...
The utility of architecture and clay have long gone hand in hand. Some potters have taken inspiration from the hard lines and angular planes that surround us in...
In the digital age, potters can create completely handmade objects while taking inspiration and imagery from the industrial and digital technologies that are be...
Dan McCarthy is one of the rare potters who has made a life in the fine art world – like an ugly duckling raised by a pack of wolves. The work is proudly anti-c...
How can pottery be both very detailed and extremely simple in form and surface? An answer to this question can be derived from examining Courtney Murphy's pots....
Ceramic as a medium has such an extensive history that it can be difficult to separate oneself from historic forms, surfaces, materials, and firing techniques a...
We are very excited to announce that Ceramic Artists Now and Musing About Mud have teamed up! Carole Epp has graciously allowed us to take over Monday Morning E...
The newest exhibit at Red Lodge Clay Center is a survey of 16 working ceramic artists touching on a range of ideas including history, function, and co...
Within Doug Peltzman's Pottery is a sense of comfort unique to the 21st-century. The New York artist takes in contemporary visual culture, abstracts it, and the...
Potter's are makers by nature, which means they do so much more with their hands than just work with clay. Activities such as cooking, gardening, clothing makin...
Often in ceramics we see potters draw imagery from flora and fauna or the abstract and non-representational to decorate their surfaces. Shane Weaver's functiona...
Commonly, potters who focus heavily on surface design come to the realization that they are more interested in being painters than ceramicists. The opposite is ...
Knowing when it is best to use neutral tones and simple shapes during pottery making is a difficult art to master. Jess Carter has a clear sense of style that i...
Yoko Sekino-Bove has made a hobby out of translating one culture's language into another, using her limited vocabulary unite them. This hobby inspired her ceram...
Katriona Drijber creates functional pottery focused on combining pattern swatches with animal imagery. She has multiple bodies of work that explore form and sur...
Claire Prenton's ornamental clay creations are highly embellished works that balance the line between form and function. She hand-builds each item before placin...
Joseph Kraft uses a visual vocabulary to reference drawing and architecture within each piece. He has a diverse body of work that includes functional ceramics, ...
Recently, we saw ceramic artist Kyung Won Baek on Musing About Mud and were impressed by her design sensibility combined with her focus on ceramic phenomena. Wo...
Deb Schwartzkopf was born in Seattle, Washington. She recieved her BA focused in ceramics at the University of Alaska where she also worked for several professi...
Ceramic artist Gwendolyn Yoppolo makes functional ceramics in order to bring pause and human connection to our everyday lives. Many of her pieces are made to be...
