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Nick Weddell Uses Familiarity as a Tool to Deconstruct What You Believe In

CAN EditorMarch 27, 2018

Nick Weddell has been challenging pottery conventions his since his start, pushing the tightly held ideas about how to fire ceramic, apply glaze, or treat clay....

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

Rachel DonnerMarch 11, 2018

Logan Wall is a ceramic designer who focuses on playful handcrafted geometric pottery. She earned her BFA from the University of North Florida in 2015 and has s...

Lindsay Rogers Negotiates a Profound Collaboration Between Meals and Pots

Rachel DonnerFebruary 22, 2018

Like churning your own butter or baking your own bread, there is often something magical about truly making things from scratch. This self-made satisfaction is ...

See How Joanna Powell Strips Pots to Their Essence, Then Rebuilds

Justin CroweJune 17, 2016

Ceramic artist Joanna Powell begins her pots with a reductive process, dismantling conventional ideas of functional objects. She'll take a pot, like a mug, and ...

Create Experiences and Collect Stories with Ceramic Design by Nick Moen

Justin CroweJune 9, 2016

Nick Moen is a creator of experiences and a collector of stories. He spreads his passion for rich human experience through ceramic design, glorifying the mundan...

Learn How to Layer Vessels on Vessels with Ashley Young

Rachel DonnerMay 29, 2016

A vessel is defined as a hollow container and in the human experience, we are constantly shifting between the use of various vessels. There are the daily ritual...

Secret Subtleties in Precise Pots by Melissa Mencini

Rachel DonnerApril 13, 2016

Many potters also make sculptural work and it can be quite obvious that both the sculptures and pots came from the same hand. Melissa Mencini makes crisp pots w...

Strict Utility Gives Meaning to Pottery by Joe Pintz

Rachel DonnerApril 12, 2016

Joe Pintz bases both his functional pots and his sculptural objects on everyday, hands-on usable items. This translates into his pottery by way of extremely sim...

Bringing the House and Home into Your Pots with Naomi Cleary

Rachel DonnerApril 6, 2016

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...

Learn How to Pixelate Your Pottery with Shane Weaver

Rachel DonnerMarch 3, 2016

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...

Simplicity & Thoughtfulness in Utility with Jess Carter

Rachel DonnerFebruary 24, 2016

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...

Learn How to Combine Cultures With Yoko Sekino-Bove

Rachel DonnerFebruary 18, 2016

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...

Exploration of Craft & Women’s Work by Katriona Drijber

Rachel DonnerFebruary 16, 2016

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 Balance Form and Function

Rachel DonnerFebruary 15, 2016

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...

Learn About the Visual Vocabulary of Joseph Kraft

Rachel DonnerFebruary 14, 2016

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, ...

Kyung Won Baek’s Designs Question Function and Origin

Justin CroweFebruary 13, 2016

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...

Learn How to Water Carve Porcelain Like Ceramic Artist Ryan McKerley

Justin CroweFebruary 13, 2016

Ryan McKerley is a Texas-based ceramic artist using a technique called water carving (or water etching) to design patterns on his functional pottery. Water carv...

Complex Ceramic Forms Created by Deb Schwartzkopf

Rachel DonnerFebruary 11, 2016

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...

Explore Sensual Kitchenware by Gwendolyn Yoppolo

Rachel DonnerFebruary 9, 2016

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...

A Quote by Ceramic Artist Emily Schroeder Willis

CAN EditorFebruary 6, 2016

Learn more about Emily Schroeder Willis’ playful ceramic art in CAN’s feature article HERE! ...

Pottery

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

Download Our FREE Guide to the Top 10 Pottery Exhibitions at NCECA 2018

Justin Donofrio’s Pottery Keeps us Conscious of How We Move Through the World

Design

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

See Su Nao Home’s Stunning Black Glaze That Changes Over Time

A Modern Tea Set Design Reimagining Korean Tea Ceremony Rituals

Art

Nick Weddell Uses Familiarity as a Tool to Deconstruct What You Believe In

Jessika Edgar’s Ceramic Art Puts Threatening Feelings in Protective Bubbles at Santa Fe Clay

See Sarah Pschorn’s Ceramic Art Running From Expectations

Exhibitions

Cyber-connected ClayScope Exhibition Launches with Support from Twitter

AKAR’s Yunomi Invitational Isn’t about TeaBowls… It’s WAY more Interesting

See 16 Contemporary Ceramic Artists in “Pour it Up” at Red Lodge Clay Center

Ceramic artist

Nick Weddell Uses Familiarity as a Tool to Deconstruct What You Believe In

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

Lindsay Rogers Negotiates a Profound Collaboration Between Meals and Pots

See How Joanna Powell Strips Pots to Their Essence, Then Rebuilds

Create Experiences and Collect Stories with Ceramic Design by Nick Moen

Learn How to Layer Vessels on Vessels with Ashley Young

Secret Subtleties in Precise Pots by Melissa Mencini

Strict Utility Gives Meaning to Pottery by Joe Pintz

Bringing the House and Home into Your Pots with Naomi Cleary

Learn How to Pixelate Your Pottery with Shane Weaver

Simplicity & Thoughtfulness in Utility with Jess Carter

Learn How to Combine Cultures With Yoko Sekino-Bove

Exploration of Craft & Women’s Work by Katriona Drijber

Claire Prenton’s Ornamental Clay Creations Balance Form and Function

Learn About the Visual Vocabulary of Joseph Kraft

Kyung Won Baek’s Designs Question Function and Origin

Learn How to Water Carve Porcelain Like Ceramic Artist Ryan McKerley

Complex Ceramic Forms Created by Deb Schwartzkopf

Explore Sensual Kitchenware by Gwendolyn Yoppolo

A Quote by Ceramic Artist Emily Schroeder Willis