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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...

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

Justin CroweFebruary 28, 2018

The fashion world is the epicenter of trends with the top designers inventing and identifying the aesthetics that will seep into our daily lives in the form of ...

See Sarah Pschorn’s Ceramic Art Running From Expectations

Justin CroweFebruary 6, 2018

Do you remember when you touched clay for the first time? In your brain you pictured a "mug" but when your hands started working, it was a a bumbling mess and s...

Swedish Pottery Brand Studio Oyama Energizes Dinnerware Through Surface

Justin CroweFebruary 4, 2018

The Swedish pottery brand Studio Oyama was founded in 2012 by Masayoshi Oya. The Gothenburg-based ceramic design studio focuses on functional and deco...

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2124 Hand-thrown Pots Combined into an Impressive Self-portrait

Justin CroweJanuary 27, 2018

I have been gearing up for this year's Clay Gulgong 2018 (like the NCECA of Australia...) and Iv'e been looking at a bunch of Australian ceramic artists in prep...

Jo Won Jae’s Delicate Porcelain Pots are Ambassadors of Mindfulness

Justin CroweJanuary 9, 2018

Perceiving the rate at which time is passing can be beautiful or painful. The unique sensation often reveals itself when performing tedious tasks. You...

Find Out How Mike Gesiakowski Explores Degrading Memories Through Ceramics

Justin CroweJune 30, 2016

Mike Gesiakowski is a ceramic artist taking on big ideas through pottery. His work explores passing time and its relationship to the moment that we as individua...

Have Fun Using Pots with Didem Mert’s Humor-infused Ceramic Design

Rachel DonnerJune 24, 2016

Humans are often intrigued by slight abnormalities in their surroundings; not the glaringly obvious, but the subtly strange. Didem Mert's ceramic design falls i...

Learn How to Get Rich Selling Mugs with Katie Marks

Rachel DonnerJune 1, 2016

@anotherseattleartist, aka Katie Marks, is one of the few ceramic artists who has figured out how to be wildly in-demand using digital platforms. Her current su...

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...

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

Justin CroweMay 18, 2016

I have to admit, I was not looking forward to another tiring object-specific pottery exhibition with an exorbitant number of mediocre cups in a curated populari...

Quote From Ceramic Artist Joe Pintz

Rachel DonnerApril 14, 2016

Learn more about Joe Pintz in our full-length post HERE!!...

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...

A Quote From Artist Shawn Spangler

Rachel DonnerApril 7, 2016

Learn more about Shawn Spangler in our full-length post HERE! ...

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...

When Architecture and Red Clay Have a Baby with Marc Digeros

Rachel DonnerApril 2, 2016

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...

Taking Clay Craftsmanship to the Next Level with Shawn Spangler

Rachel DonnerApril 1, 2016

In the digital age, potters can create completely handmade objects while taking inspiration and imagery from the industrial and digital technologies that are be...

Meet Dan McCarthy, A Rare Potter Who Made a Life in the Fine Art World

Justin CroweMarch 25, 2016

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...

Pottery

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

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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

contemporary ceramics

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

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

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

See Sarah Pschorn’s Ceramic Art Running From Expectations

Swedish Pottery Brand Studio Oyama Energizes Dinnerware Through Surface

2124 Hand-thrown Pots Combined into an Impressive Self-portrait

Jo Won Jae’s Delicate Porcelain Pots are Ambassadors of Mindfulness

Find Out How Mike Gesiakowski Explores Degrading Memories Through Ceramics

Have Fun Using Pots with Didem Mert’s Humor-infused Ceramic Design

Learn How to Get Rich Selling Mugs with Katie Marks

Learn How to Layer Vessels on Vessels with Ashley Young

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

Quote From Ceramic Artist Joe Pintz

Secret Subtleties in Precise Pots by Melissa Mencini

Strict Utility Gives Meaning to Pottery by Joe Pintz

A Quote From Artist Shawn Spangler

Bringing the House and Home into Your Pots with Naomi Cleary

When Architecture and Red Clay Have a Baby with Marc Digeros

Taking Clay Craftsmanship to the Next Level with Shawn Spangler

Meet Dan McCarthy, A Rare Potter Who Made a Life in the Fine Art World