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

Justin CroweFebruary 11, 2018

Su Nao Home is a Japanese pottery design company creating functional ceramics that have a comforting hand-touched feel. Their wares are mindful of the food that...

Potters to watch 2018 | Ceramic Artists Now

9 Potters to Watch in 2018… They are Killing it

Justin CroweJanuary 12, 2018

The pervasiveness of handmade pottery is a remarkable part of our modern culture. There is no substantial reason that potters should exist at all outside of a...

Miriam Griffin’s “Vermin” Will Have You Celebrating the Scum of the Animal World

Mary BaumstarkAugust 22, 2016

“In Vermin, Miriam Griffin treats oft-maligned creatures with sensitivity and tenderness. Bats and snakes, and even swarming flies – creatures for whom the arti...

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...

Learn to Create Elegant Utility with Courtney Murphy

Rachel DonnerMarch 22, 2016

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....

A Quote From Ceramic Artist Zak Helenske

Rachel DonnerMarch 21, 2016

Check out our guest blog covering Zak Helenske on Musing About Mud!...

Simplicity and Subtlety in Clay with Adam Gruetzmacher

Rachel DonnerMarch 15, 2016

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...

Functional Clay Textiles with Adero Willard

Rachel DonnerMarch 9, 2016

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...

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...

Learn About Being Playful in Pottery with Amanda Dobbratz

Rachel DonnerMarch 1, 2016

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 ...

Pottery

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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

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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 pottery

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

9 Potters to Watch in 2018… They are Killing it

Miriam Griffin’s “Vermin” Will Have You Celebrating the Scum of the Animal World

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

Learn to Create Elegant Utility with Courtney Murphy

A Quote From Ceramic Artist Zak Helenske

Simplicity and Subtlety in Clay with Adam Gruetzmacher

Functional Clay Textiles with Adero Willard

Learn How to Pixelate Your Pottery with Shane Weaver

Learn About Being Playful in Pottery with Amanda Dobbratz