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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...

Brent Pafford’s Salt-handled POPJCTs Slowly Erode and Dry the Skin with Each Touch

Rachel DonnerMarch 2, 2018

In modern society, most young people can no longer be represented by a woodfired mug in the classic country potter style. We need something with bling, charm, a...

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 ...

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...

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...

CAN is Proud to Partner with ‘Pots Getting Action’

CAN EditorJune 9, 2016

Here at CAN our goal is to progress the field of contemporary pottery by highlighting the top makers, exhibitions, and ideas in the field. Pots Getting Action 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...

Pottery by Hanako Nakazato That is Only Complete with a Meal

Justin CroweMay 25, 2016

Hanako Nakazato is a Japanese-born potter infusing a much-needed breath of minimalism into the decoration-filled contemporary American pots scene. Now splitting...

Don’t Forget to Check Out Our Guest Posting on Musing About Mud

Rachel DonnerApril 18, 2016

Last Monday we posted a guest blog for the wonderful Musing About Mud covering the work of Joyce St. Clair, be sure to check it out! Joyce St Clair - Ceramic ...

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...

A Quote By Ceramic Artist Dan McCarthy

Justin CroweMarch 29, 2016

Learn more about Dan McCarthy’s sarcastic ceramic art in CAN’s feature article HERE!...

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...

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....

Japanese Potter Norikazu Oe Collaborates with Earth and Fire

Justin CroweMarch 16, 2016

Following the traditional Japanese aesthetic, Norikazu Oe creates refined, minimal pots that are a true collaboration between maker and material. Nothing in Oe'...

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...

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

Justin CroweMarch 12, 2016

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...

Learn How Doug Peltzman’s Pots Reintroduce Familiar Imagery into the World

Justin CroweMarch 11, 2016

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...

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...

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

pottery

Experience Logan Wall’s Vision-Bending Geometric Pottery Designs

Brent Pafford’s Salt-handled POPJCTs Slowly Erode and Dry the Skin with Each Touch

Lindsay Rogers Negotiates a Profound Collaboration Between Meals and Pots

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

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

CAN is Proud to Partner with ‘Pots Getting Action’

Learn How to Get Rich Selling Mugs with Katie Marks

Learn How to Layer Vessels on Vessels with Ashley Young

Pottery by Hanako Nakazato That is Only Complete with a Meal

Don’t Forget to Check Out Our Guest Posting on Musing About Mud

Bringing the House and Home into Your Pots with Naomi Cleary

When Architecture and Red Clay Have a Baby with Marc Digeros

A Quote By Ceramic Artist Dan McCarthy

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

Learn to Create Elegant Utility with Courtney Murphy

Japanese Potter Norikazu Oe Collaborates with Earth and Fire

Simplicity and Subtlety in Clay with Adam Gruetzmacher

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

Learn How Doug Peltzman’s Pots Reintroduce Familiar Imagery into the World

Functional Clay Textiles with Adero Willard