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To be considered for coverage in Ceramics Monthly’s Studio Visit feature, please provide several high-resolution digital images of your finished work (with caption information); a few images of your work at various stages of completion (as if we were visiting your studio); an image of you in your studio, keeping in mind that we want to see your studio (several shots to choose from would be good); and your honest answers to the following questions:

(You can download these questions in a Microsoft Word form for submitting your answers)

Just the Facts

  • What kind of clay do you use (earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, etc.)?
  • Primary forming method:
  • Favorite decorating method or surface treatment:
  • Primary firing temp/method:
  • What is your favorite tool?

The Place

  • Please describe your studio (size, location, etc.)
  • What is your favorite aspect of your studio?
  • What is your least favorite aspect?
  • What is the most-used piece of equipment in your studio?

Paying Dues (and Bills)

  • What is your training in ceramics?
  • How many hours per week do you spend in the studio?
  • Do you have a day job outside your studio? If yes, please define.

Digital Stats

  • WebFaceSpaceBloGallerTwitsyList (please list your website, Facebook, Myspace,
    Twitter, blog,galleries websites, Etsy, etc.).
  • What have been your greatest successes online?
  • What have been the most disappointing or frustrating experiences online?

Body

  • How do you address issues of health and fitness, given the physical demands of making
    art?
  • What about health insurance, emergencies, preventative care?

Mind

  • What are you reading (besides Ceramics Monthly, which is obvious)?
  • How do you recharge, creatively?
  • What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned as a working artist?

Marketing

  • Who buys your work, and where do they buy it (wholesale, retail, galleries, online, all of the above-in what percentages)?
  • What marketing strategies do you employ that are unique to you or your work?
  • What are the advantages (or disadvantages) of the ways in which you market and sell your work?
  • How do you grow your market or find new ones?

Other

  • If there is a question you really want to answer, but we didn’t ask, please answer it anyway.

 

After answering these questions, please save them, along with your high-resolution digital images and complete contact information, to a CD. Mail to Studio Visit, Ceramics Monthly, 600 N. Cleveland Ave., Suite 210, Westerville, OH 4308.

We are unable to acknowledge receipt of materials, but if you have questions, please email editorial@ceramicsmonthly.org.

Images

Images should be delivered as uncompressed four-color (CMYK), 300 dpi image files (preferably tiff), with complete caption information (title, dimensions, specific ceramic medium, forming methods, surface treatment, firing technique and temperature.