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Routines can be tools of self-preservation in the studio, but it’s important to shake them up sometimes as it forces you to apply your knowledge and problem solving skills in a different way. —Sherman Hall, Editor
Read the full Letter From the Editor.
cover: Forrest Lesch-Middelton’s minaret bottles, to 18 in. (46 cm) in height, iron rich stoneware with slip-transfer patterns, fired to cone 9, reduction cooled, 2011. Buy this back issue – $4.99 (PDF only) |
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Techno File: The Lure of Lithium Lithium can seem like a silver bullet for fixing glaze fit issues, but like all things that seem magical and alluring at first, moderation is key. |
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Clay Culture: Does Clay DIY? A discussion of the Indie/DIY craft fair scene, how clay fits (or doesn’t fit) into it, and what ceramic artists might need to know about joining in. |
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Clay Culture:Splitting Wood (Kilns) A map of wood kilns with space available in exchange for work (stoking shifts), money, or a mixture of the two. |
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Clay Culture:Remembrances Many clay folks leave us each year, and while we can’t pay our respects to all of them, we remember a few who made significant impacts on the field. |
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Studio Visit: Ulrich Schumann It’s not easy to make large work, and it’s even harder to make a living making large work, but the right tools, the right circumstance, and the right perspective can help. |
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Forrest Lesch-Middelton: Beauty from Contrasts Combine timeless design, form, and surface with a contemporary approach to decorating tools and techniques, and you get a satisfying balance of surface and form. monthly methods Volumetric Image Transfer |
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An Extension of the Self: Bob Dolan and His Tools Some of us find more satisfaction in our tools than others. Some of us even make a living making tools. And some of us change the way others work because of our tools. |
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Potter Head Hunter There are many ways to pay the bills in the world of clay, and most of us would probably jump at the chance to pay some of those bills by visiting potters’ studios, buying their work, and sending it to a nice gallery in Paris—but only one of us gets to do that. |
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Last Supper Julie Green’s ongoing project against capital punishment relies heavily on historical and cultural ceramic conventions, from blue-and-white brush decoration to clay’s relationship to food. |
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MFA Factor: University of Montana, Missoula A three-year program led by Julia Galloway, Trey Hill, and Beth Lo. |
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Works and perspectives by five impressive up-and-comers. |
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Glaze: Celadons at Six This popular high-fire glaze can be produced with success at mid-range. |
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Ryan Fletcher’s BFA degree show collaboration with a chef has grown into several explorations of ceramics combined with food service. (Read the complete interview, Fletcher’s account of the project, and see more images—as mentioned at the end of the article in the magazine.) |
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