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April 20, 2009
A Pottery Paycheck: Expert Insights into Making a Living as a Potter
The Working Potters issue is back. In it, eight fulltime potters share their trials, tribulations and triumphs working for a living in this field. Today, we'll present an excerpt from that article.February 8, 2009
Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we have ready access to easily fired electric kilns, many ceramists continue to use fuel-burning kilns: this kind of firing has an enduring appeal.Very simply, there are certain kinds of visual effects that can only be obtained from a fuel-burning kiln.January 22, 2009
Maren Kloppmann: Working Potter
Oval bowl, 23 in. (58 cm) in length, porcelain with glaze and terra sigillata, fired in oxidation, 2008. Wall plates, 24 in. (61 cm) in length, porcelain with glaze and terra sigillata, fired in oxidation, 2009. My last teaching job ended in 2002 and I consider myself to have been a full-time studio ceramic artist since then. A big percentage of my customers are people who have been engaged with and follow the art and craft ...
