August 5, 2009
This Ceramics Monthly Handbook is edited by Anderson Turner and features a collection of articles about creative artists, and ideas to challenge you and inspire your work. Pottery, sculpture and finishing techniques are covered. This is a must-read for anyone involved in clay. Whether looking for new designs, new inspiration or renewed creativity, you will find it here through these talented featured artists and their unique approaches to clay.Already Registered? Please sign in.
June 3, 2009
Today, ceramic artist Jason Green explains his process for creating ceramic work on an architectural scale.January 5, 2009
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in ceramics, author Vince Pitelka has created the most practical, all-inclusive studio handbook for students, studio artists, educators and all those interested in the art of clay. The ten chapters in Clay: A Studio Handbook address the full range of ceramic processes, and bring a lifetime of ceramic knowledge directly into the hands of potters. Concerned about safe and efficient studio operation, Pitelka pays diligent attention to safety practices.December 16, 2008
A typically shallow frame or mold into which a slab of clay is allowed to fall or settle in order to form a vessel. These can be frames with no bottom.December 16, 2008
The creation of ceramic forms by casting slip in plaster molds.September 24, 2008
Using Slip Casting, Handbuilding, Press Molding and Throwing Techniques to Create Complex Sculptures
Today we are giving a sneak peek of the upcoming November issue of Ceramics Monthly magazine, which features ceramic artist Valerie Zimany. Readers of Ceramics Monthly might remember Valerie's work from the 2008 Emerging Artist issue back in May. Valerie creates her abstract ceramic sculpture using a variety of techniques and she explains those to us below. She also shares her a recipe for a "super-stick-em-up" slip, which really helps in assembling her complex pieces.September 17, 2008
Plywood Press Molds: A Great Technique for Enlivening Your Pottery Forms
Potter Ann Ruel says that, although it was the mesmerizing spin of the potter's wheel that originally drew her in to pottery, she soon felt she needed to break those circular boundaries. So she started altering her pieces into more complex forms. Ann uses for making interestingly shaped press molds out of plywood. These slump and hump molds can create endless new possibilities for new forms for your pottery.
