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ERIK GRONBORG'S WORK CHALLENGES THE STABLE forms of ceramics. The purposes of his objects are subordinated to their metaphorical and emotional aspects. He creates works that operate somewhere between vessels [...]

IF An IS THE TRANSLATION OF ideas into some kind of formal expression that reflects our culture, then what moves it from being a simple - statement, to becoming a [...]

WHEN AMANDA BROMFIELD STARTED HER RESEARCH on the Baroque and Rococo periods as a part of a minor project in 2012, she did not anticipate that this would lead to [...]

WHEREAS AUTHORS SUCH AS LEWIS CARROLL created surreal journeys that sprang from words, Seattle, Washington based ceramics artist, Carol Gouthro, uses form, texture, colour, pattern and line to present distinct, [...]

SOME ARTISTS ARE LIKE HOUSEBREAKERS. THEY STEAL THROUGH your mind, collecting your safe and comfortable images and ambushing you when you least expect it. The surrealists were particularly skilled at [...]

PETER PLACENS, IN 1-US DISCUSSION OF NORTHERN California painter/sculptor William Wiley, refers to a 'Sacramento Valley sensibility ... scarcely concerned with hierarchies, quality judgments or creative pain and very concerned [...]

IT WAS WAR BETWEEN THE 16 YEAR OLD BOY AND HIS HIGH school chemistry teacher. The teacher was determined and the boy confrontational and spirited. Classes descended into conflict and [...]

A CONT1NUOUS, ONE-DIRECTIONAL INTRINSIC TRANS-formation typifies Daniela Yaniv-Richter's works over the years. Each chapter in her oeuvre evolves and derives from the previous one. In the current chapter, partly presented [...]

A critic of the ceramics arts comments on the myth when he was labeled as the 'neglected ceramics artist' in 1985. He highlights the brief history of clay criticism since 1945.

MARILYN RICHEDA'S COMPELLING CERAMIC creatures are not found in forests, on the street or in encyclopedias. Through a process of transformation, transmutation and hybridization, her figures combine hints of the [...]

AS A CERAMICS COLLECTOR, I FAVOUR WOODEIRED, unglazed and earthy tones, the mingei tradition, the Japanese influenced zvabi sabi approach. So when Lacoste Gallery in Concord, Massachusetts, mounted a solo [...]

WORLD, IN CLAY, BEVERLY MAYERI MAKES busts that range from six to more than 30 inches high and mask-like faces that hang on the wall. Using the most economical of [...]

Scott Jones' works have won him national recognition, with their bright vibrant colors and profound combination of words and visual images. Jones does not only desire artistic and commercial success, he also wants to promote functional ceramics.

Cindy Kolodziejski can create conflicting two-dimensional images on a three-dimensional object. The images are provocative rather than definitive and reflect Kolodziejski's defiance of conventions.

A studio potter and teacher presents his experiences of the visit to Satori Yamaoka, a potter in Iwamizawa who had a passion for testing glazes and clay bodies and excelled in the production of Kobushigama. Yamaoka, is a perfect example of a modern and successful, yet classic, approach to pottery in Japan.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE SECOND STORY OF CREATION (Gen. 2:4b-25) describes God forming the first human "out the clay of the ground." Several biblical writers exploit this material as a metaphor […]