The clay is a white talc body, Laguna’s Whiteware. It is smooth, sticky, gooey, and limp, and takes a lot of getting used to. I like it because it gives me a smooth, white surface that won’t craze, although if I glaze fire a piece too many times, I may get shivering.
After ceramic artist Eric Boos became an (almost) empty nester, he bought some land and designed and built a house and 625-square-foot studio. Even with all that space, he realized he could have made it twice as big, and still filled it to the gills. But that’s okay because it helps him “edit” his work.
When it comes to improving the efficiency of their processes, clay people are quite clever. We get a lot of great studio tips sent to us from readers, and every month Ceramics Monthly publishes some of them in their Tips and Tools section.
Below we present some pieces in our collection that come from the kilns of Okinawa. The kilns of this southern prefecture have been active for over 300 years. Mostly devastated during World War II, the Okinawan kilns have since staged a rapid recovery.
Kyushu is the largest island southwest of mainland Japan, geographically close to the Korean peninnsula and southeast Asian countries. It is an area rich with a multitude of potting traditions, often influenced by techniques and traditions that arrived via Korea.
Ceramics and glasses are inorganic, nonmetallic materials consisting of metallic and nonmetallic elements bonded primarily with ionic and covalent bonds. These high strength bonds give rise to the special characteristics of these materials. They occupy a unique place in the spectrum of engineered materials offering many desirable alternatives to the metals and polymers in common usage.
Electronic ceramics is one of the most rapidly developing fields of science and technology. Principles of Electronic Ceramics#1 describes many important technical topics in this field. The authors derive most equations from first principles, and thus, develop a structural knowledge base that enhances technical comprehension.
Coming up next month at Signature Gallery in Atlanta, Generosity of Spirit is an exhibition of contemporary ceramics, jewelry, and metalwork by 67 artists affiliated with Penland School of Crafts. Work in this exhibition has been donated, and proceeds will support a new scholarship fund for clay and metals students.
An exhibition featuring Vietnamese antiques from the last 20 centuries carved with the image of dragons is being held in Hanoi to welcome the coming lunar new year of the dragon.
One of the finest collections of Vietnamese ceramics in the United States is about to emerge from galleries and storage facilities at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
“Dragons and Lotus Blossoms,” which opens next Sunday, will reveal a unique tradition that can be traced back 6,000 years, despite centuries of Chinese occupation, French colonization and devastating wars.