Ceramic
Ryoji Koie – Ceramic Rebel
Article by Janet Mansfield Followers of the ceramics of the Japanese artist Ryoji Koie could be excused for wondering what Koie will turn his mind to next. When I first met Koie in the 1970s he was making pots covered in slip and firing them with wood that had been dredged from the harbor... Read More
June 12, 2019
National Center for Khmer Ceramics Revival (NCKCR)
The National Center for Khmer Ceramics Revival (NCKCR) is aimed at the revival of Cambodian ceramics. The NCKCR is a non-profit and non-governmental organization aiming to rediscover and reintroduce Khmer ancestral pottery techniques and support the development of contemporary Khmer ceramic art. In the process, NCKCR creates economic opportunities, helping to decrease poverty in Cambodia. Serge... Read More
June 12, 2019
Ken Ferguson
Ken Ferguson (1938-2004) studied at various art institutions, receiving his MFA from Alred University in 1954. From 1964 on he was he was head of the ceramics department at Kansas City Art Institute, where in 1996, his year of ‘retirement’, he became professor emeritus in ceramics. In 1981 he was voted one of the 12 greatest... Read More
June 12, 2019
Geschichte des KachelofenbausÂ
Kachelöfen haben Tradition Von den offenen Feuerstellen der Urzeit abgesehen, dürfte der Kachelofen das älteste Heizgerät sein. Der Wärmespender mit der längsten Tradition ist er sicherlich. Als Vorläufer des heutigen Kachelofens kann man den Pfahlbauofen aus der Bronzezeit um 2500 v. Chr. ansehen. Bei dieser im Alpengebiet und im süddeutschen Alpenvorland entstandenen Urform des Kachelofens... Read More
June 12, 2019
Japanese Ceramics Terminology
by Morgan Pitelka. The following article was originally published on Morgan Pitelka’s website: http://employees.oxy.edu/mpitelka/index.html. Below you will find rough definitions for a number of words commonly used in discussions of Japanese ceramics. I suggest using English equivalents whenever possible. If neccessary, give the Japanese term in italics with an English definition in parentheses. If you have... Read More
June 12, 2019
Rebuilding Afghanistan Pot by Pot: The Turquoise Mountain Foundation and the Potters of Istalifz
by Noah Coburn and Ester Svensson The Turquoise Mountain Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which invests in Afghanistan’s traditional crafts, historic building and landscapes in order to preserve cultural heritage, improve living conditions and create economic opportunities. The Turquoise Mountain Foundation believes that the preservation of Afghan culture is vitally and urgently linked to... Read More
June 12, 2019
The International Ceramics Studio
Kecskemét, Hungary About the International Ceramics Studio The International Ceramics Studio (ICS) is a ceramic art center located in the town of Kecskemét, eighty kilometers south of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. The center was created over 25 years ago on the initiative of Hungarian artists who had felt culturally and ideologically isolated by the political system of... Read More
June 12, 2019
Home Cooking – A Case for Handmade Tableware
by Shannon Garson Domestic pots have gone hand in hand with human civilization. What does hand made functional ware bring into our lives that a cheap, useful, factory-made bowl from Woolworths doesn’t? This question strikes at the heart of our capitalist society where convenience and conformity have become goals and “lifestyle” has replaced life. In... Read More
June 12, 2019
Paperclay Practice in Pakistan
Australian ceramist Graham Hay at the National College of Arts, Lahore Head of the Ceramic Design Department at the National College of Arts in Pakistan, Shazia Mirza, invited paperclay pioneer Graham Hay to spend a month working with her staff and students at their Lahore campus. Shazia Mirza described what happened: “When I first came across... Read More
June 12, 2019
Visible Crystals
Janet Hamer outlines the new glazes of Avril Farley and describes how these sculptural crystal shapes are formed Reproduced with kind permission of Ceramics Technical. © Ceramics Technical and Janet Hamer. We are all keen to make a mixture of minerals, take it to a temperature and wonder at transformations –or we should be. It is like pushing... Read More
June 12, 2019