Daniel Johnston: A Portrait of the Artist as a Potter in North Carolina by Henry Glassie
by Bryce BriscoIt was back in March that, seemingly on the same day, I got three bits of news; George Ohr had pots at the MoMA, Svend Bayer had announced his retirement, and Daniel Johnston had just had a book publi…
Seeking Sustainability
In 2020, the International Bone China Symposium in Kaunas, Lithuania celebrated its long history with the material and its ability to be a catalyst for conversation, exploration and community.
The Purple Pottery of Jianshui, China
I was recently one of eight participants at an international ceramic conference in Jianshui, a small city in south-western China. Jianshui is situated in a predominantly rural area known as the Purple…
Mission Impossible: Intonation – International Clay Symposium
by Svein Narum , Friederike Zeit NarumThe Deidesheim Symposium is unusual; uncommonly private, personal, international, small and familiar. Terms which seem to be contradictory but successfully give a description of what it is. Every year…
Are You Going to Gulgong?
A new word entered the vocabulary of Australian ceramics years ago. That word is Gulgong. An example of a normal sentence in which it is used is: ‘Are you going to Gulgong?’ Or, ‘Did you go to Gulgong…