Clay Gulgong National K-12 Student Ceramics Competition
by Karen King, Felicity WoodWhile the pandemic has certainly provided more than a few speed humps for both Clay Gulgong and the work of Visual Arts teachers in schools, it has also created some unexpected and exciting solutions….
Passages from India
India, as an independent nation, is not one hundred years old. Yet, the area occupied by India is home to ceramic traditions going back thousands of years, and there is a visible resemblance between p…
Passages from India
India, as an independent nation, is not one hundred years old. Yet, the area occupied by India is home to ceramic traditions going back thousands of years, and there is a visible resemblance between p…
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…