
The epistemology of throwing
by Aishwarya Satyavrat PendharkarThere are many ways to quantify knowledge and its acquisition. Empiricism is the study of knowledge arising from the senses; how we learn about the world through our sensorial encounters. This is a st…

Form as Embodied Place: The Pottery of Willi Singleton
In this reflective essay, I invite the reader to look at, meaning to see and to think about, pottery differently. I do this by considering place and embodiment in the context of ceramic work created b…

Finding the Key
I now look back and wonder what my life’s trajectory would have been if I had not been saved by dyslexia.

Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Hayward Gallery – London 26 October 22- 8 January 23
by Dr Cliff Lauson
An exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London, Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art, celebrates the expansive potential of clay for art today. It brings together 23 international artists, from…

Meissen Artisan Series: An analysis of the ‘Potter’ Figure
This research paper presents an analysis of a porcelain potter figurine, which was modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler and produced as a part of the artisan series in the 18th century at Meissen Porcela…

Typography in Contemporary Turkish Ceramic Art
The documented relationship between ceramic art and typography can be traced from the creation of Sumerian tablets dating from 8000 B.C., to contemporary artworks. Due to clay’s malleability, it is co…