Larger than life, the life of Tony Natsoulas: So Far
by Tony NatsoulasIt all started with my neighborhood friend Barry Hand’s mother Donna Hands, who let Barry and me make some clay dragons at their house. Mrs. Hands was a high school art and ceramics teacher at Davis S…
Degradation (and Mechanism) of Kanthal APM Heating Elements through Electric Kiln Firing
Under a somewhat wide definition, kilns have been around for roughly 20,000 years, with the oldest known pottery dating back to the ancient Near East1 Modern kilns turn clay into food-safe and usable…
Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
Hayward Gallery – London 26 October 22- 8 January 23
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…
Five Fabulous Femmes. Six in Total
by Bernadette MansfieldThis exhibition by the fabulous fems (centuries later) places five artists under the same critical glare as the Renaissance poets as they too, successfully and spectacularly redefine what ceramics and…
Goldmark at 50
Fortunately, we are in no rush. One of Mike’s favourite phrases to describe the philosophy of the gallery is that we ‘hasten slowly the quicker to arrive’. I prefer Shirley Bassey: ‘You don’t get olde…
Akiko Hirai
Little, however, can prepare you for a confrontation with Akiko’s moon jars. Here is a form thoroughly embedded in historical consciousness. And yet here also Akiko has found her voice, and a metaphor…