Gay Smith: Animating the Clay
by Janet KoplosPottery was one of the first things that I met in my life that I couldn’t just pick up and do. Most of my learning was through books or conversation. But I couldn’t read a book and solve the pottery p…
Clay Gulgong National K-12 Student Ceramics Competition
While 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….
Picasso a Ceramicist? Absolutely.
by Léopold L. FoulemFew people are unaware of who Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is. However, many do not know that he was one of the major ceramicists of the twentieth century. Without a doubt, he is the first artist to radi…
In Praise of Small Pots
Walking through the Louvre for the first time I am reminded that artists have always used scale to impress. I am confronted by the physicality of paintings I have known all my life as reproductions. D…
The Visibility of Ceramics in Nigeria: A Review
Appreciation of ceramics spans beyond the finished product; it also involves the process. The concepts of temporality and ephemerality becomes central to the art. Instances of materials that have been…