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  • Contemporary Californian Kizaemon
    Contemporary Californian Kizaemon
    Mark Hewitt
    "Her pilsner tumblers hold a palpable tension. Combining slip-casting and anagama firing is intriguing, slip-casting functional pots being more often associated with industrial practice, and lengthy wood firing with the artisanal. In this case, the fusion feels fluid – complementary, not contradictory – and deserves further fruitful exploration. Perhaps I was drawn to these cups because these seemingly oppositional practices reflect my own life." This month's FREE article. Read More.
  • Art in Motion
    Having a Studio of Our Own Speaks Volumes
    Chenoa Baker
    The same year that Pewabic Pottery was founded in Detroit in 1903, Booker T. Washington gave an address there. It was a place with inequality and de facto segregation. He described the condition of Black residents in Detroit by acknowledging that they “desire simply the opportunity for development,” according to Detroit’s Free Press. Read More.
  • Venus Orb, 15.5 × 17.5 × 17.5 inches, handbuilt stoneware, crystalline high-fired glaze, 2022. Image courtesy of the artist.
    The World Is Ending – Let’s Get Weird and Hilarious
    William J. O’Brien
    That’s what art offers: a laboratory for risk. It’s where we learn to mess up safely and still keep going. Practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes "imperfect." The more we do something consistently, the more relaxed we become with our own flaws. That’s when the real learning begins. Good art, like a good life, isn’t about perfection. Read More.
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This month marks the beginning of Studio Potter’s annual spring fundraiser and appeal, a season that invites us to celebrate resilience, stewardship, and the importance of preserving vital spaces for ceramic discourse.

 

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