The snow is lazily falling outside my studio windows, while I listen to Toshiko Takaezu talk about the first time she saw snow in 1951. There is something thoughtful and candid about the way she tells her story. She acknowledges this by saying several times, "I don't know why I’m telling you all… Read More

Amid darkness and death and the worst things human beings can do to each other, ceramists can also see the light, cultivate the beauty, and feel the wonder and majesty of humanity. We can experience two truths. The stoic philosopher Epictetus would say “Everything has two handles, the one by which… Read More

This is going to be an uncomfortable conversation. It seems that humans are wired to seek certainty; to identify stable ground and stake a claim; to be unified and in accord. Although we are hard-wired to seek these values, I have yet to experience someone riding in with the “right answer" and… Read More

Happy New Year! As we close out a momentous year and look ahead to the next, it’s good to consider how important we are to each other and how giving can mean much more than receiving. Studio Potter is a non-profit journal. Very few publications that serve the clay community can say that. Being a… Read More

Look back at the memories you have created, and I bet somewhere within those moments lies a recipe. I find nothing more authentic than looking back in my paternal great-grandmother's handwritten cookbook and knowing I am one of the small handful who has her secret pie crust recipe or learning that… Read More

Come work with the Red Lodge Clay Center! We have a position opening for Programs Coordinator. The primary responsibilities of the Programs Coordinator focuses on three specific areas: Residency Programs, Education Programs, and Communications. This is a full-time salaried position, and the ideal… Read More

Straight out of graduate school, I accepted a job out east. The quick of it is that this location wasn’t a good fit for my daughter and me. I didn’t know that at the time, at least not until a particular cup came into my life. It’s funny how when life starts to build and pile to the point of… Read More

On September 26, 2023, Stephen Fabrico, 75, of Bloomington, NY, died after suffering from dementia for many years. Raised in East Northport, NY, Stephen enlisted in the Navy at age 18. He served on an aircraft carrier, traveling around the world during the Vietnam War.  In 1973, after being… Read More

There is something edgy about the thematic title “Flirting with Disaster.” Whether ceramic artist or typical civilian, each of us edges into territories of disaster: one missed paycheck, one rushed kiln, or, for the more comical of us, pasta sauce on a white business shirt with two client meetings… Read More

When I set out to curate this month's issue, I sought to explore how ceramic artists "enshrine" the people, places, memories, and visual culture that we hold so dear. Mexican folk art and the shrines of the Arizona borderlands are a visual influence for artist Lisa Marie Barber in her narrative… Read More