Candelabra (To Hell and Back)Double Prong Candelabra (Lovey Dovey Lovely One)Double-tier polka-dot Chandelier (Ode to Peak Bottom Culture)Gold Vase (Godstar)Personal Monument with Pipe (Will You Always Be There?)Small Blue Candelabra (A Special Treat)The Bunny VaseThree-Prong Candelabra (Fly Away Some Day)Vase (Until You See Stars)Anthony Sonnenberg: Cannons Buried in Flowers is on view at GAVLAK, Los Angeles May 20 – July 1, 2023 When folks individually and collectively defy the limiting sex and gender roles prescribed by prejudicial societies to enact authentic self-expression, their queerne ..read more

Kenneth Baskin: Mechanical Movements opens this week at Plinth Gallery, Denver June 2 – July 1, 2023 For our June and July exhibition, Plinth Gallery is pleased to present “Mechanical Movements – by artist Kenneth Baskin. Baskin holds a BFA from the College of Creative Studies and an MFA from the University of South Carolina. Currently, he is a Professor of Visual Arts / Ceramics at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. “An artifact is defined as an object created through human ingenuity. And that object, as artifact, in inherent within a cultural or historical context.” Baskin’s ..read more

Terralha, A Ceramic Journey The European Ceramic Festival is organized by the Cultural Office of Saint-Quentin-la Poterie. It is a ceramic journey through the village. Nowadays, the Terralha festival is a key ceramic event in France and abroad. Around twenty ceramicists are invited to show their works in the heart of the village, in private sites corresponding to temporary exhibition spaces. The identity of this ceramic tour is based on a perfect match of the artistic works and exhibit spaces. The artists will be available in exhibition spots in order to meet the public and share their artisti ..read more

Two Spheres: Alessia & MirabellaDonnaeNoemiSerenaAlessia / AuroraSurvivorThree Spheres: Serena / Selma / RosaPietraInnocenceErna Aaltonen: Recent works is on view at Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Toucy May 13 – June 29, 2023 World-renowned Finnish ceramic artist Erna Aaltonen (born 1951) presents a set of fourteen unreleased Spheres specially created for this third solo show at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste. After exploring sculptural or structured forms such as her Monoliths, the artist returns to her first spherical and ovoidal pieces, the famous Spheres so very emblematic of her art. T ..read more

Aili SchmeltzAmelia LockwoodCourtney DuncanErica MaoErica MaoAnnabeth RosenAnnabeth RosenErica MaoJaye KimGraham CollinsGraham CollinsGraham CollinsJaye KimMaddy Inez LeeserPatrice Renee WashingtonGraham Collins & Annabeth RosenŌmbia Studio & Jaye KimŌmbia Studio & Courtney DuncanEarth Room is on view at Sarah Brook Gallery, Los Angeles May 20 – June 17, 2023 Co-curated by Clay ca + Blumenfield Projects “Earth Room” gathers the work of ten artists whose ceramics explore the fertile relationships within our interior and exterior landscapes and how they fuse an alternate concept of t ..read more

Arkadiusz Szwed Arkadiusz Szwed is an artist, designer, and professor. His works are a collage of technical knowledge, sensitivity and creativity. He represents a generation of ceramists who believe that the designer should intentionally and deliberately disturb the technological process to obtain a form that shows the relationship between the process and piece of work. Szwed is involved in applied design and conceptual design, as well as education in industrial design. He graduated from the Faculty of Painting at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce and Design Management at the Da Vinci Colle ..read more

Arkadiusz Szwed: Selected works, 2016-2022 Bumps 2.0, 2019 Bumps 2.0Bumps 2.0Bumps 2.0 modelBumps 2.0Bumps 2.0 A set of ceramic objects that were created as a result of an experiment with a new, personal technique of porcelain casting. As part of the process, plastic balls are pushed under an elastic fabric, which is pulled over a plaster model, allowing the balls to be moved around freely – this intervention randomly shapes the form. This technique allows the formation of molds using a method similar to that provided by 3D printing tools, however fully analog. The balls that played an importa ..read more

Elly Glossop Elly Glossop is a Scottish-born, Australian-raised artist who lives and works in Copenhagen. After completing a BA at the Royal Danish Art Academy in Bornholm, Elly received her MA in 2020 from the Royal College of Art in London. During her studies, she was awarded several prizes, including a scholarship from the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) which allowed her to take an external plaster mould-making course with Ed Bently in Stoke on Trent. In 2020 Elly was an artist in residence at Guldagergaard International Research Center, where she focused on wood firin ..read more

Elly Glossop: Selected works, 2020-2023 Blurring the boundaries between perceptions of the psyche (memory/dream/imagination), Elly’s work explores the sublime and almost ethereal qualities of clay, through which a universe materialises based on formations found throughout the natural world. By simulating and recreating these textural elements imprinted in her subconscious, they manifest into otherworldly forms and artefacts. Bodies of work are constructed around a particular theme, or technique of making, and are often inspired by geological formations or phenomena. Foremost these forms are a ..read more

Larry Allen, Cut Out Bowl with Lid, 2020Aisha Harrison, Ancestor 1, 2018Adero Willard, Entangle #2, 2019A Gathering: Works From Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists is on view at Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA May 7 – August 20, 2023 A Gathering: Works From ‘Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists,’ on view at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California from May 7 through August 2023, features work by 35 Black makers working in clay. The exhibition grew from the book Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists, co-authored by Chotsani Elaine Dean and donald a clark, who are ..read more