Links

Below is a collection of art and ceramics web links divided into Technical Ceramics, Ceramics Galleries, Art Museums and Other Online Collections, Miscellaneous, and Former ACC Students Active in Clay. At all of the gallery links you can peruse exhibitions and the work of represented artists online, and the museum links are those that have some or all of their collections accessible online.

To purchase the 2016 edition of my book, Clay: A Studio Handbook, go to Amazon, or the Ceramic Arts Network Bookstore.  At the latter you have the choice of a print copy or a downloadable PDF eBook.

Technical or Historical Ceramic Information and Ceramic Suppliers

  • Morgan Pitelka – it might seem a bit over the top to promote my own son here, but he is an extremely accomplished scholar at University of North Carolina, and much of his expertise is in medieval Japanese ceramics, including the Raku family.  His website includes links to his books, articles, and podcasts.
  • STARworks – the wonderful art-centered work community, ceramic supplier, gallery, clay and glass studio, cafe, and taproom located in an old hosier factory in Star, North Carolina
  • Studio Pro Bats – best prices on Medex waterproof MDF (medium-density fiberboard) throwing bats.  In my experience, Medex is by far the best choice for throwing bats.
  • Mason Color Works – makers of Mason stains – online color charts of Mason stains.
  • Edward Orton Foundation – makers of Orton pyrometric cones – cone charts and other technical information about cones.
  • US Pigment – supplier of coloring oxides, ceramic stains, and hard-to-find ceramic raw materials.
  • Digitalfire – website of Tony Hansen, inventor of the Insight glaze-calculation software – treasure-trove of technical ceramics information.
  • Digitalfire Reference Database – go straight to Tony Hansen’s extensive library of technical articles.
  • Ceramic Industry – organization and magazine.  This link leads to their extensive article, “Pottery Production Practices: Pottery Myths,” by Jeff Zamek, one of the most knowledgeable potters around when it comes to technical matters.
  • Laguna Clay Company – this link leads to a good collection of technical articles and a database of SDS (safety data sheets) for ceramic materials.
  • Glazy – Derek Au’s extensive recipe website including glazes, claybodies, slips, underglazes, overglazes, and refractories.
  • Mid-South Ceramics – my favorite ceramic supplier in Tennessee
  • Linda Arbuckle Handouts – a treasure-trove of good handouts about claybodies, glazes, and other ceramic information.
  • Brian Gartside Pottery – famed New Zealand potter’s page chock full of excellent information, including downloadable books and handouts (some for a fee).
  • Julia Galloway – in addition to her beautiful work, lots of good technical information.
  • Hank Murrow – Fine potter, tool-maker, kiln-designer/builder extraordinaire.  Check out his amazing Doorless Fiber Kiln.  There’s a lot of good info on his website.

Ceramics Galleries with Online Exhibitions and Collections

Art Museums and other Online Collections

Miscellaneous Links
  • North Carolina Pottery Center – museum, gallery, and educational center located in Seagrove, NC, pottery mecca of the Southeast.
  • Craft History – Dr. Carol Ventura’s free craft history books.  This is a work in progress, with five volumes completed so far.
  • Field Guide for Ceramic Artists – Julia Galloway’s amazing new website of information and resources developed to help and support students when they are finishing school. Click on “Table of Contents” at the top to access the extensive content.
  • The Marks Project – A dictionary of American studio pottery marks and signatures, 1946 to the present, for identifying studio potters/sculptors and their work.
  • Ceramic Arts Network – the studio clay web presence of the American Ceramic Society.
  • Studio Potter – the online presence for Studio Potter magazine, with sample articles and other useful information..
  • CFile Online – Garth Clark’s online ceramics magazine.  Probably the most intelligent writing about contemporary ceramics online today.  CFile is a subscription service, but much information and articles are available for free at this site.
  • Leach Pottery – the historic Bernard Leach Pottery in St. Ives, England, where Craft Center BFA alumnus Kat Wheeler is on the production team.
  • CERF – The Craft Emergency Relief Fund – emergency relief for craftspeople who have suffered catastrophic loss. Please help support CERF.
  • Potters for Peace – a worldwide network of potters working towards peace and justice at all levels.
  • NCECA – National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts – an organization of studio ceramics educators and artists that runs the annual NCECA Conference, a wonderful event that no one in studio ceramics should miss.

Former TTU Clay Students Active in Clay
This list includes ceramic artists who were my students at the Craft Center and are currently active in clay.  Most are graduates of our BFA program, while some like Beth Cavener and Liz Zlot Summerfield came to the Craft Center for post-baccalaureate studies. You can see ceramic work by many of these artists in the gallery of student work.