Featured Articles

The I’m fine. Project: Exploring the Self Image The artistic process is one that draws on the whole person, rummaging through the depths of emotion and memory, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes painful, emerging in a thing of beauty. For central Pennsylvan

September 14, 2022

The artistic process is one that draws on the whole person, rummaging through the depths of emotion and memory, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes painful, emerging in a thing of beauty. For central Pennsylvania friends Maureen Joyce and Carrie Breschi, the cathartic value of working with clay has become a life mission. Through heartbreak and the circumstances of life, these women have come together to offer healing workshops to people seeking emotional wholeness amid life’s inevitable challenges. I’m fine. uses the creation of human masks to explore the self.

Connecting in Creativity: ViaClay

September 13, 2022

Anyone who has ever sat down at the wheel or the workbench with a block of clay knows the total absorption of the solitary creative experience. The intense focus of imagination erases time and funnels the senses toward the target of the created object. The potter can be a lone figure. These recent years of pandemic-forced isolation brought forth great productivity in many artists but have left many seeking the connections of community. Potter John Beck, of the Chicago suburb Oak Park, manages ViaClay, a new studio founded by Oak Park potter Gabe Tetrev, where a resurgence of shared gathering is bringing potters and students together.

Standard Ceramic Acquires Sculpture House Ceramics Division

July 06, 2022

Florida-based Sculpture House is a business with a long history in the greater New York area that traces a century old history through the tutelage of two families. By the end of this summer, Standard Ceramic’s Turnbull family will become the third line of craft-oriented businessmen to extend part of that tradition. Standard will acquire the Ceramics Division of Sculpture House as Bruner Barrie, the company’s CEO, moves closer to a full retirement.