Potters Council

04/04/2023

03/06/2023

Join Stephen Phillips on Tuesday, March 7th from 1–3pm EST as he shares the secrets to creating his beautiful, narrow-necked forms and decorating with tape resist and underglaze! In this 2-hour workshop, Phillips will discuss tips on throwing, collaring, and trimming, and how to create precise decoration in the bisque stage. This workshop will help you improve your success rate with tapered-bottle forms! Click the link to register: https://ceramics.zoom.us/webinar/register/5116781158973/WN_kBIQNuWgQmyQfBl2AF-9_A

09/28/2022

Join Amy Brummond on October 18, 2022, from 1–3pm EDT USA to learn how to handbuild a colorful, textured berry bowl using slabs. You'll learn how to approach the slab-building process using component parts. Additionally, you will learn how to use pattern, texture, and color to create vibrant and inviting surfaces that bring your work to life!

Register here: https://ceramics.zoom.us/webinar/register/9516643787695/WN_57EVNGjuTAKtT0ckXeioNA

08/23/2022

Join us as we visit with Chanakarn "Punch" Semachai in her studio on Tuesday, August 23rd from 8-9:15pm EDT. In this 75-minute workshop, we'll chat with Punch about her influences, how she uses clay and other materials as a tool for connection between cultures, about ceramics in Thailand, and much more! Click the link to register:
https://ceramics.zoom.us/webinar/register/7716601514232/WN_1oshtOhtTBOaV6depmPOhg

01/17/2022

Welcome to the new week!

@ KJAStudio



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hand thrown shallow mugs by KJA Studio - £20
handmade in Scotland

01/14/2022

The weekend is almost here!

Every Friday, ICAN debuts an ICAN Artist Portfolio highlight of the week. We randomly go through the ICAN Artist Portfolio pages and pick an Artist to share on our ICAN Facebook/Instagram account. Anyone can be highlighted, they just need to be an ICAN Member with an active portfolio!

Today's Artist Portfolio Spotlight of the Week is: Elise Willa Pincu Delfield

"My grandfather used to tell me not to go looking for love, it will come to me. Pottery making came to me at the University of Florida – and it was love at first touch. I had not taken art classes or considered myself capable of creating anything beautiful or useful before that first day at the wheel. Once that lump of clay took shape (and a horrible, lumpy shape it was) as a vessel to contain, I was hooked. I was in love and wanted nothing more than to spend my life working on making a better pot. 23 years later I am pretty proud of my work and still striving to make better pots.”

If you would like to visit their full portfolio, please click here:

Studio Description: I strive to make comfortable and beautiful pots for the home that enhance the pleasure of food and the nourishment of the soul.Nature plays a large, inspirational role for both the design and decoration of my pottery. Primarily inspired by my local environment, I use a rich, red....

01/12/2022

New Webinar! Please join us Thursday, January 27, 2022 from 1–3pm for an interactive demonstration webinar with ! Lindsay will discuss planning surface design and how to customize tools for your ceramic canvas. She will throw and trim a pitcher form, followed by an exploration of layered patterns and textures to create a diverse composition, and so much more!

Click the link to register: https://ceramics.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816419271898/WN_5BbXfUciQCyM7fvaYIXndw

01/12/2022

“Like many people, I was initially a skeptic of learning art techniques through online classes. My first introduction to online learning came as a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I remember thinking then that online art classes would not be able to be taught successfully. Was I ever wrong!” Molly Hatch, from the September 2015 issue of .

Click here to read more of this article:

Like many people, I was initially a skeptic of learning art techniques through online classes. My first introduction to online learning came as a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I remember thinking then that online art classes would not be able to be taught successfully. Was...

01/07/2022

Welcome to Friday!

Every Friday, ICAN debuts an ICAN Artist Portfolio highlight of the week. We randomly go through the ICAN Artist Portfolio pages and pick an Artist to share on our ICAN Facebook/Instagram account. Anyone can be highlighted, they just need to be an ICAN Member with an active portfolio!

Today's Artist Portfolio Spotlight of the Week is: Pamela Kadlec

"Making functional pottery and using it in my kitchen and everyday life is just as rewarding as hunting over a dog I trained and dining on a meal I bagged with that dog. It’s a full circle kind of feeling, immensely satisfying and self-fulfilling."

If you would like to visit their full portfolio, please click here:

Artist Statement:Making functional pottery and using it in my kitchen and everyday life is just as rewarding as hunting over a dog I trained and dining on a meal I bagged with that dog. It’s a full circle kind of feeling, immensely satisfying and self-fulfilling.

01/05/2022

"I approach handbulding with a balance between form and surface in mind. I believe that this marriage is achieved when the form is dynamic and not merely in service of or inferior to the surface, and the surface is similarly not overwhelming the form." Ashley Kim, from the Mar/April 2019 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated magazine.

Click here to read more: https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/pottery-making-illustrated/pottery-making-illustrated-article/Creating-Subtlety-and-Complexity

01/03/2022

Rise and shine!





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Veniss Mug by 😍 Due to the handmade nature of Freddie's mugs, each piece is completely unique. Some mugs feature painterly white brush strokes or blue accents, while others are rust toned - all equally gorgeous!

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