Not Being an Architect is One Way to Make Famous Buildings
byFor an art show early in his career, Holden McCurry made a two-foot-tall clay structure, topped it with clasped hands, and titled it “Prayer…
Clay
Are You Brave Enough to Face Unearthly Archetypes?
byIt’s sometimes difficult to look at one of Gail Gulick’s life-sized shamanic masks, beautiful though they may be. They vary greatly in mood and…
Interior Designer Discovered an Animal Attraction to Ceramics
byJean Greeson comprises half the team at Asheville firm Greeson & Fast Design. Her four-decade career as an interior designer has required loads of…
One-Man Factory is Continually Stoked for the Next Project
byJosh Copus is a successful ceramic artist, and, with his wife Emily, a commercial flower grower (she’s their company’s head designer). But he refuses…
For a Healthy Relationship, Let the Kiln have the Last Word
byShawn Ireland’s exciting partnership with clay involves struggle and surrender. “It challenges me … but being open to where it will take me keeps…
Kitchenware was Crucial in Her Potter’s Evolution
byCathey Bolton’s hands are muddy as she chats with customers in her Waynesville gallery Art on Depot. They often tour the rainbow of mugs,…
You Can’t Fall Off the Edge of a Rounded Vessel
byAfter a career as a massage therapist, Lucy Clark touched clay for the first time at age 45. And that was it. “Clay is…
Radiologist Delights in Creating Tools that Aren’t for Dire Situations
byDr. Paul M. Silverman’s house is full of the tools he remembers in his father’s basement. Rusty and worn wrenches of all shapes and…
If it Can’t Be Hand Built, it’s Not on this Potter’s Horizon
byEarlham College in Richmond, Indiana, wasn’t particularly known for its art department. But it happened to have a great ceramics professor when Matt Jones…
It Takes Two to Tango, But only a Single Epiphany to Dip out of Functional Ceramics
byWhen he took an Argentine tango class, Eric Knoche says he felt as though he was seeing the true nature of the world for…