In this video, potter Richard Miller discusses making his hand-carved and pressed tiles with relief designs – as pictured on the front cover of Ceramic Review issue 296. .
Discover how Richard makes his work in the full step-by-step masterclass inside CR 296 (March/April 2019). You can order current and back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com.
Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review
“It is only when the user feels the presence of the hand of the potter that communication truly exists,”- Warren Mackenzie
RIP Warren Mackenzie, may we all be so lucky as to live to 94 and spend each day doing what we love and impacting the world through our teachings and our creative gifts.
These days, the Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK), Jaipur, has become a laboratory of sorts for ceramic artists. A ten-feet-long mud house to be built and fired on-site, a collaborative project involving sound, a performance-based work, objects embedded with QR codes–these are just some of the contemporary works that will nudge you into engaging with ceramics differently. As the JKK in collaboration with the Contemporary Clay Foundation gets set to present the first ever Indian Ceramics Triennale—Breaking Ground—featuring 35 Indian and 12 international artist projects, 10 collaborations, 12 speakers, a symposium, film screenings and workshops, one wonders if this event signifies a major shift in the field—one which allows ceramics to be appreciated as an art form in its own right, as opposed to being viewed solely as an artisanal craft.
