WEBSITES

Ceramic Arts Network: I highly recommend the videos and articles available on the Ceramic Arts Network. Most videos are clips of their DVD workshops. If you like what you see there, consider becoming a member. For a monthly fee, you get access to all of their extensive DVD content, access to current and archived issues of Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, discounts on books, and other perks.

Lakeside Pottery: offers information and a number of step by step tutorials for beginning ceramics students, both handbuilders and wheel throwers.

Julia Galloway’s Ceramics Field Guide, designed for graduating ceramic students as they begin their careers. You can also read about how it came to be on her website, here.

Vince Pitelka, author of Clay: A Studio Handbook, and a long time ceramics instructor, has an extensive list of handouts on his website, as well as links to even more information.

Linda Arbuckle, former University of Florida Ceramics Professor working with red earthenware and majolica decoration, offers some great resources on her website and blog, with links to her handouts. Information includes technical information on clay and glazes, die cutters, and decals. If you are working with low-fire red earthenware and need some reassurance on its value as a clay body, listen to her Terra Cotta Manifesto on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler podcast.

Deb Schwartzkopf and Rat City Studios: here you can find helpful videos, informational pdfs and an extensive list explaining a variety of surface decoration techniques. Beginning wheel students might appreciate her videos on centering and throwing a cylinder.

Sue McLeod explains glaze formulation and technology on her blog.

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Digitalfire is a great place to go for detailed ceramics information, including explanations of ceramics terms and technology.

Access Ceramics: a searchable collection of images of contemporary ceramic art, particularly good for researching sculptural work

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The Rosenfeld Collection online showcases a private collection of functional ceramic works of over 800 artists. You can search for work by artist name, forming technique, firing method, or type of form. 

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APPS

Pottery Log app for Android and iPhones  – “Pottery Log keeps track of your ceramics throughout their creation lifecycle. Add photos and notes for each stage: throwing, trimming, bisquing, and glazing.“

Pottery Notes app for iPhones – “…a flexible tool that will allow you to create the record that you would like for describing your ceramic project, arrange it in any way you would like it, with the ability to print and email the note in a nice looking format.” Now allows file sharing between devices.

Shrinkage Calculator - Input the desired finished dimensions of your mugs and pots along with the shrinkage rate of the clay you are using, and this calculator will tell you what size to build your work. No more tiny mugs! Approximate shrinkage rates are generally noted on the website of clay distributors and manufacturers.

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PODCASTS

Tales of a Red Clay Rambler by Ben Carter

For Flux Sake, featuring Matt and Rose Katz, with Kathy King, talking about everything glaze related.

The Brickyard Network, an extension of the Archie Bray Foundation, offers a number of podcasts, covering a variety of clay-related topics, and including For Flux Sake, Kiln Sitters (featuring Canadian Potters), Trade Secret, Clay in Color (, and Tales of a Red Clay Rambler.

The Potters Cast, hosted by Paul Blais

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The Slip Cast, hosted by Claire McGibbon and Aimee McLaughlin