The American studio craft movement—which gained momentum in the postwar period and married a devotion to the handmade and honest materials to a fine arts sensibility—flourished particularly vibrantly in California.
Assessing Early Newcomb Pottery
Fifty-one years ago, this publication introduced many readers to the Newcomb Pottery in a short article based on what had been learned to that date about the first decades at the New Orleans ceramics enterprise founded in 1895.
“Traveling to see what is around the corner”
Painter, ceramist, couturier, and bon vivant—introducing the prolific Edith Varian Cockcroft
Heavenly earthenware at the Frick
The colorful earthenware known as faience is an especially appealing category of French ceramics. Beginning this fall, the Frick Collection is exhibiting one of the finest private collections of early faience.
Flora and fauna set the table at Winterthur
Dining by Design at Winterthur
Handle with care #5
The fifth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Handle with Care #4
The fourth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Handle with Care #3
A new installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Ceramics dynamic
The only thing more remarkable than John Bullard’s studio pottery collection is how quickly he became a connoisseur of the field.
Handle with care #2
A new installment of our web-only column about the worlds of ceramics and glass