If you’ve been paying attention to the pottery community lately, you’ve probably noticed that ceramics are moving in several different directions at once. Some potters are going deeper into traditional techniques. Others are pushing ceramics toward sculpture, digital fabrication, and experimental forms. Functional pottery remains important, but the definition of “functional” is becoming much broader. […]
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Reactive glazes are popular because they create variation instead of a perfectly uniform surface. During firing, they can produce flowing colors, pooling, speckling, breaking and other effects that make each ceramic piece look slightly different. That unpredictability is a big part of their appeal. In 2026, ceramic design is increasingly moving toward earthy colors, organic […]