September 5, 2022
Rightly revered as the father of British Studio pottery, Bernard Leach’s influence as a ceramicist is hard to overstate. As someone who exceeded his accolades, Leach’s pure and utilitarian form of pottery stood in opposition to mass production and had a lasting influence on modern design in North America during the 1950s and 1960s. It…
August 17, 2022
From Meissen and Frankenthal to KPM and Villeroy & Boch, learn how to identify German porcelain marks – and find out what they can reveal about a piece.
July 18, 2022
Today’s market for Native American pottery offers incredible variety in styles and techniques, so take a moment to familiarize yourself before you invest.
July 4, 2022
Mingei, a 20th century Japanese folk art form, prioritized hand-crafted production and regional materials over the artists who produced the work.
June 15, 2022
Renowned for his simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery influenced by Bernard Leach and the pared-back Japanese aesthetic of Shoji Hamada, Warren MacKenzie ploughed his own furrow and challenged the idea that art can’t be an everyday object.
April 6, 2022
English porcelain marks can indicate where, when and by whom a piece was made in the often centuries-long history of some of England's porcelain factories.
March 3, 2022
An inventive producer of porcelain that came to define Swedish design through inventive glazes, eccentric geometric designs, and cuddly pottery.
February 21, 2022
Shoji Hamada is one of the most distinguished Japanese Studio Potters of the 20th Century and a key figure in the Mingei movement.
February 7, 2022
Stig Lindberg was an inventive and prolific designer who brought a fresh, uncomplicated approach to decoration that would come to define Swedish design.
December 29, 2021
Learn about the key Midcentury pottery studios and artists who created whimsical, yet practical, styles that are still emulated today.
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