Wheel-Throwing
Bowls, vases, teapots and beyond — techniques, demonstrations and step-by-step projects from working studio potters.
Down-to-earth reading for ceramics teachers, students, professionals and hobbyists.
Clay Times is one of the world’s favorite ceramics magazines, serving studio potters and professional clay artists, teachers and students of the ceramic arts. Inside every issue: potters’ techniques, glaze recipes, firing know-how and useful studio tips for clay artists of all kinds.
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What Clay Times Covers
From foundational technique to advanced studio practice — pages full of how-to projects and field-tested advice.
Handbuilding
Slab, coil and pinch methods, with project articles such as making an oval tray and ideas drawn from the Handbuilt conference.
Decorating & Glaze Recipes
Tested glaze formulas, surface treatments and decorating ideas, with notes on safety, materials and chemistry.
Firing & Kilns
Electric, gas, wood and soda firing — equipment reviews, kiln know-how and troubleshooting straight from the studio.
Studio Tips & Tools
Useful studio tips for clay artists, plus a regular Shopper’s Guide for Potters to keep up with the tools you actually use.
Artist Profiles & Exhibitions
Calls for entries, exhibitions, ceramic news and in-depth artist interviews from around the international ceramics community.
Our mission
A down-to-earth magazine for ceramic artists of all kinds.
Clay Times® is one of the world’s favorite ceramics magazines, serving studio potters and professional clay artists, teachers and students of the ceramic arts. Every issue covers potters’ techniques and useful studio tips for clay artists, whether you’re a beginner pulling your first cylinder or a seasoned professional firing your own kiln.
The magazine has long been a meeting place for the international ceramics community — featuring articles on techniques, tools, glaze formulas, artist interviews and the conversations that shape contemporary clay practice.
From the archive
Selected Back Issues
Over two decades of articles, projects and ideas — every issue is full of help and inspiration for the ceramic artist.
Volume 13
69
Mar / Apr 2007
Two-week ceramics intensives · Studio practice · Profiles
Volume 15
82
2009
Calls for entries · Exhibitions · Contemporary ceramics
Volume 15
84
November 2009
Shopper’s Guide for Potters · Handbuilt conference · Making an oval tray · AKAR Gallery
Volume 21
99
Winter / Spring 2015
Wheel-throwing · Handbuilding · Decorating · Glaze recipes · Firing · Equipment · How-to projects
Written for every clay artist
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Studio Potters
Professional makers building a living from clay.
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Ceramic Artists
Sculptors and mixed-media artists pushing the medium.
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Teachers & Students
Classroom instructors and learners at every level.
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Hobbyists
Hands-in-clay readers who simply love the craft.