Ceramics: Art & Perception 117 2021

CONTENTS

• Seeking Sustainability by Brian Benfer
• Heidi Bjørgan by Frances McDonald
• Roberta Griffith: Street Stuff by Farraday Newsome
• Contemporary Exploration of Ceramics in Nigeria: Ngozi Omeje's Connecting Deep Exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos by Chijioke Onuora, Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, Nneka Odoh and George Odoh
• Clay as Terracotta Sculpture: A Provocative and Divergent Contemporary Conceptual Approach by Léopold L. Foulem
• One Idea, Six Movements: Ozioma Onuzulike's Suyascape Series by Chijioke Onuora, George Odoh and Eva Obodo
• Taxoo Lee: Reborn Connecting the Present With the Trivial Things of the Past by Jisu Hong
• Sandcastles in the Sky: An Adventure With Ceramic Maker Anna Barlow by Paul Bailey
• Theaster Gates Black Vessel @ Gagosian Chelsea, New York by Janet Koplos
• Phil Rogers Eulogy by Mike Goldmark
• Phil Rogers Obituary by Josh Mansfield
• An International Woodfiring Exchange by Dick Lehman
• The Craft and Customs of the Li Potters of Hainan by Zhang Hongxia
• The Forgotten One: Furnace Transmutation by Chen Yongqun
• Silent Defiance: Ceramic Scultpure by Paul Metivier by Matthew Kangas

• The Light Still Shines Bright by Shi Di and Deng Rong
• Special Antique English Ceramics Exhibition: Displayed at Community Archives, Upson County, Georgia, US by Lewis Hale
• Book Review: Daniel Johnston: A Portrait of the Artist as a Potter in North Carolina by Henry Glassie Review by Bryce Brisco
• Joe Pintz: The Old Way by Janet Koplos
• Book Review: Hare's Fur by Trevor Shearston Review by Peter Wilson
• Inspired to Write by Sebastian Blackie
• Multiple Modernisms: A Perspective on Contemporary Asian Globalism by Ray Chen

TECHNICAL

• Deep Ornament: Eliza Au and the Pursuit of Serenity by Amy Gogarty
• Q&A: Clay Body Absorption by Jeff Zamek
• Potter's Reduction Diagrams by Howard T Sawhill
• Cobalt on Trial by Jeff Zamek
• Protoclay: A Potter's Inquiry into Fired Granite by Bob Kavanagh
• Decorating Pottery and Sculpture Without a Glaze by Jayne Shatz

Cover image: Theaster Gates, Brick Reliquary - Tea Compression of Rectangle with Melted Bowl, 2020 Stoneware tea bowl, kiln post, refractory clay, wood fired brick, wood ash, magnesium dioxide, black stain and alumina carbide shelf. 18 x 22 x 9 in (45.7 x 55.9 x 22.9 cm)
Artwork © Theaster Gates.
Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.