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Cover: Päivi Rintaniemi Process: Wall Tessellations Spotlight: Lindsay Rogers Clay Culture: Connect Via Clay KILNS BUILT TO LAST L&L Kiln’s patented hard ceramic element holders protect your kiln KILNS BUILT TO LAST 505 Sharptown Road • Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Phone: 856.294.0077 • Fax: 856.294.0070 Email: [email protected] • Web: hotkilns.com Nothing beats a Bailey! Bailey has it all. Best Selection! Best Products! Best Service! Best Prices! www.baileypottery.com www.ceramicsmonthly.org march 2019 1 The International Contemporary Ceramics Event 22- 24 March Central Saint Martins King’s Cross Image: Grainne Watts CERAMIC ceramicartlondon.com REVIEW 2 march 2019 www.ceramicsmonthly.org www.ceramicsmonthly.org march 2019 3 “Running a business is stressful; running a business with something as volatile as pottery is even more stressful. But I can always count on my Brent.” - Alex Apland 4 march 2019 www.ceramicsmonthly.org Photo by: Laura Nelson check out the June Issue to learn more about the Versatility of Velvets! Earline Green’s clay spirit quilts on display in the Dunbar Lan- caster-Kiest Branch Library in Dallas, Texas. A Texas potter makes 1,300 pound quilts with her Paragon Dragon As a child, Earline Green made hand-stitched quilts with her grandmother Mama Freddie. Earline spent more time quilting with the older ladies than she did playing with children her own age. Her early experiences with the lively quilters taught her a life-long love of artwork. Earline’s other grandmother, Mama Ginger, taught her advanced quilting patterns. Later this in- fluenced the design of Earline’s stoneware quilt tile mosaics displayed in the entrance of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Library in Dal- las, Texas. 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Tel: 905-889-7705 Toll free: 1-800-304-6185 Email: [email protected] www.ceramicsmonthly.org 8 march 2019 www.ceramicsmonthly.org 2019 NCECA JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION Left: Alexa Harding Soo Visual Arts Center | 2909 Bryant Ave S #101| Minneapolis, MN 55408 Top: Jennifer Masley Bottom: Chanakarn Semachai O3.27–3O.2O19 • MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AT NCECA.NET www.ceramicsmonthly.org march 2019 9 contentsmarch 2019 volume 67, number 3 editorial 12 From the Editor Jessica Knapp quick tip 14 Scrap Trap Table by Daniel Ingersoll exposure 16 Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions techno file 60 Porcelain 201 by Thomas Anderson Need a good porcelain clay body recipe, but having trouble choosing from the hundreds online? Here are some important rules on material choices and limits to help you make the best selection for your studio. tips and tools 62 Extruder Conversion by E. Preston Rice and Madeleine Coomey An electric caulk gun can be repurposed with the addition of a few PVC pieces to make small-scale extrusions faster to produce and easier on the hands and wrists. recipes 66 Recipes to Build On by Eric Botbyl, Kari Radasch, and Shalene Valenzuela 68 Tried and True Recipes by Mike Cinelli, Jackie Head, Jennifer Higerd, Justin Rothshank, and Deb Schwartzkopf resources 77 Call for Entries Information on submitting work for exhibitions, fairs, and festivals. 78 Classifieds Looking to buy? Looking to sell? Look no further. 79 Index to Advertisers spotlight 80 Repurposed Lindsay Rogers discusses her collaboration with Sow True Seeds for an exhibition focused on adopting sustainable agricultural practices in the US. 16 10 march 2019 www.ceramicsmonthly.org clay culture 22 Connecting Via Clay by Kelly Brinkman Artists living in small towns or rural areas that don’t have art centers or community studios offering space or classes can have a hard time finding a creative community. When faced with this fact, Kelly Brinkman and several other local clay artists started a group of their own.