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In Focus | Ceramic Forms: The Humble Jug

October 15, 2020January 16, 2017 by Abu Morshed Julash
Humble Jug Ceramics Form Anne Mette Hjortshoj featured image jpg webp In Focus | Ceramic Forms: The Humble Jug Mixed Potters

One of the simplest ceramic forms with the most basic of uses, the jug has a complex history. Read our latest ceramics musing on jugs of the past and present.

Categories Read Tags Baluster Jugs, Ceramics History, Ceramics In Focus, Domestic Ware, Form, functional, Jugs, Medieval, Mixed Potters, Use

We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Character (Pt. 3)

October 15, 2020June 25, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Good Pot Character Jean Nicolas Gerard Rabbit Dish featured image jpg webp We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Character (Pt. 3) Mixed Potters

In the third and final part of our How to Spot a Good Pot series we take a look at how character is at the heart of every good potter’s work.

Categories Read Tags Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Goldmark Gallery, Mixed Potters, Opinion

We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Surface (Pt. 2)

October 12, 2020April 21, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Good Pot Surface Anne Mette Hjortshoj featured image jpg webp We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Surface (Pt. 2) Mixed Potters

If the surface of a pot tells a story, decoration is the potter’s language, gestural marks and impressed shapes their vocabulary.

Categories Read Tags Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Decoration, Goldmark Gallery, Guide, Handmade, Mixed Potters, Surface

We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Form (Pt. 1)

December 5, 2024April 7, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Good Pot Form Anne Mette Hjortshoj Square Bottle featured image jpg webp We Love Clay Guide | How to Spot a Good Pot: Form (Pt. 1) Mixed Potters

At the Goldmark Gallery we’re constantly handling pots. At work we sell and display them; at home we cook, eat and drink with them daily.

Categories Read Tags Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Form, Goldmark Gallery, Guide, Handmade, Mixed Potters

We Love Clay Guide | Buying Pots: 10 Types of Ceramic Decoration

October 12, 2020March 24, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Glossary Of Decoration featured image

It can be difficult to spot how different marks on a pot have been achieved. Here’s our short guide to ceramic decoration to get you started.

Categories Read Tags Buncheong / Hakeme, Buying Pots, Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Combing, Decoration, Goldmark Gallery, Guide, Mixed Potters, New Buyers, Paddling, Pot Buyers, Sgraffito, Slipware, Wax Resist

We Love Clay Guide | Buying Pots: A Brief Glossary of Glazes

October 15, 2020March 17, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Glossary Glazes featured image

When you first start collecting pots, keeping track of the many different glazes on different pots can be more than a little tricky.

Categories Articles, Ceramics, Goldmark Guide Tags Ash Glaze, Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Glazing, Goldmark Gallery, Guide, Mixed Potters, Nuka, Oribe, Salt Glaze, Shino, Soda Glaze, Tenmoku

We Love Clay Guide | Buying Pots: How to Start Collecting Ceramics

December 31, 2020March 10, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
starting ceramics collection 3 jpg webp We Love Clay Guide | Buying Pots: How to Start Collecting Ceramics Mixed Potters

Buying, owning and using pots is an experience that can change your life. Here’s our helpful introduction to starting a ceramics collection.

Categories Articles, Ceramics, Goldmark Guide Tags Ceramics Guide, Collectors, Domestic Ware, functional, Goldmark Gallery, Guide, Jars, Mixed Potters, Plates

In Focus | Chadō and the Chawan: 5 Potters and their Tea Bowls

October 15, 2020March 9, 2016 by Abu Morshed Julash
Wood-fired Chawan by Phil Rogers

Chawans are supremely personal ceramic forms. The very best are thought to have captured in gentle form and decoration the essence of their maker.

Categories Articles, Ceramics, In Focus Tags Anglo-Oriental, Bowls, Ceramics History, Ceramics In Focus, Chanoyu, Chawans, Japanese, Korean Pottery, Mixed Potters, Tea Bowls, Tea Ceremony, Way of Tea

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