Historically, traditional ceramics like porcelain, brick, and earthenware were primarily composed of clays and silicates and were used by early civilizations to create functional objects. Over time, ...

Ceramics, though, were not Ali Schorman’s first artistic love; she went to ASU to study drawing. She says as she was getting ready to finish her degree, she needed to take some classes she’d been ...

Ceramics possess a diverse range of properties that enable their use in various applications. These include low thermal conductivity, high heat capacity, corrosion resistance, oxidation resistance, ...

Ceramics can inspire a kind of obsession. Mark Twain, in fact, was an avid collector of the stuff. The author once effused that the “marks on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw ...

At the end of the 1940s, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) started creating ceramic works. At the time, Picasso spent his summers on the Cote d’Azur in the South of France. Following earlier trips to ...

Several ceramics-focused workshops are being offered during Summer Arts at Alfred, welcoming artists and art educators to the ...

GREENFIELD – From tiny, decorative eggs displayed on the counter tops to large, detailed dragons along the shelves of ceramic pieces, there are plenty of art pieces to choose from and waiting to be ...

Ceramics are lightweight and hard, but you can’t make jet engines out of them because they’d shatter like dinner plates. So, materials scientists have been trying to mimic natural materials that ...

Pablo Picasso took up ceramics in his 60s, and it’s tempting to imagine why: Financially flush with a weighty political voice established by such works as “Guernica,” the mural painted in response to ...

Ceramic brake pads outlast semi-metallics by up to 50% despite myths claiming 30% shorter life, with real testing showing ...

From afar, Stephanie Shih’s most recent ceramic work looks like something pulled from a grocery shelf: a bottle of Chinkiang vinegar, a gallon can of Kikkoman soy sauce, a 50-pound bag of rice. Get ...