Pottery Internet Resources Frequently Asked Questions

This section written and compiled by Michelle Lowe (mishlowe@indirect.com) COPYRIGHT (C) 1996.
All rights reserved by the authors.
Last revised/updated 6/98, please e-mail Michelle with any suggestions or questions.
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1. INTERNET RESOURCES

1.1 newsgroups
1.2 mailing lists
1.3 irc-chat
1.4 WWW site list

1. INTERNET RESOURCES There are endless sources of information about clay and pottery on the net and the list grows longer daily. Here is the latest consolidation of web sites, and other net resources for pottery information.

1.1 Usenet group

rec.crafts.pottery

1.2 Mailing list

(from the informational message you receive on joining):
CLAYART is a forum for discussion of issues relating to clay and ceramics. CLAYART is a computer conference that serves as a means of communication for those interested in the ceramic arts. CLAYART is open to anyone wishing to participate, but will be particularly useful for those in ceramic-related areas of academia, private studios, galleries, etc.
To join CLAYART, send the following e-mail message to:
listserv@lsv.uky.edu
with this in the message body:
SUBSCRIBE CLAYART YourFirstName YourLastName

1.3 Live pottery chatter

IRC channel- #pottery at aspen.co.us.starlink.org (or any starlink server) registered channel for potters to chat about claystuff.
For more information about irc and the potter's channels try this url:
http://art.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/ircpotters.html
If you still have questions you can e-mail Michelle Lowe at mishlowe@indirect.com or Phyllis Michele Greenhouse at rapture@mail.accesspro.net.

1.4 WWW list...

1.4.1 RESOURCE FOR POTTERY MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR EQUIPMENT
1.4.2 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
1.4.3 GROUP and/or CHANGING EXHIBITIONS
1.4.4 HISTORICAL POTTERY AND PHILOSOPHY

1.4.1 RESOURCES FOR POTTERY MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR EQUIPMENT

Probably the best place for information on pottery on and off the net with many links to pages listed here and the ceramics database, clayart archives, information and glazes (and much much more).

Aardvark Clay
http://www.ceramics.com/aardvark/
American Art Clay Company
http://www.amaco.com/
American Craft Malls
http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/procraft
A.R.T. Studio Clay Company
http://www.artclay.com/
Axner Pottery Supply
http://www.axner.com/

Burkett's, Richard CeramicsWeb
http://apple.sdsu.edu/ceramicsweb/ceramicsweb.html

Castable soda kiln project
http://www.mpgallery.com/kiln/kiln.htm
Clayart postings archived
http://www.potters.org/categories

Duncan
http://www.duncan-enterprises.com/

Feldspar Corporation
http://www.ceramics.com/~ceramics/feldspar/

Geil kilns
http://www.kilns.com
Georgie's, Portland Oregon
http://www.georgies.com
Glaze Simulator and Rapid Fire Kiln Design
http://www.golden.net/~fraserf

Hansen, Tony-Insight and Magic of Fire
http://www.digitalfire.com/

Interglaze
http://psfa.sdsu.edu/interglaze/interglaze.html

Kaplan's, Jonathan miscellaneous ceramic links and books
http://www.craftweb.com/org/jkaplan/cdg.shtml
Kilnman
http://www.kilnman.com/
Kilnsite-kiln design
http://homepage.macomb.com/~gstengel/

Laguna Clay
http://www.lagunaclay.com

Minnesota Clay Company
http://www.mm.com/mnclayus/
Moore's, Faith-getting started in ceramics
http://miavx1.acs.muohio.edu/~moorefe/Index.html

NCECA-National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/nceca/

Paperclay
http://www.paperclayart.com/
Plainsman Clays
http://www.memlane.com/business/imc/pla/products.htm
Potters for Peace
http://www.cc.cc.ca.us/pfp/index.htm
Pottery supplier links and addresses
http://www.amug.org/~mishlowe/FAQs/claysuppliers.html

Skutt Ceramic Products
http://www.skutt.com/
Studio Gora-used gear for sale
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gora.art/products.htm

Talbott's, Marshall pottery and art bulletin boards
http://www.potteryinfo.com/

Used equipment for sale
http://www.kilnray.com

1.4.2 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS

Rusty Wiltjer, Wiltjer Pottery http://www.maine.com/shops/wiltjer/

Kathy McDonald, Willow Tree Pottery http://members.tripod.com/~kmcd3/

Michelle Lowe http://www.amug.org/~mishlowe/pottery.html

Gary Shaffer http://www.weir.net/~gshaffer

Kenneth Westfall http://www.ruralnet.org/pinehillpottery/

Karen Greene http://www.halcyon.com/cjlew/kgreene/kg.html

Edouard Bastarache http://sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/

Robert Wilt http://www.mdc.net/~rjwilt/

Paul Benford http://onlinerage.com/minipots/

Jeroen Bechtold http://www.euronet.nl/users/bbvbbv/index.html

Bill Buckner http://billtom.home.mindspring.com/

Peggy Heer http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/artists/pheer/

Andrew Werby http://users.lanminds.com/~drewid

Don Jones http://www.highfiber.com/~claysky/

Bill Geisinger http://kilnman.fhda.edu/geisinger.html

Phyllis Michele Greenhouse http://www.icanect.net/rapture

Krueger Pottery http://www.iwc.com/krueger/

Rhonda Reed http://www.gva.net/rreed/

Earl Brunner http://members.aol.com/brunnerec/

Joe Gora http://www3.sympatico.ca/gora.art

Phyllis Michele Greenhouse http://www.accesspro.net/rapture/

1.4.3 GROUP AND/OR CHANGING EXHIBITIONS

"Clay Arts House (TOUGEI-KAN)" Japanese ceramics http://www.coara.or.jp/coara/silicon/my.html
Craft Web http://www.craftweb.com
London Potters Guild http://www.coraltech.com/londonpotters/
Oregon Potters Association http://www.oregonpotters.org/
Strictly Functional Show http://www.art-craftpa.com
Virtual Ceramics Exhibition http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/vce/VCEhome.html
Kutani Ware. http://www.njk.co.jp/kutani/
National Museum of American Art http://www.nmaa.si.edu
Goshen College Art Gallery http://www.goshen.edu/
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. http://www.libertynet.org/~pmacraft
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild http://artsnet.heinz.cmu.edu/mcg/
Artscape http://www.artscape.com/ceramics.html
Arizona Clay club http://www.amug.org/~mishlowe/azclay/AzClay.html

1.4.4 HISTORICAL POTTERY AND PHILOSOPHY

The Stahl's Pottery Preservation Society http://www.ot.com/stahls

The Arts & Crafts Society http://www.arts-crafts.com