Earth and Clay

Celebrating his 80th birthday this autumn, Belgian visual artist Piet Stockmans presents a new publication as well as a new exhibition in the former metal warehouse of the Winterslag coal mine, which coincidentally, is where his studio, Studio Pieter Stockmans, is also located.

With his ‘Pressed’ objects, innovative Dutch ceramicist Floris Wubben continues to push the limits of his materials by using a self-developed extrusion machine to explore their characteristics and their behaviour when being moulded.

Ceramic artist Bela Silva’s first solo show at Spazio Nobile (BE) is the perfect occasion to (re)discover her poetic works and universe.

One of Finland’s most internationally renowned ceramic artists, Kristina Riska’s first solo show with Galerie Forsblom showcases two series that each reflect on the artist’s methodology of bringing unknown or looked over ideas into the spotlight.

Sarah Myerscough Gallery presents Tectonics, a show focussing on ancient materials which speak of the nature of the planet and her crust.

TLmag talks to Norwegian ceramic artist Ann Beate Tempelhaug, whose large-scale ceramic objects aim to offer a meditation on time.

Art historian (and managing director of Keramis) Ludovic Recchia discusses the dynamic history and possibilities of ceramics, a medium that is rooted in Walloon tradition, but also in the present.

An extensive collection of studio ceramics created by Andile Dyalvane during a recent residency at Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall (UK) will be exhibited at Southern Guild from 18 January to 29 February 2020.

Morten Løbner Espersen pushes the limits of ceramics in scale, glazing techniques and his unique approach to ornamentation at his exhibition ‘Terra Nova’

We talk to Miguel Giner Gutierrez, winner of the Rado Star Prize at Madrid Design Festival, to discover how he is bringing craft to industrial manufacturing

We look at some of the newest objects to join the collection at The National Museum of Scotland as it comes to the end of a 15-year-long journey

Can craft change the world? MAD, New York, explores the innovation behind 21st century crafts, framing craft as an agent of change and political activism