A Journal of Ceramics

Kiln Review

Issue No. 24 · Spring 2026

Section

Vessels

Essays, notes, and studio reports from the Vessels desk.

  1. Throwing Against the Clock

    Mara Okafor

    In a studio where the wheel never stops, one potter measures her mornings in thrown cylinders — and argues for the discipline of speed.

  2. The Coil Builder's Chart

    Elena Marsh

    Coiling is a slow arithmetic of pressure and pause; a look at the ledger one builder keeps beside her worktable.

  3. Marks of the Sgraffito Hand

    Tomas Herrera

    Cutting through slip to the clay beneath — how one ceramicist turned a quick mark into a lifelong language.