It's Friday, and you know what that means (sometimes). We have your dose of clay video porn. The following videos are a pair … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Missed Connection: Queer Gamer Seeks Love Through Ceramics
PHILADELPHIA––As if transported to a digital realm, Nick Lenker's 2017 multimedia installation Recreation (First Person) at … [Read more...]
Architecture | Artron Art Center, Ceramic Pixelation From Inside Out
SHANGHAI, China––At a distance, the new Artron Arts Center's pixelated effect looks like ruddy-colored brick, but upon closer … [Read more...]
Design | Yves Kiln, Anton Alvarez’ Paradoxical Ultramarine Clay Sculptures
MILAN––Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez's extruded clay sculptures have been called scatological, but, allow me to make … [Read more...]
Design | Smeg + Dolce&Gabbana’s Hand-Painted Kitchen Appliances
MILAN––Not clay, but rather a merging of high fashion and design in Smeg and Dolce&Gabbana's Sicily is my Love … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Ornamental Consequences in Barry Tate’s ‘This is Colony’
MELBOURNE, Australia––Multi-disciplinary artist Barry Tate's latest solo exhibition This is Colony at Fox Galleries (November … [Read more...]
Design | So Yeon Park’s Sensuous O’Keeffe-Inspired Bowls
Inspired by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early monumental, abstract flower paintings, South Korean ceramic artist So … [Read more...]
Architecture | The Urumqi Garden, D + H’s Spiraling Brick Garden Pavilion
ÜRÜMQI, China––Design plus Hope (D +H) design firm's spiraling brick garden pavilion reflects both the modern and traditional … [Read more...]
NewsFile | Gallery Closings, Museum Attendance + more!
Welcome to NewsFile, our round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Subversive European Porcelain in Laurent Craste’s ‘La Chute’
MONTREAL, Canada––On display in French artist Laurent Craste's latest exhibition La Chute (February 23 - April 28, 2018) are … [Read more...]
Tile | Mosaics Level Up with Bold Designs, Color + Possibilities
One might imagine mosaic designs as Byzantine, reserved for naves, or even childlike, but as The New York Times reports, tile … [Read more...]
cfile.campus | Conor Wilson Makes Research, Writing Feel Kind of… Fun + Romantic!
Many thanks to Conor J. R. Wilson for allowing Cfile to publish his impressive and fresh PhD thesis ‘Writing_Making: Object … [Read more...]
NewsFile | New MAD Director, Experts Fooled, a Revolutionary 3D Clay Printer + more!
Welcome to NewsFile, our round-up of news and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary … [Read more...]
Art | Trevor King Materializes his Grandfather’s Visions in ‘Notions’
NEW YORK––Working in sculpture, ceramics, video and installation, Trevor King's artistic practice materializes questions … [Read more...]
Exhibition | ‘The Squash,’ Anthea Hamilton Explores Imagery’s Physical Knowledge
LONDON––Tate Britain presents The Squash (March 22 - October 7, 2018), an immersive, tile-covered installation combining … [Read more...]
Not Clay | Hans Op de Beeck’s Immersive Monochrome Installations
Belgian visual artist Hans Op de Beeck creates immersive monochrome environments, where objects exist in a uniform shade of … [Read more...]
Art | Joan Bankemper’s Sculptural Mosaic Mandalas at Nancy Hoffman Gallery
NEW YORK––Joan Bankemper’s exhibition of Bee Mandala sculptures and raw canvas paintings at Nancy Hoffman Gallery (March 15 - … [Read more...]
Architecture | Papagayo House’s Parametric Undulating Brick
MONTERREY, Mexico––Architects Ariel Valenzuela and Diego Ledesma have refurbished the ‘Papagayo House,’ a single-story home … [Read more...]
Tile | Trash to Tile, ‘Trashpresso’ Transforms Plastic into Futuristic Tiles
MILAN––Making the rounds at this year's Milan Design Week (April 17 - 22, 2018) is the futuristic Trashpresso––the world’s … [Read more...]
Spotted | Destroyed Tile Art, Ceramic Spills, Finders Keepers + more!
Welcome to Spotted, our weekly top favorites finds from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary ceramics. In … [Read more...]
Design | Adam Furman’s Pop Art Reinterpretations of Classic Forms
MILAN––Emerging talent on the British art scene, Adam Nathaniel Furman will present his 'Historical Promiscuities' … [Read more...]
Spotted | Hypnotized by Ceramic, ‘Get Out’ Alternative Movie Posters
Welcome to Spotted, our weekly top-favorites list of related finds from the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
NewsFile | Tectonic Ceramics, Mapplethorpe Movie Debut + more
Welcome back to NewsFile, our weekly digest of newsworthy happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
Architecture | Grey + Cream Brick Crematorium a Reflection of Togetherness
RIEHEN, Switzerland––Just outside of Basel is a place of mourning and reflection, but those who visit are also welcomed by a … [Read more...]
Design | Malmö Upcycling Service Redefines Waste in ‘Odds & Ends’ Collection
Malmö Upcycling Service has reimagined and repurposed waste to create its range of design objects Odds & Ends, which the … [Read more...]
Art | Bruno Miguel’s Sculptural Regurgitations of History
NEW YORK––An immersive ecology of fantastical, distorted forms appear to erupt and spew from ordinary ceramic objects like … [Read more...]
Lecture Tour | WITNESS: Garth Clark + The Ceramicist Revolution Lecture at Sydney’s MCA
SYDNEY––Internationally renowned ceramics expert, writer and gallerist Garth Clark will bring his captivating … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Boucherouite, Francesca DiMattio’s Ceramic Grafting
NEW YORK—Large abstract paintings and seemingly impossible porcelain and stoneware sculptures comprise American artist … [Read more...]
Spotted | Erotic Sex Pots, Judith Hopf’s ‘Stepping Stairs,’ Ravit Lazer’s ‘Ruins’ + more!
Welcome to Spotted, our current, our ever-evolving top-favorites lists from the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
NewsFile | 3D Facial Reconstruction, Women Designers on the Rise + more!
Welcome to NewsFile, our round-up of newsy tidbits and happenings from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary … [Read more...]
Tile | 3D Custom Tile Seamlessly Blankets Surfaces
Check out these ceramic tiles that wrap around any surface in one harmonious sweep. DTILE's tile system, made up of rounded … [Read more...]
NewsFile | Scratch + Spin, a Vinyl-inspired Bathroom + Women in Architecture Awards
Welcome back to NewsFile, our round-up of news and happenings from across the world of contemporary ceramic art and … [Read more...]
Spotted | Get Fresh with These Minimalist Ceramic Funerary Urns
Welcome back to Spotted, our must-see list from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary ceramics. In this … [Read more...]
Lecture | Garth Clark Presents at CoCA ‘Restating Clay Conference’
YORK—Garth Clark is offering provocative lecture on marketing within the making process at the Centre of Ceramic Art's 2018 … [Read more...]
Video | States of Matter, Kinetic Designs + Material Investigations
It's Friday, and you know what that means: it's time for our (semi) weekly Video segment. This week we bring you the work of … [Read more...]
Design | 3D Experiments in ‘Table of Contents 101’ by Wang + Söderström
Danish art and design studio Wang & Söderström's new experimental mixed media series "Table of Contents 101" consists of … [Read more...]