History of Ceramics

Wikipedia defines ceramic art as "... art made from ceramic materials (including clay), which may take forms including art ware, tile, figurines, sculpture, and tableware. Ceramic art is one of the arts, particularly one of the visual arts, and of those, it is one of the plastic arts. While some ceramics are considered fine art, some are considered to be decorative, industrial or applied art objects. Ceramics may also be considered artifacts in archaeology. Ceramic art can be made by one person or by a group of people...(continue reading) "

Elements that are important in ceramic art are the clay body, glazes, and firing temperature.

About Tom Miller

Tom is a chemist by trade, but grew to love manipulating clay. Many ceramic artists focus on functional pieces like plates, bowls, cups, but Tom loves to stretch the clay and glazes to its minimum and maximum extremes. In doing so, most of his work is artistic and very nonfunctional.

After learning the basic shapes and processes using a kick wheel, he has focused on handbuilding using slabs. At one point, he started deliberately making holes in pieces to make sure that the ceramic item's physicality was the focus rather than how the item was to be used.

He explores texture and structure in unique ways. He understands that not everyone will appreciate his art, but his passion is to push the clay and other elements to a conclusion.

Where can you find his work?

You can find his work for sale in his Etsy shop. Link coming soon.

His work was selected for a June show entitled "8030: remembering 22 veterans lost each day show" at  Clay Space.  To the right is a picture of the 660 pieces in that show. There was one for each military suicide in a month.