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Ceramics, Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Pottery

Cerámica; Ceramiche; Keramik; Céramique, poterie

A Guide to Top Ceramic/Pottery Art Websites

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African ceramics and pottery

Ceramic Arts at the National Museum of African Art

African Ceramics, African Pottery.
Unique Handmade African Ceramics, Pottery and Collectors' Items from Zimbabwe.

African terracotta.
From the village in Nigeria where pottery figures of this kind were first found.

Ceramics Today: African Ceramics

Pottery of Western Cameroon, Africa
Pottery techniques in the area around Foumban, Cameroon, Africa.

William Itter Collection of African Pottery
The American Ceramic Society Home Page
An international association that provides the latest technical, scientific and educational information to its members.

Ancient classical pottery

Art Institute of Chicago cermaics collection.

Artists

Artists. An international directory of artists in ceramics,
from The Open Directory Project.

Studio potters,
a list from Wikipedia.

Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean, Britain's oldest public museum, has one of the finest collections of ceramics in the world. Now the Museum has launched an ambitious and pioneering project for the twenty-first century - PotWeb - to create an online catalogue of their entire ceramic collection.

Asian ceramics

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

British Museum Asian ceramics collection.

Chinese ceramics.
Chinese porcelain painting workshop, Paris.

Museum of Oriental Ceramics

Shanghai Museum ceramics collection.

Vermeer and Griggs, specialists in fine asian ceramics.
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The Beazley Archive Classical Research Centre, Oxford University
Classical pottery techniques and styles.

Belgium

Belgium. A guide to Ceramics in Belgium.
Guide a la Céramique contemporaine en Belgique.

Belgian Ceramics Homepage

History of modern Belgian ceramics.

Belgian Ceramic Society
Belgian Ceramic Society (BCerS) ! The Belgian Ceramic Society
(BCerS) is a Belgian learned society of scientists and manufacturers,

Belgian Ceramics Dealers Associated - BRAFA

Britain/UK ceramics and pottery

Antique English Porcelain and Ceramics

British Museum Asian ceramics collection.

Christies European ceramics and glass department.

de Waal, Edmund, Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal was apprenticed as a potter in Canterbury, studied in Japan and then read English at Cambridge. His porcelain is in thirty international museum collections: most recently he has created major installations for the V&A and Tate Britain. He is working on exhibitions for museums in the UK and America and on commissions for private clients. Edmund has also written widely on art and ceramics. He is the author of The Hare with Amber Eyes.

George Jones (& Sons)


Harlequin Gallery. London
The Harlequin Gallery, run by John Rastall, has been dealing in and exhibiting classical and contemporary studio pottery and eeramics for over 20 years.

Lowestoft Porcelain
Porcelain producing workshop. Details of current catalogue, history of porcelain production in Lowestoft and contact details.

Majolica and Other Items, from Trilogy Antiques.

The Majolica Society

Moorcroft Pottery
Official site.

Royal Crown Derby

Royal Doulton

Sotheby's ceramics and glass department.

Staffordshire pottery. Resources on the North Staffordshire Pottery Industry.

Stoke-on-Trent Museums

Thomas Minton

Victoria and Albert Museum porcelain/ceramics collection.

Victorian Majolica
Wikipedia entry.

Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood,
Wikipedia entry.

Wedgwood Museum

Wedgwood collection, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK.

Whiedon, Thomas. Thomas Whieldon
Wikipedia entry.

Willow pattern


Worcester Porcelain Museum. (UK)

British potters

Michael Cardew
The Pottery Studio

Aberystwyth Ceramics

Michael Cardew
Ceramics Today

Edmund de Waal
Alan Cristea gallery.

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Ceramic Arts Daily
An online ceramic arts journal.

Ceramics Art and Perception
aims to set the standard as a dedicated magazine on ceramic art. 

Ceramics collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Ceramics Today
An extensive resource on ceramics and pottery, including the web's largest up-to-date links database, a gallery and articles.

Chinese ceramics

Clarine Cliff Collectors Club

Critical Ceramics
Ceramics reviews, ceramics articles, ceramics competitions.

The Czech Collectors Association

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Delftware

Delftware identity markings.

Wikipedia entry on Defltware.

Dutch ceramics

Dutch Ceramics and Pottery, a dedicated website.

A website of Gouda pottery & Delftware, for collectors by collectors.
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English ceramics and porcelain

Antique English Porcelain and Ceramics

European Ceramic Society

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Galerie Besson, London.
An established gallery exhibiting in ceramics.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Greek pottery

Guldagergård, Denmark.
An international ceramic research center for the development of ceramic art.

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The Hermitage Museum, Russia.
The applied arts collection.

History of ceramics

History of antiques, a summary.

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

Ceramic history for potters.
A comprehensive collection of historical information covering ceramic objects, pottery, glazing and firing techniques.

Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation
The Smithsonian

Islamic Ceramic Museum

Aegean Art History site of Ohio University

Japanese Ceramic history.

William Itter Collection of African Pottery

The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture

Clayhound
Images and information on Native American Pottery.

Hummel figurines.

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Industrial Minerals.
Ceramics and Industrial Minerals offers a list of resources dedicated to ceramics, industrial minerals and related topics.

International Museum of Ceramic Art (New York).

Italian ceramics

Italian Renaissance ceramics.
National Gallery of Art Collection

Majolica, an article from Ceramics Today.

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Japanese ceramics

Japanese Pottery Resource Centre

Wood-fired Stoneware
Shiho Kanzaki's Anagama Studio in Shigaraki, Japan.

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

Japanese pottery and porcelain.
Wikipedia

Japanese Pottery Information Center
A source for information on Japanese pottery, antique ceramics, styles and traditions.

Japanese porcelain marks.

Explore Japanese Ceramics
Joanna Bird Pottery and Ceramics, London.
A dealer in modern and classical pottery and ceramics.

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Leach, Bernard. Bernard Leach, Wikipedia entry.

Lladró. Official site.

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Magazines, journals

Ceramics Monthly
Featured selections from the current issue, brief descriptions of future articles, and recommended books.

Ceramic Arts Daily
An online ceramic arts journal.

Ceramics Art and Perception
aims to set the standard as a dedicated magazine on ceramic art. 

Pottery Making Illustrated
How-to quarterly magazine for professional or amateur potters.

Clay Times
For clay enthusiasts of all kinds. Featuring photographs and articles on wheelthrowing, handbuilding, glazing, firing, and more.

Twentieth Century Ceramics
Agora Magazine, dedicated to the discussion of 20th Century ceramics.

Critical Ceramics
Nonprofit committed to publishing a range of articles and reviews on international contemporary ceramic art.

Meissen porcelain, Wikipedia entry.

Museums

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

The Bowes Museum
The museum holds nationally and internationally important collections including paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, and silver objets d'art.
Searchable collections of 5000 European and oriental ceramics, each with an image and description.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Applied arts collections.

Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Japan.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Ceramics - The Art of Asia

Metropolitan Museum Timeline of Art History

PotWeb
A project to put the extensive ceramics collection of the Ashmolean Museum Oxford online.

Shanghai Museum ceramics collection.

Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
Images of the contemporary ceramic art collection, plus extra information on many of the artists and their work.

Victoria and Albert Museum porcelain/ceramics collection.

New York State College of Ceramics

New Zealand potters,
a dedicated site for New Zealand pottery art.

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Organizations

American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Promotes the development and use of ceramics through forums for knowledge exchange.

National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
NCECA provides resources and support for individuals, schools, and organizations with an interest in the ceramic arts.

The Studio Potter
Includes articles, book and video reviews, online gallery.

Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California

Porcelain Enamel Institute
Trade association of the porcelain enamel industry in North America.

American Art Pottery Association
Information and links regarding pottery and the association.

Taiwan Ceramics Net
Nonprofit station for ceramic artists organized by the Chinese Ceramics Association Taiwan (CCAT).

Ceramic Arts Association of Western Australia

Ceramic Arts Guild
Community of practicing ceramics artists and potters, offering workshops, shows, and more.

Ceramics Artists Association of Israel (CAAI)

Nottingham Center for the Arts
Nonprofit center for the studio arts. workshops, programs, classes, studio space and scholarships for working artists.

World Organization of China Painters
A unique museum dedicated to the preservation of antique and contemporary hand-painted china.


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Palestinian Pottery. Hand-made pottery by the Balian family.

Performance-Materials.Net
A unique information source for everyone interested in research, development, manufacture and applications of advanced ceramics, composites, plastics and biomedical materials, Performance Materials.Net contains a wealth of news and information indexed by application, brand, company and places. Fully searchable, the website offers users the chance to access summary information for free.

Persian/Iranian pottery and ceramics


The characteristics, values, and methods of contemporary Iranian pottery.

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Collector's Help and Info Page.

Artlex on Porcelain.

Bone china. How bone china is made.

Blue and white porcelain.
Wikipedia entry.

Chinese porcelain, Wikipedia entry.

Chinese porcelain.
Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain. Guest and Gray

Derby International Porcelain Society

English porcelain.
Antique English Porcelain and Ceramics

Cathcart's Antiques:
English Porcelain, A Potted History

French Porcelain. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Meissen collection.

German porcelain

German porcelain.
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Meissen homepage.

Lladró. Wikipedia entry.

Lladró official web site.

Meissen porcelain, Wikipedia entry.

Meissen Porcelain homepage.

Painting on Porcelain

Royal Doulton

Sèvres

Victoria and Albert Museum porcelain/ceramics collection.

Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood,
Wikipedia entry.

Wedgwood Museum

Wedgwood collection, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK.

Wikipedia entry on porcelain.

Worcester Porcelain Museum. (UK)


Bustelli, Franz Anton.
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Franz Anton Bustelli. WWAR

Potters

Artists. An international directory of artists in ceramics,
from The Open Directory Project.

Studio potters,
a list from Wikipedia.

Pottery, Wikipedia entry.

Pottery Studio
A knowledge base for collectors, students and pottery enthusiasts.

Japanese Potters,
search results from Wikipedia.


Michael Cardew
The Pottery Studio

Aberystwyth Ceramics

Michael Cardew
Ceramics Today

Edmund de Waal
Alan Cristea gallery.


Bernard Leach

Len Castle

Raku Yaki, Japanese ceramics.
The Raku Museum is a unique museum of Raku ware exhibiting a collection of Raku pieces handed down by the Raku family, a ceramics dynasty of 450 years.

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Renaissance ceramics

Renaissance ceramics. Italian Renaissance ceramics.
National Gallery of Art Collection

Maiolica
Wikipedia entry.

Royal Doulton, U.K.

Taiwan Ceramics Net
Chinese Ceramics Association of Taiwan

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Techniques

Performance-Materials.Net
A unique information source for everyone interested in research, development, manufacture and applications of advanced ceramics, composites, plastics and biomedical materials, Performance Materials.Net contains a wealth of news and information indexed by application, brand, company and places. Fully searchable, the website offers users the chance to access summary information for free.

Pottery Studio
A knowledge base for collectors, students and pottery enthusiasts.

Tiles, ceramics, pottery website links. 
Tiles on the Web

Twentieth Century Ceramics
Agora Magazine, dedicated to the discussion of 20th Century ceramics.

University of Wales Ceramic Collection and Archive

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Victoria and Albert Museum porcelain/ceramics collection.

W

Wedgewood, U. K.

Wikipedia entry on ceramic art.

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