Ceramics, ceramic art, pottery, porcelain history, potters, ceramic artists; a guide to websites

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African ceramics and pottery

Ceramic Arts at the National Museum of African Art

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

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

The Beazley Archive Classical Research Centre, Oxford University
Classical pottery techniques and styles.

Art Institute of Chicago ceramics collection.

Artists

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.

Shanghai Museum ceramics collection.

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 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

British/UK ceramics and pottery

Antique English Porcelain and Ceramics

British Ceramics Biennial
The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) launched in 2009 with a festival celebrating and showcasing contemporary ceramics from across the world. Set in Stoke-on-Trent – the heart of the UK ceramics industry, the festival takes place in established venues and non-traditional spaces across the city.

British Museum Asian ceramics collection.

Centre of Ceramic Art, York
The Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery. CoCA highlights and celebrates their collection of British Studio Ceramics, which is the largest and amongst the most important in the UK and covers the entire British studio ceramics movement. Formed mainly of large gifts from significant private collectors, it retains the unique personality, passions and obsessions of its creators, providing an insight into the socio-economic development of the British studio ceramics movement. The collection is supported by extensive and fascinating archives, as well as historical collections of ceramics which date back to pre-history.

Ceramic Art London
Ceramic Art London (CAL) in the King’s Cross area and the Central Saint Martins building, has now become one of the world’s leading ceramic fairs. Organized by the Craft Potters Association.

Christies European ceramics and glass department.

Dresser, Christopher. Christopher Dresser. Wikipedia
Christopher Dresser was a designer and design theorist, now widely known as one of the first and most important, independent designers and was a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement.

Christopher Dresser: Industrial Designer

Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution

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)

George Jones Majolica and Other Items from Trilogy Antiques.

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

Lowestoft Porcelain. Lowestoft Museum

Guide to Buying Lowestoft Porcelain. Antiques Trade Gazette

238 best Lowesstoft Porcelain images on Pinterest

Lowestoft Porcelain Factory. Wikipedia

Majolica and Other Items, from Trilogy Antiques.

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

Victoria and Albert Museum porcelain/ceramics collection.

Victorian Majolica
Wikipedia entry.

Wedgwood. Josiah Wedgwood,
Wikipedia entry.

Wedgwood Museum

Whieldon, Thomas. Thomas Whieldon
Wikipedia entry.

Willow pattern

A photograph of the willow pattern.

The Spode Museum Trust’s Willow Pattern webpage.

Worcester Porcelain Museum. (UK)

British potters

Michael Cardew
The Pottery Studio

Michael Cardew
Wikipedia

Michael Cardew
Aberystwyth Ceramics

Michael Cardew
Ceramics Today

Edmund de Waal
Alan Cristea gallery.

Edmund de Waal

Bernard Leach

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.

English: Meissen_hard_porcelain_vase_1735 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Chinese ceramics

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

Chinese ceramics.
Chinese porcelain painting workshop, Paris.

Chinese ceramics.
Wikipedia

Ming Dynasty Ceramics
Chinese Ming & Earlier Ceramics and Works of Art

Articles about Chinese Ceramics, The New York Times

Ceramics in The Song Dynasty

Chinese Ceramics at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Collecting Antique Chinese Porcelain and Ceramics
Provides information for collectors of Chinese ceramics.

Chinese porcelain, Wikipedia entry.

Sir Percival David Collection of Ceramics, The British Museum

Guest and Gray, London.
Antique Chinese Porcelain & Japanese Porcelain

Treasures of Chinese Porcelain at The Victoria and Albert Museum

Plat à décor de fleurs et d’oiseaux, dynastie Qing, période Kangxi (1662-1722) Musée Guimet, Paris

Clarine Cliff Collectors Club

Critical Ceramics
Ceramics reviews, ceramics articles, ceramics competitions.

The Czech Collectors Association

Galerie Besson, London
An established gallery exhibiting in ceramics.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Greek pottery

The Beazley Archive Classical Art Research Centre

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

Ancient Greek Pottery. Ancient History Encyclopedia

Greek pottery. Britannica.com

Pottery of ancient Greece . Wikipedia

British Museum. Greek pots

Athenian Vase Painting: Black- and Red-Figure Techniques

The Hermitage: Russian Porcelain and Ceramics of the 18th – Early 21st centuries.

History of ceramics

Ashmolean Museum collection of Islamic and Eastern Ceramics

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

Islamic Ceramic Museum

Japanese Ceramic history.

William Itter Collection of African Pottery

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

Hummel figurines.

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.

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.

Leach, Bernard. Bernard Leach, Wikipedia entry.

Lladró. Official site.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.