Of Place and Purpose: Gay Smith’s Artistic Evolution + Cover
Originally published in Ceramics Monthly, April, 2007, Pages 34-39.
Reproduced with permission. Copyright, the American Ceramic Society.
The Function of Storage
Originally published in Ceramics Monthly, December, 2010, Pages 40-43.
Reproduced with permission. Copyright, the American Ceramic Society.
Ode To The Queen of Cups
Searching for that wobble.
by Mija Reidel
Oxford American, Issue 69, page 103.
Reproduced with permission Oxford American.
Seeding the Continent
by Gertrude Graham Smith
Originally published in The Studio Potter, Vol. 41, number 2, 2013
Copyright The Studio Potter. Reproduced with permission.
In this installment of the Ceramic Arts Daily Video Series, Gertrude Graham (nicknamed Gay) Smith shares the ways she works with freshly thrown pots to alter surface and form. In this program, she shows ways to alter fresh surfaces, as well as how to enhance those marks in the trimming and finishing. Also, covered are considerations of form and how to make the pieces more utilitarian. If you find yourself in love with the nature of freshly thrown clay and want to learn to successfully capture it in your work, this video is for you!