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Welcome to MD-Ceramics Studio Updates

Published about 1 year ago • 1 min read

Welcome to Studio Updates

from MD Ceramics and GOOD Glaze

Stories from the studio

Thank you for subscribing to quarterly updates from MD Ceramics and GOOD Glaze. I'm excited to share my ongoing work at the intersection of contemporary ceramics and vibrant materiality.

What to expect in upcoming newsletters...

  • Behind-the-scenes studio process, material experiments, and stories of science and theory that influence it all
  • New work reveals and exhibition announcements
  • Research insights connecting moments in scientific history, archival research, and contemporary ceramic practice
  • Glaze development notes and technical discoveries
  • Reflections on post-anthropocentric approaches to making and material agency
  • Updates on installations, collaborations, and shop restocks

About my practice...

I am a ceramic artist based on Brattleboro, Vermont, working with organic hollow forms exploring flowing glazes, natural claybody surface, and muted palettes of blues, greys, greens, and earth tones. After 25 years in academia focusing on theories of vibrant materiality and non-human agency in the social history and philosophy of technology, I transitioned to a studio practice bringing my systematic research methodologies to ceramic sculpture. My work investigates material collaboration and the agency of clay, glaze, heat and time in the making process.

I create pieces ranging from intimate desktop sculptures that invite whimsy and play with their multiple rearrangeable forms to large installations that highlight the relationship between multiple pieces making a statement together. I always ask how the materials themselves participate in the creative process along with me, the artist, and you, the viewer. This approach draws from new materials theory which remaining grounded in the physical realities of ceramic studio practice.

Connect with my work...

  • Ceramic Sculpture: md-ceramics.com
  • Glaze Research and Consulting: good-glaze.com
  • Instagram: @mdceramics.goodglaze

These quarterly updates will arrive in your inbox seasonally, offering a deeper look into the theoretical and practical aspects of my studio work. I am grateful that you are interested in following this journey where academic rigor meets clay.

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Meg Dougherty, Ceramic artist

A ceramic artist based on Brattleboro, VT, creating abstract sculptural forms that explore material agency through the lens of new materialism theory. After 25 years in academia, systematic methodology guides my studio practice investigating how clay, glaze, heat and time collaborate in the creative process.

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