Top 10 Clay Blogs of 2010

(This is old news! For a current list, see the Top Pottery Blogs of 2015.)

It has been a great year for pottery and blogs… and pottery blogs!  The following is an attempt to recognize some of the great blogs about pottery and ceramic art.  Instead of just picking 10 blogs subjectively, categories were created with a winner and several runners up for each.  There is plenty of overlap between categories so the winner of one category could also fit well in a number of other categories.  But all are worth reading.

All blogs are part of the Artist and Potter Feed and were judged only on 2010 content.

10. New Blogs

Some of the blogs that began in 2010.

Bfree Pottery

BreadPots

Elif Ozbay

See also: Stephen Fletcher Ceramics, Tom Gray Pottery, Clay and Color

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9. Other Artists Work

These are collections of work by other potters and ceramic artists.

Musing About Mud

A Plate A Day

(Mud) Bucket

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8. Professional Blogger

These blogs produced so many entries/posts that you might think they have full time blog writers.

Gary Jackson – Fire when ready

Tracey Broom

See also: Linda Starr – Blue Starr Gallery, Charlotte Hupfield

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7. Behind the Scenes

Not just forming clay and decorating it.  There are a lot of other things to be done as well.  Building kilns, selling things, taking photos, etc.

William Baker – Wood and Soda Fired Pottery

Alex Matisse (and his new blog)

Julie Jones

See also:  Good Elephant Pottery, Ang Design Blog

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6. Blog as a Gallery

Mostly images of finished work, usually few words.

Phil Rogers – Recent Pieces

The Slurry Bucket (Kent Harris)

Kim Murton

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5. Technical

How to do certain things.  Recipes, DIY equipment and tools, special techniques, etc.

CleanMud

Potter’s Journal

See also:  Lapella Art, Spinning Madly On

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4. Eye Candy

Probably the most subjective of all the categories, especially when the look of a blog can often change with a click of a mouse button.  These are the blogs that stand out for a unique and fantastic look.

MudStuffing Sketchbook

Jeff Campana

See also:  Michael Hamlin-Smith, Rebecca Wilson

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3. Process

You’ll find a good description (and images!) of the steps from preparing a lump of clay to pulling something out of the kiln.

StudioElan

Pigeon Road Pottery

See also:  Michael Mahan, Jemerick Art Pottery

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2. For the Masses

(Most Popular) Not exactly the scientific method here, just a combination of recent Alexa rankings and Google Subscribers.

This Artist’s Life

Emily Murphy

See also:  Jennifer Mecca, Kristen Kieffer

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1. Overall

The following blogs offer a good combination of most of the other categories.  Since they are all fantastic (and I haven’t received any bribe money)… it’s a tie.  Go read them all!

St. Earth Pottery

Ron Philbeck Pottery

Sawdust and Dirt

Bridges Pottery Blog

Lucy Fagella Pottery

Judi’s Kiln

Of course, a list like this is partially (mostly?) subjective.  It’s not an exact science (or easy) to judge a blog on a years worth of content.  If you think you know a clay blog that should have made the list state your case below.

Here’s to another great year of working with clay… and blogging about it!