After a life in engineering, Maryann Clarin says she is most happy now with a brush in hand and something to paint on. Porcelain plates are a specialty. At the Central States Fair, the Piedmont ...

Teri Koenig is an artist from Sykesville who paints china. Koenig began to paint ceramics such as pitchers and figurines when she was in third grade. When Koenig was 16 years old she visited a ...

CUMBERLAND — Betty Ward has to know where the light will hit before she ever puts paint to porcelain. Painting on delicate china takes careful application of a special pigment-and-oil mixture and ...

The exhibits at Nanchang Porcelain Painting Museum impress most visitors with their elegant and vivid depictions, but for some they may also evoke childhood memories, especially senior citizens.

The word “amalgam” arose in the no-man’s land between metallurgy and alchemy. Mixing mercury with base metals was the meaning. Creating gold was often the goal. Molly Hatch’s “Amalgam” (2024) creates ...