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Featured Journals

Ceramic review
Ceramic Review is the international magazine for contemporary and historical ceramic art. The bi-monthly magazine contains a range of features on historic and contemporary practice, as well as valued technical information, masterclasses, auction coverage for collectors, exclusive interviews and signposts to key events and exhibitions.
Crafts
Published by the Crafts Council, Crafts magazine offers news, reviews and opinion, alongside a selection of in-depth features, essays and critical debate. Crafts champions high-quality contemporary craft practice nationally and internationally, as well as its impact on social, economic and cultural life.

The library offers over 200,000 print and electronic books. Print books are arranged by shelf number, which are found using LibrarySearch and on the book binding, the most relevant numbers are -

Ceramics & Ceramic Techniques	738
Ceramics by Country: A-Z	738
Ceramics Design	738.02
Colour Theory	752
Crafts	745.5
Craft Theory	745.01
Design History	745.409
Earthenware	738
Glass Design	721.044
Glass & Metalwork Art Nouveau	799.035
Glazes	738.144
Pottery	739.09
Sculpture	730
Stoneware	738.3
Sustainable Design	745.2

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Journals provide up to date research in your area of study, they may be available in print or electronic format and can be found using LibrarySearch. A list of all current journals can be found using the Journals A-Z, the most relevant are -

Ceramic Review
Ceramic Review is the international magazine for contemporary and historical ceramic art. The bi-monthly magazine contains a range of features on historic and contemporary practice, as well as valued technical information, masterclasses, auction coverage for collectors, exclusive interviews and signposts to key events and exhibitions.
Ceramics: Art and Perception
We... encourage the widest possible range of voices from practising ceramists, academics, professional writers and art critics on subjects important to ceramics, and thus provide a platform for discourse, dialogue and debate about ideas important to ceramists.
Ceramics in America
The mission of The Chipstone Foundation is to promote and enhance appreciation and knowledge of American material culture (emphasizing the decorative arts) by scholars, students and the general public.
Ceramics Monthly
Articles, information and resources for and about ceramics and pottery.
Crafts
Provides news, analysis and reviews for makers, collectors, and lovers of craft.
Glass: the UrbanGlass art quarterly
"...presents serious discourse about glass as a medium for contemporary art... founded by Richard Yelle in 1979...the magazine has provided a critical context to the most important work being done in the medium of glass. Its contributors include some of the most important critics and curators in the field."
1990 to Present in UCA Print Journals, Farnham Library. Incomplete
Glass Art magazine
"Glass Art is the magazine for the art glass industry. Everything from etching, painting, engraving, and stained glass to fusing, kilnworking, glassblowing, and flameworking is included... world-renowned artists share aesthetic and technical information, how they are adapting to current shifts in global business, and what they have learned from their successes and failures." 2019 to Present in UCA Print Journals, Farnham Library
Glass on metal
Ceased publication in 2016, but still a useful resource on enameling.
Glass on Metal, a magazine pertaining to vitreous enamel and related arts... whose mission is to help perpetuate, preserve, and expand the use and art of vitreous enamel. Glass on Metal's goal is to open communication among users of enamel, and to educate the public about the concept of glass on metal.
Journal of Advanced Ceramics
Presents international research on processing, structure and properties of advanced ceramics and ceramic-based composites.
Journal of Modern Craft
Publishes research on craft in all its historical and contemporary manifestations, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Mass Scultpure
Print only
MASS magazine intends to explore the urge to manipulate material from the sculptor’s thumbs to the museum floor. Our remit is by no means about clay figures in all directions, but consciously embraces undervalued and neglected skills and processes that deliver the thrill of manipulating form in space, in both historical and contemporary contexts.
NEUES GLAS – NEW GLASS: art & architecture
Reports on current exhibitions in museums, competitions, and awards worldwide. It provides portraits on artists and introduces projects in the area of architecture that make the artistic use of glass in modernism visible.
New Glass Review
An annual benchmark for contemporary glass, documenting the innovation, dexterity, and creativity of artists, designers, and architects working in this challenging material.
Studio Potter
Studio Potter provides a dynamic platform for bringing together the ceramics community, prompting new dialogs and strengthening existing narratives within it. It provides a direct connection between artists, educators, collectors, curators, gallerists, critics, and many others through in-depth storytelling and personal interviews.

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Databases bring together specialist collections of articles, images and electronic books. A list of all current databases can be found using the Databases A-Z, the most relevant are -

Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and provides the full text of journal articles on art, design, advertising, architecture, crafts, interior design, photography, textiles, television and video.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
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Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.
Bloomsbury Design Library
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Bloomsbury Design Library provides cutting-edge scholarly coverage of design and crafts worldwide from 1500 BCE to the present day.
Crafts Council This link opens in a new window
The Crafts Research Hub draws together research reports, blogs, conference proceedings and online discussion groups with links to academic research centres and major public sector research agencies.
DAAI - Design and Applied Arts Index This link opens in a new window
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DAAI is the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals. 1973 to present.
Statista This link opens in a new window
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Insights and facts across 170 industries and 150+ countries. See Getting started with Statista to learn more.
V&A Collections: Ceramics This link opens in a new window
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Access to the V&A's ceramic collections, which are unrivalled anywhere in the world. Encyclopaedic and global in scope, they encompass the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 BC to the present day.
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WGSN is a world leading online research, trend analysis and news service for the fashion and style industry. See - Getting started with WGSN to learn more about how to setup and use WGSN.
National Museum in Seoul Korea This link opens in a new window
Showcasing global contemporary art and modern art in the genres of architecture, design and craft from Korea and worldwide.

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Moving Image Resources

accessCeramics This link opens in a new window
accessCeramics is a collection of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists.
BoB This link opens in a new window
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BoB is on demand TV and radio service for education which allows staff and students to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search our archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts. See - Using BoB to learn more about how to setup and use BoB.
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Kanopy is a video streaming service with a Netflix-style interface which can be accessed via the link above or using the Kanopy mobile app for Android and iOS.
Login required off campus to watch films (log in with your UCA details to create a Kanopy login).

Image Resources

Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Over 2.5 million rights-cleared and high quality images from 46 of the world's leading collections.
V&A Collections: Ceramics This link opens in a new window
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Access to the V&A's ceramic collections, which are unrivalled anywhere in the world. Encyclopaedic and global in scope, they encompass the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 BC to the present day.
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Over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections in the UK, free for use in education. For more information about searching, viewing and saving images see - VADS.

Podcast Resources

Crafts Magazine talks on Youtube
Glasscaster: Hot Glass Talk in a High-Tech World
"Join... Marcie Davis, in her international glass adventures, bringing you events, interviews and information collected from the glass industry worldwide."
Making Conversations
Making Conversations Podcast is a project from silversmith Robyn Galway and ceramicist Jemma Millen - both practicing makers and graduates of the applied art department of Ulster University, who both share a love of making and craft.
“Our aim for the podcast is to connect with designers and makers to quite simply; make conversations. As makers ourselves, we are passionate about making craft accessible to as wide an audience as possible. We hope our episodes will give a wonderful but truthful insight into the reality of each craft discipline and the daily working practice of makers, as well as shine a light on the locally produced craft that surrounds us.”
Oxford Clay Pottery Podcast
"Welcome to the Oxford Clay Pottery Podcast! We talk about all things pottery related, often with an eco-conscious focus."
Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast
Talking Out Your Glass
"...editor of Glass Art magazine from 1987 to March 2019, Shawn Waggoner has interviewed and written about multitudes of the world’s greatest artists working glass in the furnace, torch and on the table. In 2016, Waggoner turned her passion for glass art into a “Terry Gross” style podcast"

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Archives offer access to rare and unique insight into the work of artists and creators, and often include original letters and artwork. Details of all the collections can be found in the ArchiveSearch, the most relevant for jewellery, ceramics and glass are -

Materials Library
A collection of material samples reflecting innovative material design and process samples used to explore material experimentation in design and creative practice.

Archives & Special Collections ArchivesSearch