Ceramics Now Weekly #76 features a review of the 5th Officine Saffi Award by Katherina Perlongo, an editorial update, the week's news in the ceramics world, and new featured artists.
I'm responding to your request for comments about whether to publish a print version of Ceramics Now. The digital version is beautiful, not surprisingly, but I think it should be kept digital. It's not worth the amount of environmental harm it does to cut down trees, print and ship a magazine only to have it thrown into recycling once read. We're already leaving enough of a footprint on the planet with all of the mining for the materials that go into ceramics.
I'm responding to your request for comments about whether to publish a print version of Ceramics Now. The digital version is beautiful, not surprisingly, but I think it should be kept digital. It's not worth the amount of environmental harm it does to cut down trees, print and ship a magazine only to have it thrown into recycling once read. We're already leaving enough of a footprint on the planet with all of the mining for the materials that go into ceramics.