Sumi von Dassow is a prolific writer and contributor to ceramic arts publications, with decades of articles, columns, and editorial work sharing her expertise in pottery techniques.
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"Molding a Life in Clay: Sumi von Dassow"
Interview article in Lakewood Bravo by Laine Godsey, Arts Programming Curator
- Editor, "Barrel, Pit and Saggar Firing" - A Ceramics Monthly Handbook, published by the American Ceramic Society, March 2001
- Editor, "Electric Kiln Ceramics" - A Ceramics Monthly Handbook, American Ceramic Society, January 2003
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Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine Articles
- Cane Handles for Teapots - March/April 2024
- Berry Bowls - May/June 2023
- Math for Potters Part 1: Calculating shrinkage - May/June 2021
- Math for Potters Part 2: Volume - Nov/Dec 2021
- Making Rice Paper Transfers - Sept/Oct 2020
- Pocket Mugs - July/Aug 2020
- Garden Ollas - July/August 2018
- Column: "In the Potter's Kitchen" - 2013 to 2020
- Column: "Off the Shelf" - 2003 to 2012
- "Feet of Clay, Legs of Steel" - Sept/Oct 2005
- "Hairy Pottery" - Sept/Oct 2003
- "Testing in the Pit" - May/June 2002
- "Making Crystals Clear" - Nov/Dec 2002
- "The Lazy Way: Throwing a Vase Upside-down" - Sept/Oct 2002
- "The Best Field Trip Ever" - July/August 2002
- "Black-Firing in a Barrel" - May/June 2002
- "Dazzling Crackles" - Mar/Apr 2002
- "Small-Scale Pit-Firing" - Jan/Feb 2002
- "Altered States - Part II, Making the Creamer" - Spring 2001
- "Altered States: Making a Thrown and Altered Teapot" - Winter 2001
- "Simplifying Glazes" - Summer 2000
- "Pulling a Mug Handle" - Spring 2000
- "The Lazy Way: Throwing a Jar and Lid in One Piece" - Fall 1999
- "All Polished Up" - Spring 1999
- "Mural, Mural on the Wall: The Mitchell Tile Project" - Winter 1999
- "Volumetric Glazing" - Fall 1998
- "Trimming Step by Step" - Summer 1998
- "Trimming: Method, Technique, Mind's Eye" - Spring 1998
- "Glazes in the Classroom" - Winter 1998 (Part 2 of 2)
- "Glaze Tips for Early Success" - October 1997 (Part 1 of 2)
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Ceramics Monthly Magazine Articles
- "Mary Cay's Glittering Obsession" - February 2006
- "Freedom's Just Another Word" - March 1997
- "Comment" - April 1995
- Pit-fired works by Sumi were included in Alternative Kilns and Firing Techniques by James C. Watkins and Paul Andrew Wandless, 2004
- Profiled in Summit Daily News of Breckenridge, Colorado, Oct. 19, 2007 in Leslie Brefeld's "Right Brain" column