An abstract painter found his place as a great collector of American ceramics. His latest gift ushers the Metropolitan Museum of Art into the 21st century.
Archaeologists vs. Computers: A Study Tests Who’s Best at Sifting the Past
When it came to the tedious task of categorizing pottery fragments, a deep-learning model was found to be just as accurate, and far more efficient, as four human experts.
A study focused on the painstaking work of categorizing shards of Tusayan White Ware, a type of painted hand-formed pottery used in northeastern Arizona between 825 and 1300. Credit.Leszek Pawlowicz and Christian Downum/ Northern Arizona University
May 25, 2021, 9:55 a.m. ET
A key piece of an archaeologist’s job involves the tedious process of categorizing shards of pottery into subtypes. Ask archaeologists why they have put a fragment into a particular category and it’s often difficult for them to say what exactly had led them to that conclusion.
Is He the Next Martha Stewart? âNot So Fast,â Says Martha.
With a new book about a year at his stylish upstate farm, the ceramist Christopher Spitzmiller tries on the mantle of the lifestyle pundit.
Christopher Spitzmiller, ceramist and author, surveys the vista at his Clove Hill Farm in the Hudson River Valley under the watchful eyes of his Sebastopol geeseCredit.Karsten Moran for The New York Times
May 13, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
Joan Rivers was honking her head off. Pat Altschul was pecking at grubs. Carolyne Roehm sat in a brooding shed, downy feathers fluffed about her, hatching an egg. Any time a visitor strayed near this small flock of Sebastopol geese, Bill Blass, the resident gander, stuck his neck out and hissed.
Looking for a Weekend Excursion? Try Craft Shop Hopping
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Looking for a Weekend Excursion? Try Craft Shop Hopping
A wealth of stores and studios in Connecticut and upstate New York offer lovely handmade wares that you’ll have forever.
Clockwise from top left: Wendy Jensen’s split rattan baskets at 100 Main Street; Plain Goods in New Preston, Conn., housed in a former community gathering hall turned post office that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; gold jewelry, made by the former fashion industry veteran Selina King, at Antony Todd Home; a display of housewares, including the store’s Japanese blue and brown spotted ceramic line, at Privet House; a custom mosaic tiled table top by the duo at Bantam Tileworks; ash-glazed stoneware made by Jane Herold Pottery.Credit.Clockwise from top left: Anne Day/Courtesy of 100 Main; Courtesy of Plain Goods; Courtesy of Antony Todd Home;
Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness
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Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness
How the comedian (and director, writer, ceramist and weed entrepreneur) has made a career out of mining the pitfalls and possibilities of adolescence.
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Seth Rogen’s home sits on several wooded acres in the hills above Los Angeles, under a canopy of live oak and eucalyptus trees strung with outdoor pendants that light up around dusk, when the frogs on the grounds start croaking. I pulled up at the front gate on a recent afternoon, and Rogen’s voice rumbled through the intercom. “Hellooo!” He met me at the bottom of his driveway, which is long and steep enough that he keeps a golf cart up top “for schlepping big things up the driv