Lovers of sculpture who prefer clay to other materials have much to celebrate this month in Chicago, with a not-to-be-missed pair of shows at the Smart Museum of Art and the Art Institute, ...

Sculptor Robert Pulley has spent decades creating metal-like clay sculptures. Sculptor Robert Pulley has spent decades balancing a teaching career while creating a dizzying number of sculptures in all ...

First he spun the soft wet clay into flat dishes, then bulging pots. Slapping them together, he formed twisting columns and knobby mountains. He hardened and fired them into strong ceramic towers, and ...