As she carefully used large metal tongs to move molded chunks of hot fired clay to a tub filled with cool water, Shepard High School senior Ava Gliva joked she “maybe” found a career. “It’s not ...

Lawrence and Free State high school students gather at the home of Dave Leach, Lawrence, to learn raku, a ceramics technique. Lawrence and Free State high school students participate in a raku firing ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. - The delicate-looking bowls and pitchers sitting on shelves in Kellie Evans' shed didn't come from such delicate origins. Fired in extreme heat, the pots are the result of a ...

Vance Hewitt, who was working the Raku Kiln, unloaded pottery and placed it at a station for an organic material to be applied. According to Hewitt, the organic materials would bring out different ...

Pottery making is thousands of years old. People in many cultures have been turning out pots and bowls ever since they figured out how to do it. A long history of experimentation and development ...

Paul Soldner, a ceramicist and longtime Scripps College teacher who introduced a pottery technique called American raku, died Monday at his home in Claremont after a period of declining health. He was ...

SOMERVILLE – Raku, a 12th-century pottery-firing technique, may trace its origins to creating the wares for Japanese tea ceremonies, but you certainly don’t need to hop on a plane to try it yourself.

Local artist and ceramics instructor Liz Bishop with her creation "Bulbous III." Bishop has had more than 30 exhibits of her work, from New York City to Idaho. (Liz Kishimoto / The Spokesman-Review) ...

FAIRBANKS — Jed Williams lifted the 3 1/2-foot cylindrical lid of the kiln at his Chena Hot Springs Road home, exposing the red-hot pottery underneath. Working quickly to retain as much heat in the ...