The Japanese pottery technique known as raku creates one-of-a-kind ceramics, and you may be able to find them at thrift ...

“Sometimes you stumble upon something and you don’t know where it’s going to go but you just risk it.” These wise words from Chiles High School 12th-grader Katie Parmalee would make raku masters proud ...

The recently established Malta Raku Association was a long time coming as over the past few years, Raku pottery has become very popular in Malta. Set up late last year during a Raku exhibition ...

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 ...

Handmade pottery began in the New Stone Age, at the dawn of domestication when man chose the orderliness of village life. The craftsmen of the time pinched clay into cups and bowls, and discovered ...

Japan’s rich history of ceramic artistry developed in large part alongside the culture of drinking tea. Chanoyu (literally, “hot water for tea”), or the practice of preparing and serving matcha, ...