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 ...

In a 30-square-meter workshop, a tall man with silver hair is showing children how to mold clay to make Raku pottery. Despite not understanding what he says, by observing his movements and ...

The centuries-old art of Raku pottery comes to South County this summer as Amy Webber teaches an eight-week course on the techniques of Raku and pit firing. These two time-honored firing methods come ...

Artistic Viewpoints Gallery and Studio will feature the art of the Northern Nevada Association of Pastel Painters and raku pottery of Reno artist Joe Winter during the month of November. A reception ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sixth-graders at Oswalt Academy are trying their hand at Raku pottery as part of their IB studies into ancient civilizations. This type of Japanese pottery traditionally forms tea bowls used in the ...

Michael Simmons of North Plains likes to make a good impression. In fact, his impressions are quite amazing. He uses vintage doilies to press impressions into the claywork he glazes and fires in the ...

Recently, a group of potters gathered under the live oak trees behind Franklin Square Gallery in Southport to fire Raku pottery. They had been hand building and throwing special Raku clay for six ...

The recipe for beauty sounds anything but: a little metal carbonate, some gerstley borate, plenty of silica and, of course, grog. But science and art can go hand in hand, as students at Palisades High ...

Most of the time, pottery is a pursuit for the patient. But at the Southern Highland Craft Guild's annual Clay Day, artists show off its swift and spectacular aspects. One of the main attractions at ...