RAKU IS THEATRICAL in some ways,” said pottery artist Terry Whye, who will offer a four-day workshop in raku pottery technique next month. At her Finksburg studio, students will form clay into useful ...

Smoke billows out of the 55-gallon steel drum on the patio of Jed Cossonay’s Chandler home. With a pair of metal tongs, he pulls a small copper-colored pot out of the makeshift kiln and places it in ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sixteenth Century Japan met 20th Century North America recently in the back yard of Lincoln-Way High School. Pulling teacups, bowls and saucers from a sawdust-fueled portable kiln, Northern Illinois ...

While many Bismarck State College students prep for finals this week, some flock to a spot behind the library for a welcome break firing pottery. Freshman Sara Aune dipped her brush in a bucket of ...

From JACK BATDORFF For the Sun This weekend a unique form of clay artwork comes to mid-Michigan. On Saturday and Sunday, the Mitchell Creek Park area in downtown Big Rapids, will feature the second ...

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 ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Behind the high school, on a swath of lawn between the auto shop and the track, puffs of tan smoke rise from tin garbage cans and the breeze blows it southward. A handful of people ...