Adult pottery students in the former Arkansas Arts Center Museum School used to do raku. Every 10-week session of an introductory handbuilding class ended with this fiery experience, and advanced ...

Not even a burst of rain could keep the kilns from firing at Raku Fest, an annual event at Lyons Township High School where students decorate pots, vases and other items and get to see first-hand one ...

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 ...

"Learn the key techniques, tips, and tricks for pit, barrel, raku, and wood firing. Fall in love with flames, wood, and the effect that unique firing methods have on pottery. Move beyond the electric ...

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 ...

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) ...

George Breisch Gonzalez, 35, can be found most cloudless evenings firing vases on the gravel apron outside the Burlington City Arts Clay Studio. The Miami-born ceramics artist has been creating his ...

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 ...

Rebecca Koop pets her dog Zoe after taking a moment to assess damage to her raku kiln. Strong winds felled 45-foot-tall hackberry tree in the yard behind her pottery studio in the Scarritt Renaissance ...