Pottery is a complicated process involving mixing and fine-tuning clay, creating and refining vessels or sculptures, and then developing and applying glazes before firing. Though glazing is one of the ...

The Owen family can trace their pottery roots back six generations, so far back that their family’s artwork now rest in the The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. Ben Owen III has been making pottery since ...

I drove to Fishers last weekend to take photos for a package of pandemic-related stories in this week’s IBJ (available online at 2 p.m. Friday) and stopped for the first time at Shine Design Home ...

Clay minerals found naturally in soils around the U.S. and world form the three main types of clay used in pottery: porcelain, earthenware, and stoneware. A unique combination of the minerals kaolin, ...

HIRONO, Iwate Prefecture--Sea urchin are a culinary delicacy, but because their shells are often seen as too difficult or costly to recycle, they end up getting tossed out in bulk. But a local potter ...

The colorful glaze on that ceramic mug of yours may look nice, but there's a chance that it could contain toxic substances. US scientists have thus created a safer type of glaze, that incorporates ...