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 ...

One of the most interesting things about art is that it can be tied tightly to time, but also transcend it. The exhibit “Raku: The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ...

The Ferndale Arts Gallery is featuring the work of raku potter Laura Rose this month. Rose has developed her own style of raku pottery, depicting the animals drawn and carved many thousands of years ...

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.

Spontaneity is, of course, an uncertain thing in the art world. It can lead to blindingly brilliant flashes of beauty and creativity, or it can totally destroy a perfectly orchestrated project.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Japanese tea ceremony is a ritual of precision and grace—an almost artistic pursuit. Each utensil and vessel is selected not only for its practical function, but also for its aesthetic and ...

Ceramics artist Adil Ghani’s business RAAQUU may only be three years old, but the Malaysian has been a ceramicist for the past 20 years, specialising in a Japanese firing technique known as Raku.