“Sometimes you stumble upon something and you don’t know where it’s going to go but you just risk it.” These wise words from Chiles High School 12th-grader Katie Parmalee would make raku masters proud ...

Don't try this at home. That could be the motto for raku, a style of art that blends the introspective aspects of pottery such as glazing with fire. For the past eight years, The Art Center's ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. - The delicate-looking bowls and pitchers sitting on shelves in Kellie Evans' shed didn't come from such delicate origins. Fired in extreme heat, the pots are the result of a ...

When you're thrifting for ceramic art to incorporate into your home, one type of pottery stands out among the rest: raku pottery. If you've never heard of it, raku pottery refers to an ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

Handmade pottery began in the New Stone Age, at the dawn of domestication when man chose the orderliness of village life. The craftsmen of the time pinched clay into cups and bowls, and discovered ...

<p>Holmes uses kilns in his backyard for firing the ceramics at 2,000 degrees. Once the pieces are done firing, they are submerged into a trashcan full of sawdust. The smoke and the fire react to the ...

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 ...

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 ...