It took years of experimentation to create the five shades of glaze, each of which contains a different amount of finely ground ash. The tiles, which were developed in collaboration with the material ...

“I spread out a tarp in the backyard and collected the ash,” she said. As an avid potter, she was always experimenting with glazes. “I knew you could make glaze from wood ash; why not volcanic ash?” ...

Back in the day, middle and high school boys — almost always boys at that time — took mandatory industrial arts class, or shop, to learn how to use the tools and techniques necessary to fabricate ...

She’s a calligrapher and he’s a photographer and — this might come as a surprise — both are microbiologists. For the past 14 years Akiko Hirano and Tim Wong, owners of Touching Stone, have promoted ...

The Leaping Salmon is probably York's most important pot. It was made around 1930-31 by Bernard Leach and is considered by many (including Bernard himself) to be his best work. It features the famous ...

She breathes life into clay in unusual ways, but for 48-year-old Ange Peter, this is the culmination of a life-long search for peace, tranquility and a sense of belonging. Among the rare few in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Fragment of base of sagger, ...