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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Paul Soldner, the ceramicist who discovered American raku and taught for ...

Paul Soldner, a ceramicist and longtime Scripps College teacher who introduced a pottery technique called American raku, died Monday at his home in Claremont after a period of declining health. He was ...

Students at Lyons Township High School participated in the tradition of firing up a 300-year-old Japanese kiln-firing process to create ceramics, also known as Raku Fest May 20. The outdoor event was ...