Potters in the Japanese town of Shigaraki have been producing sturdy earthenware for more than 700 years – reddish pots, bowls and vessels made from the high-quality, iron-rich clay found in the ...

“Blue Moon,” shown here in a provided photo, is one of Naoko Fukumaru’s kintsugi artworks, based on a Persian earthenware plate from the 10th-12th century CE. Kintsugi is the 500-year-old Japanese art ...

Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of repairing ceramics with lacquer and gold dust. The idea is to highlight the imperfections of a piece and celebrate its new form, rather than hide its chips ...

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 925 posts, we featured an art festival, ...

On the inside of the bowl, where the viewer looks down at the lotus leaves and blossoms from above the pond, Yohei III evoked dewdrops with small dollops of porcelain that rise above the glazed blue ...

Photo of Kamoda at home in Mashiko from 1974 with pots featuring his trademark red-green-white swirls set out before him, on p195 of Aoki Hiroshi, ed., Kamoda Shōji (Inshōsha, 2004). MINNEAPOLIS — ...

Opens Friday: Colorful tiles and floral tableware are staples of Mexican ceramics, but there's a world of complex designs beyond them. "Out of the Labyrinth: Contemporary Mexican Ceramics" will ...

Clay vessels are remarkably durable, yet they are vulnerable to breakage if mishandled or dropped. This small exhibition presents 13 ceramics from China, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan that were mended and ...

What: Award-winning artist Patti Warashina showcases her ceramic pieces and prepares to donate one of her sculptures to Spokane. When: 5-8 p.m. Friday; mayor Lisa Brown is set to name Nov. 1 “Patti ...

Japan has a long and colorful history of dining communally outside, with a culture of intricately painted boxes specifically made for the enjoyment of food in the fresh air with friends and family.

When Japan opened up to the world in the middle of the 19th century, Western merchant ships were quick to return home with exotic art from the once reclusive nation. The private galleries and ...