Archaeologists working on a Japanese island discovered an ancient shard of earthenware pottery featuring Kanji, the logographic characters that comprise the Japanese system of writing. It's one of the ...

Out of all of Japanese pottery master Kondo Takahiro’s works, the ones that came after the largest earthquake in his country’s history feel particularly resonant. As the disaster became known, 3/11 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The University of Michigan Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Clay as Soft Power, curated by Natsu ...

Can you guess where a piece of art pottery was made (just by looking at its distinctive colors and shape)? And when it was made? Some pottery looks quintessentially American; other pieces evoke ...

Japan's Shoji Hamada is regarded as one of the most influential masters of studio pottery and has inspired more potters around the world than any other figure. Three of his pieces are on display this ...

Tokoname is a seaside city in southern Aichi Prefecture. Since the 1970s, visitors have come to this city to explore the Tokoname Pottery Footpath — walking courses that introduce the area’s legacy of ...

COLLEGEVILLE — St. John’s Pottery at St. John’s University received a $500,000 grant — the largest in its nearly 40-year history — from the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation to ...

The Japanese art of Kintsugi involves repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer, highlighting cracks to enhance ...

John Schneider remembers liking the purple vase in his grandmother’s house. Eventually it became his, but he knew little about it before bringing the piece to a recent appraisal session at ...

In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...