Dozens of potters gathered this weekend to practice one of the most primitive forms of their art: a pit firing. Instead of hardening clay pots in an electric kiln, potters place them in a large pit ...

John Nagel kept an eye on the pitfire. MBOMBELA – Pottery is an art form that has been passed down through the ages, as evidenced by the amount of pottery shards and items found during archeological ...

If you or a friend are trying out pottery as a hobby but are dismayed at the cost of an electric kiln you can utilize a standard charcoal grill as a basic pit fire kiln—the results won't be quite as ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Pottery enthusiasts will meet at Huntington State Beach Saturday to use the fire pits to make ceramics. Participants plan to use a technique called pit firing to create unique ...

We used to all get together once a year, a bunch of potters, and do a pit firing. We'd all bring our pots, put them in a big pit and set it on fire just like Native Americans used to fire their ...

Tao Kawase, right, carefully arranges wood in a pit fire on Ocean Beach for the 10th-grade pottery class at San Francisco Waldorf School. Students use the traditional process to fire their sculptures ...

She is wood-firing handbuilt ceramics in a pit she and her partner, Chris Powell, have dug themselves, on their own land. She will show her earthenware vessels at Berkshire Botanical Garden in the ...

The muddy creeks of her childhood Whitefish home along with nature have influenced potter Ramona Jane in her creative work in clay. The vast beauty of the Flathead Valley inspires much of the forms, ...