In her pottery studio far north of town ... My studio is in the basement, and my view is the bird feeder and gardens and trees. I have looked up while working on the wheel and have seen a deer outside ...

Gliva and fellow ceramics students from Shepard, Richards and Eisenhower high schools gathered Wednesday outside Shepard in Palos Heights to learn more about Raku, a form of Japanese pottery.

For 15 generations, just one family has crafted the hand-sculpted (rather than wheel-thrown) Japanese pottery known as Raku, which uses a low-fire technique to produce ceramic objects that bear an ...

Harnessing the power of surprise is what lies behind the beauty of a Japanese pottery technique that has grown quite popular in recent years -- raku. "You really can't control what's going to ...

He sets the pieces in the cans, a student assistant adds newspaper to create smoke, and art teacher Neel Webber quickly covers them to put out the fire and let the smoke do its work on the pottery.

I'm broke." Aune was among several dozen people who stopped by the kilns Monday afternoon to fire pottery. The annual Community Raku event allows anyone from the public to come Sunday through ...

Q: How would you describe your art? Answer: I make raku Pottery that is mostly decorative. Raku is removed from the kiln while glowing hot and placed in combustible material. My glaze is a copper ...

Click here to view a slideshow of more pictures illustrating the raku pottery process. After the flames die down, Cossonay pulls the pot out and admires the rainbow of metallic luster that has ...

Raku Pottery is done through a special ceramic firing process that uses both fire and smoke to create unique patterns and designs. The name Raku refer to the name of a family of Japanese potters ...

Created in Japan, raku is one of the fastest methods of firing pottery. It takes about two hours from start (glazing) to finish (cooled wares). Most firing methods take at least 24 hours ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Pottery students converged on the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette this weekend to celebrate “raku,” a traditional Japanese method of firing pottery. They set up portable ...