Mr. Warfield annually demonstrates throwing pots and firing raku ware at the Frederick Craft Fair, a juried show that gleans 400 crafts people from the 3,000 who apply for space from all 50 states.

"I kind of liken it to being a kid at Christmas," said Steven Forbes-deSoule, a Weaverville-area potter and member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, which sponsors Clay Day.

A pot, hot from the first Raku firing, is plunged into a container filled with paper and straw, which burn. The red-hot interior of the pot is visible in the photo. Source: PA 192899; Mark Schwenk, ...

A typical ceramic pot is fired for 18 hours. With raku, temperatures in the kiln are brought up quickly to between 1,500 and 1,800 degrees, and the pot is only fired for 40 minutes to 1 hour.

Local artist Terre Christensen creates and markets her pottery under the name PotTerre Raku & Stoneware. Like most of artists, she started as a hobbyist, working out of whatever available space ...

After Coates presented the background and fundamentals, her students researched raku on their own and created hand-built pots. The pots were bisque fired in a traditional kiln to drive off the ...

Often he will create the largest pot that is possible to throw on the wheel. Lately, Rigney has specialized in pots that can be used for plants, especially succulents.

Raku is a traditional Japanese ceramic firing technique from the 16th century. The pots were usually hand-formed from a red clay and used for tea ceremonies. Today, potters are attracted by Raku’s ...

Wayne Ngan's Raku Pot, c. 1970s Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery; Collection of John David Lawrence. The team has organized the exhibit chronologically, tracing the functionalism of the 1950s ...

The Access Arts organization re-introduced its holiday event after a brief hiatus and added Raku pot-making to the activities. The holiday event, which was on Sunday this year, has been held for ...