Yixing, meanwhile, has always been a comparatively quiet place, albeit one with a dizzying number of pottery studios. This year, though, things are starting to change. October saw the opening of UCCA ...

I flip the slabs of clay over just so the other side gets a ... but that's because they're very thin pieces. If they were much larger chunks, I would first dry them out on the radiator until ...

Every piece starts with a slab of clay or a pinch pot. From the smallest trinket dish to largest serving platter, her pieces benefit from Elsen’s skillful building, patterning and glazing.

A thin coil of clay can be added to the inside and smoothed into both slabs to give additional support. Texture and glaze can highlight reliefs to create a bold and impressive piece Relief puts ...

New Associate Professor Shoji Satake introduces students to such old-school, high-output methods as molding, casting, ram ...