SOUTH BEND — The exhibit “Beau Bilenki and Len Cockman: A Contrast of Methods, Raku and Wood” opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 1 and continues through Oct. 27 at Fire Arts Inc., 305 E.

Lawrence and Free State high school students gather at the home of Dave Leach, Lawrence, to learn raku, a ceramics technique. Lawrence and Free State high school students participate in a raku firing ...

CHICO — In a small park he’s created to house a raku pottery studio behind his Chico home, ceramic artist Dave Owen shares his expertise of this ancient Japanese art with small groups of students. An ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Behind the high school, on a swath of lawn between the auto shop and the track, puffs of tan smoke rise from tin garbage cans and the breeze blows it southward. A handful of people ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The uniqueness of raku ceramic art, produced by using an ancient Japanese firing technique invented in the 16th century, has sparked the interest of a Malaysian ...

Art teacher Lee McBride cranked open a gas kiln and used large tongs to remove a student’s ceramic piece on a recent Saturday. As he set the sphere into a small metal trashcan lined with dried wood ...

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 ...

FAIRBANKS — Jed Williams lifted the 3 1/2-foot cylindrical lid of the kiln at his Chena Hot Springs Road home, exposing the red-hot pottery underneath. Working quickly to retain as much heat in the ...

SOMERVILLE – Raku, a 12th-century pottery-firing technique, may trace its origins to creating the wares for Japanese tea ceremonies, but you certainly don’t need to hop on a plane to try it yourself.