Potters in the Japanese town of Shigaraki have been producing sturdy earthenware for more than 700 years – reddish pots, bowls and vessels made from the high-quality, iron-rich clay found in the ...

Exhibiting after a hiatus of nine years, ceramist Shazia Zuberi’s current solo, ‘Attrition’, at Chawkandi Art, Karachi, proves once again that solo shows devoted to contemporary ceramics are few and ...

John ffrench:JOHN FFRENCH, who has died aged 81, was the lastsurviving pioneer of contemporary ceramics in Ireland. Ffrench’s career began in 1951 and spanned more than half a century. As a potter, he ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ceramics first emerged in Japan in the Jomon period - the prehistoric era - making it one of the ...

Installation view of Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art at the Hayward Gallery, London. Pictured: Takuro Kuwata, "Untitled" (variously 2015, 2016), porcelain, glaze, pigment, steel, gold, ...

Sahar Zaman is an award winning author and multimedia journalist. She has been on the arts beat long enough to know that creative works often boggle people's minds. She sees herself as a translator of ...

Works by Italian designer Piero Fornasetti now represent a sizable portion of his sales, said veteran New York dealer Earle D. Vandekar. Few slices of the art market have changed as radically, or, ...