Dozens of potters gathered this weekend to practice one of the most primitive forms of their art: a pit firing. Instead of hardening clay pots in an electric kiln, potters place them in a large pit ...

If you or a friend are trying out pottery as a hobby but are dismayed at the cost of an electric kiln you can utilize a standard charcoal grill as a basic pit fire kiln—the results won't be quite as ...

PLEASANT HILL — Lesley Jensen has come a long way from digging up clay in her backyard. Growing up in Moraga, she said she made little pots that she would paint with watercolors when she was about 8 ...

On a remote station north of Broken Hill, potters from near and far gather for a weekend of primitive firing. For about 30 years, station owner and potter Cynthia Langford has opened the gates to ...

John Nagel kept an eye on the pitfire. MBOMBELA – Pottery is an art form that has been passed down through the ages, as evidenced by the amount of pottery shards and items found during archeological ...

Over the course of three days, a team of nearly a dozen potters worked together to fire a wood kiln in Marshall, North Carolina, using ceramics techniques that date back thousands of years. (Photo by ...