Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast distances over a short period of time through social traditions being passed on.

Pottery making got off to an ancient, icy start in East Asia. Pieces of ceramic containers found in a Chinese cave date to between 19,000 and 20,000 years ago, making these finds from the peak of the ...

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Making beautiful pottery out of hunk of clay takes creativity and skill. The next step requires letting prospective buyers know about your work if you want to move beyond the hobby stage. Promoting ...

An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia—which owns 181 works by the French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the world’s largest collection—focuses on a lesser-known aspect ...

A potter's wheel can be incredibly sexy: Think of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in "Ghost." But making ceramics can also be a fun and relaxing diversion. When Julia Sinisi, 73, wants to fuel her ...