Even with a full-time job in tech, Atlas Maier finds time to be creative every day. “Pottery draws me in not only as a means for creativity, but as a means of personal growth,” he says. Maier had ...

Tao Kawase, right, carefully arranges wood in a pit fire on Ocean Beach for the 10th-grade pottery class at San Francisco Waldorf School. Students use the traditional process to fire their sculptures ...

A thin strip of red paint, styled with a pattern of intricately designed black and white rectangles, runs in a loop around the white clay pot. The red band represents a serpent, while an adjacent ...

Experience the soothing craft of pottery in this ASMR video. Discover the satisfying process of shaping clay into beautiful forms, showcasing techniques and the calming sounds associated with pottery ...

Before you get into pottery, you have to understand that a single piece, regardless of size, takes at least eight weeks to make. That’s roughly two months of waiting to see the end result of shaping ...

Pots of Arsi (Arusi) people are considered essential utilities in their daily lives. Women artisans, who belong to the socially segregated group called mana, are exclusively engaged in pottery making.

Al-Mazrooa went on to gain a master’s degree in ceramics from the Cardiff School of Art and Design, in Wales. Nostalgic Saudis are getting all fired up in helping to revive the ancient art of pottery.

“The Complete Potter” by Steve Mattison, 2003, Quarto, Inc., $29.99, softbound, 224 pages: This well-illustrated book is designed to guide the reader through each process of pottery and ceramics.

Joel Knanishu started college as an engineering major because his hopes of being an artist weren’t looking so hot. His drawings never turned out the way he intended.

“As a young woman, I didn’t see myself as creative or artistic,” said Crozet potter Roslyn Nuesch. Theresa Curry is a Daily Progress correspondent.