Cultural power no longer spreads only through armies, products, or films. Increasingly, it slips into the bloodstream of ...

A pottery museum has invited people to decorate more than 5,000 tiles for its new community hub. Leach Pottery in St Ives has been holding a series of workshops where hundreds of people from the ...

Japan is a country where centuries-old traditions coexist harmoniously with cutting-edge modernity. From the neon-lit streets ...

Pricey pottery has found a new audience in young, fashion-conscious American men. Precious earthenware is appearing on ...

Today, more and more conceptual cafes are popping up in major cities. There are those where you can sip matcha while making ...

Exploring Japan’s paradisiacal archipelago offered everything I could have wanted from my first visit to the country, says ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or ...

The pottery firm's Barlaston site will pause production from 29 September, with 70 workers on temporary leave.

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Jun Morooka teaches the traditional Japanese art of Kintsugi in Sydney. He says it’s a technique that not only repairs ...

When we think of industrial waste, we usually imagine chemicals pouring out of factories or mountains of unused clothing from fast fashion brands. Traditional craftspeople, however, often get a pass ...

Cream puffs in the shapes of prehistoric Jomon pottery and kohakuto candies that look like crystals are just some of the many wagashi traditional Japanese sweets that represent one confectioner’s ...