The Owen family can trace their pottery roots back six generations, so far back that their family’s artwork now rest in the The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC. Ben Owen III has been making pottery since ...

Two weeks ago I submitted a column about Nathan Clark who along with his brother-in-law, Thomas Howe, founded a pottery business in Athens in 1805. The business continued on Market Street in Athens ...

Jonathan Wright of Crocker & Springer Salt-Glazed Stoneware and Redware in Elsah Hills creates pottery on the wheel. He and his wife, Jan Wright, own the studio. Jan Wright, co-founder of Crocker & ...

On an evening in early August, my fiancée, Sherry, and I found ourselves dining in the shadow of one of the towering kilns on the southwestern coast of Sweden. Happily, it was out of commission, which ...

Up until the 1700s, most stoneware in America was imported from Europe; the British prohibited American potters from making stoneware, ceramic, or porcelain pottery. When Americans were finally able ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Red Wing Pottery, a storied Mississippi River institution that began selling farmers salt-glaze storage crocks in the 1860s, will either be sold or closed. Scott Gillmer, owner and grandson of former ...

The stunning vessels from the H. Wilson & Company were forgotten for generations, only to gain new appreciation for the craftsmanship that went into them A jar made by H. Wilson & Company in Capote, ...

When the Williamsburg Pottery opened in 1938, America was still in the Great Depression. Gas cost 10 cents per gallon and a new house less than $4,000. For 80 years, the Pottery has been a part of ...

The new owners of Red Wing Stoneware closed Friday on the purchase of Red Wing Pottery, reuniting the two brands under one family and keeping them locally rooted. The day after Bruce and Irene Johnson ...