Tamba Ware: A Timeless Tradition of Japanese Pottery


Tamba Village / photo courtesy: The Tambatachikui Ceramic Ware Cooperative
View of The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo with a Tamba Jar / photo courtesy:  The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo

Japan is renowned for its traditional pottery regions, with

The Ceramic History of Westerwald, Germany


The Origins - The Westerwald Clay Region


The vast and extensive clay quarries in the Westerwald region represent the largest connected deposits in Europe.

Terra Sigillata (Re)imagined with Shamai Gibsh

Shamai Sam Gibsh is an expert ceramicist, teacher, and owner of a ceramic studio in Jaffa, Israel. He has exhibited in the United States, Israel, and London and teaches workshops worldwide. Gibsh recently published his book titled “Terra Sigillata: Smoke,