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 & ...

This stoneware crock is about 13 1/2 inches high and 30 inches in circumference. I bought it at a farm auction in North Amherst, Mass. Can you tell me anything about it? Your salt-glazed stoneware urn ...

DOVER — Salmon Falls Stoneware is closing at the end of the year with the retirement of founder and owner, Andy Cochran, 68, on Dec. 31, according to a statement from the company. Cochran has made and ...

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 ...

Salmon Falls Stoneware, a mainstay on Oak Street in Dover for 34 years, will be closing its doors on Dec. 31, when 68-year-old founder and owner Andy Cochran retires. Cochran, who has made and sold ...

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 ...

Clay minerals found naturally in soils around the U.S. and world form the three main types of clay used in pottery: porcelain, earthenware, and stoneware. A unique combination of the minerals kaolin, ...

Archaeologists are all too familiar with finding bits and pieces of an artifact, and then having to put the pieces together to tell their story. Although, every now and then a whole bottle or plate ...