Soft diplomacy was needed. With American encouragement, the Japanese offered clay. The little-known role of ceramic statecraft in Cold War geopolitics is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at ...
A company in Kyoto found thousands of rare ceramic coins made during metal shortages of the 1940s and believed to have been ...
In a rare find, the Japanese Mint Bureau has acquired 15 boxes containing 500,000 ceramic coins. Previously thought to have ...
Woman with Pear, one of Warashina’s most iconic pieces, will soon be installed permanently at the Saranac Building in ...
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese craft technique that utilizes lacquer and gold to repair broken ceramic pieces. Kunio Nakamura, the 52-year-old kintsugi artist who operates Rokujigen ...
He came to Japan to study poetry but was enchanted by pottery, which he found to be “handheld poetry.” Both poetry and pottery were the essences of the material. Mr. Yellin started his journey as a ...
Steve Jobs helped shape the modern world with his products at Apple, and it appears we can partly thank the unique aesthetic of Japanese ceramics for some of his most iconic designs. In the spring ...
Courtesy of Naoko Fukumaru Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of repairing ceramics with lacquer and gold dust. The idea is to highlight the imperfections of a piece and celebrate its new ...
This is welcome news to perhaps no one more than a centuries-old Japanese ceramics maker that got its start making dinnerware. Maruwa, which builds ceramics for circuit boards and semiconductors ...
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