In the final stages of the war, due to a shortage of metals, ceramics from various regions in Japan, such as Shigaraki and Mino ware, were used as substitutes for metal and were employed in the ...

The official description reads: “Summer of 1940 in Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. Yoko Matsubara is a young girl with a talent for pottery. She dreams of becoming a ceramic artist, unaware of the ...

In the ancient and magical land of the East, Chinese ceramics have journeyed through time for thousands of years, showcasing their unique artistic charm and profound historical and cultural heritage.

Celebrated for its artisanal pottery and ceramic techniques, the village of Shigaraki is the site of one of Japan’s remaining “six ancient kilns,” and its stoneware dates to Japan’s ...

Shigaraki Tomura from My Hero Academia can bring a lot of menace with the advancement of his destructive Decay Quirk. That being said, if Shigaraki was put against some of the most well-known and ...

On May 14 exactly 30 years ago, a Shigaraki Kogen Railway Co. (SKR) train and a West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) train collided head-on, killing 42 people. I recently visited the accident site in ...

It will introduce you to the transformational material of clay, exploring contexts of making, craft and manufacture. This course is part of the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme. BA ...