Inherited from tales by Buddhist preachers and now secularised, this solo performance involves a storyteller m…

The white star is particularly celebrated in Japan and has inspired various artists, whose works are featured …

The potato is native to the Americas; the Incas are believed to have been the first to cultivate wild tubers a…

You can tell that September was the busiest time at work when all I could manage to write about was putting to…

‘Are you a collector or a maker?’ a chatty chap asked me during a ceramics exhibition months ago. …

How are the three objects pictured above — a broom, a bright pink bush and a package of greenish-black s…

My interest in Korean ceramics had been growing over the years, at first  as a way to better understand its Ja…

When we think about traditional craft objects, the first image that comes to mind is that of old things, vinta…

The yunomi is the workhorse of Japanese teaware. It’s the cup where you’ll be offered tea at a shop, a restaur…

Farmers around the world deploy “scarecrows” to guard their crops from undesirable flying, crawling, and burro…