Tag: Pottery

A terracotta artist who transforms clay into many a wonder by hand, and on the wheel. It’s used to make many flower pots. Terracotta is also often used for pipes, bricks, and sculptures. Terracotta pottery is made by baking terracotta clay. In fact, the word “terracotta” comes from...

Recently, I flew KLM Business Class from Tokyo to Amsterdam and was surprised by one thing — the tableware. The sophisticated porcelains were the work of Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. I was particularly taken by some bone china bowls with the iconic Royal Delft patterns transferred onto th...

János Józsa had run away from home three times before the age of 9. As one of six orphaned children brought up by his aunt and uncle, he never knew a real home. And in the cruel post-World War II poverty, the kids were just an extra mouth to feed. The young János dutifully suffe...