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Ceramic dildo row puts Kiwi potters in a spin

WELLINGTON, New Zealand–The genteel world of New Zealand pottery has been rocked by a row over plans for a ceramic dildo-making workshop, sparking

Lanelle Abueva is all fired up over painted ceramics

FROM the show’s title, “If I Could Paint,” down to the painterly idiom used, which is abstraction, questions are certain to be raised in the visitor’s mind: Is the title a lament for a talent that one does not possess? If one paints in abstraction, does it automatically imply that the artist is incapable of figuration, and therefore, does not know how to paint? Or: If one wanted to paint, why not be practical and just use canvas or paper?

Ceramics expert to lecture on 14th-century discoveries

Oriental-ceramics expert May Huang is coming to Manila to discuss recently discovered blue-and-white shards from her hometown Jingdezhen, China.

Building a home out of clay

The objects, gorgeously glazed, sensuously curved and loaded with more texture than you would believe possible in this medium, are shot through with references to the Philippines—a haphazard-looking bahay-kubo, bulol heads with enigmatic expressions, bamboo of varying lengths.