For more than a thousand years, the spicy, pungent Korean cabbage dish known as kimchi was fermented in earthenware vessels called “onggi.” Now, a pair of mechanical engineers have unraveled why these ...

Nearly every family in the old town of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region owns pieces of local earthenware, whether they be dishes, cups, bottles or bowls, and those made by Tursun Zunun ...

Across East Asia and elsewhere in the world, most families' main staple is rice, and in Korea it's joined with the triumvirate of the Korean kitchen: soy sauce, hot pepper paste and brown bean paste.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The magic of the wood-fired kilns turning earth into a beautiful ceramic form or redware pottery, ...

Ceramics have become the item to covet for your home, but which type should you go for? BELINDA MERRIE / Not-For-Syndication Homeware with a handmade "perfectly imperfect" vibe is hot right now, so it ...

In Japan, burial mounds were constructed for powerful local leaders from around the third to the seventh century. Often, unglazed, earthenware figures known as haniwa were placed on and around the ...

Earthenware vase with flattened body on pedestal and high soliflore neck decorated with a crowned salamander and pierced swan Reunion of a dinner plate and a soup plate decorated in the Italian taste ...

*This is the first part in our series, “Onggi, traditional earthenware vessel in Korea.” This series of articles explains how to make traditional Korean pottery and how to use the large jars. We tried ...