Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Tunisian woman is keeping an ancient form of pottery alive (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) POTTERY CRAFTSWOMAN, DHAHBIA SIIDANI, SAYING: ...

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Smoke billows out of the 55-gallon steel drum on the patio of Jed Cossonay’s Chandler home. With a pair of metal tongs, he pulls a small copper-colored pot out of the makeshift kiln and places it in ...

A small village in Serbia has been making pottery the same way for over 400 years. Now it's been recognized as part of the world's "intangible heritage." The Savic family is one of 18 pottery-making ...

Potters of different cultural backgrounds learn new types differently, producing cultural differences even in the absence of differential cultural evolution. The research has implications for how we ...

One of the most identifying features of human nature is our ability to craft tools to meet almost any need. From crude hammers and knives to written language and currency to modern lightbulbs and ...

Ida Redbird dug the clay she needed for the creation of her pots from the banks of the Gila River. Some say she tasted the gritty sand, and if it was too salty, she discarded it and moved to another ...

The Irish artisan Sinéad Fagan uses combustible materials in her firing process. The results, she said, are always a surprise. By Sandra Jordan BAURAVILLA, Ireland — Sinéad Fagan credits the beginning ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) POTTERY CRAFTSWOMAN, DHAHBIA SIIDANI, SAYING: "We search for this mud, we then bring it and put it in water until it swells. We then soften it by pressing it with our legs, and ...