Learn the basics of working with clay with a focus on traditional Khmer hand building and surface carving practices. Hand building techniques including slab construction, coil pinch, low relief ...

The Division of Home and Community Life, Ceramics & Glass Collection is responsible for the Smithsonian's collections of ceramics made, used, and marketed in America from about 1600 to the present.

The sculpture & ceramics area takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring traditional and modern three-dimensional media. In the ceramics coursework, you will explore slip casting, mold making, ...

Ceramics are made from clay, sand and feldspar (a rock that has metals present in compound form, but not as an ore). These materials are ground to a fine powder, mixed together and fired at high ...