Inspirations

Jōmon

Japan · 14,500 BCE – 300 BCE

Buncheong

Korea · 15th–16th century

Raku

Japan · 16th century – present

Barro Negro

Oaxaca, Mexico · Pre-Columbian – present

Celadon

China/Korea · 10th century – present

Majolica

Italy/Spain/Mexico · 15th century – present

Mingei

Japan · 20th century

Shigaraki

Japan · 13th century – present

Delftware

Netherlands · 17th century – present

African Coil Pottery

Sub-Saharan Africa · Ancient – present

Iznik

Turkey · 15th–17th century

Oribe

Japan · Late 16th century – present

Pueblo Pottery

Southwestern USA · Ancient – present

Song Dynasty Ceramics

China · 960–1279 CE

Joseon White Porcelain

Korea · 15th–19th century

Bizen

Japan · 12th century – present

Yixing

China · 15th century – present

Hagi

Japan · 16th century – present

Karatsu

Japan · 16th century – present

Imari / Arita

Japan · 17th century – present

Meissen

Germany · 18th century – present

Staffordshire Pottery

England · 17th century – present

Talavera

Mexico · 16th century – present

Nok Terracotta

Nigeria · 500 BCE – 200 CE

Zulu Pottery

South Africa · Traditional – present

Ancient Greek Pottery

Greece · 1000 BCE – 300 BCE

Islamic Lusterware

Middle East/Spain · 9th–17th century

Tang Sancai

China · 7th–10th century

Shoji Hamada

Japan

Bernard Leach

Britain/Japan

Lucie Rie

Austria/Britain

Hans Coper

Germany/Britain

Peter Voulkos

USA

Magdalene Odundo

Kenya/Britain

Andile Dyalvane

South Africa

Edmund de Waal

Britain

Yanagi Sōetsu

Japan

Kawai Kanjirō

Japan

Maria Martinez

USA (San Ildefonso Pueblo)

George Ohr

USA

Beatrice Wood

USA

Michael Cardew

Britain/Ghana/Nigeria

Warren MacKenzie

USA

Ken Price

USA

Toshiko Takaezu

USA (Hawaii)

Ruth Duckworth

Germany/Britain/USA

Phil Rogers

Wales

Lisa Hammond

Britain

Clary Illian

USA

Shozo Michikawa

Japan

Jennifer Lee

Scotland/Britain

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

Australia

Akira Satake

Japan/USA

Svend Bayer

Britain

Nesta Nala

South Africa

Rosanjin

Japan

Theaster Gates

USA

Maija Grotell

Finland/USA

Peter Lane

Britain

Ewen Henderson

Britain

Sandy Brown

Britain

Ken Matsuzaki

Japan

Mashiko

Jingdezhen

Oaxaca / San Bartolo Coyotepec

Grottaglie

St Ives / Leach Pottery

Stoke-on-Trent

Shigaraki Town

Arita

Vallauris

Seto

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Victoria and Albert Museum

Faenza

Fez

Seagrove

Icheon

La Borne

Tokoname

Deruta

Kyoto

Volcanic

Liquid

Stone

Skin

Natural Ash

Crystalline

Shino

Tenmoku

Salt Glaze

Carbon Trap

Oil Spot

Crawling/Lichen

Celadon

Copper Red

Hare's Fur

Coiling

Burnishing

Wood Firing

Sgraffito

Pit Firing

Reduction Firing

Kintsugi

Slip Trailing

Nerikomi / Neriage

Terra Sigillata

Mishima / Inlay

Ash Glazing

Raku Firing

Soda Firing

Anagama Firing

Wheel Throwing

Press Molding

Slip Casting

Smoke Firing / Saggar

Oxide Wash

Wabi-Sabi

Japan

Working with Local Materials

The Beauty of Use

Mingei

Collaborating with Fire

Constraint as Creativity

The Sacred Everyday

Time Made Visible

Anonymous Making

Mingei/Folk

Tradition and Innovation

Truth to Materials

Craft movement

Slow Making

The Space Between

The Korean Invasions (1592-98)

Late 16th century

Jōmon Flame Vessels Recognized

20th century

Leach Meets Hamada (1919)

1919

Voulkos at Otis (1954-59)

1950s

European Porcelain Discovered (1708)

1708

Maria Martinez Develops Black-on-Black (1919)

1919

Chōjirō Creates First Raku (c. 1580)

c. 1580

Coper Joins Rie's Studio (1946)

1946

The Five Great Kilns of Song

960-1279

Picasso Arrives in Vallauris (1946)

1946

Yanagi Founds Mingei Movement (1926)

1926

Doña Rosa's Burnishing Innovation (1950s)

1950s

Chinese Export Collapse (1640s-80s)

Mid 17th century

A Potter's Book Published (1940)

1940

George Ohr's Work Rediscovered (1970s)

1970s