Walk-in business plays no part in the marketing plan at Emerson Creek Pottery, a dinnerware and decorative-item gift shop in rural Oswego. Launched last year in a century-old farmhouse, the store is ...

During my childhood, I used to collect my coins in a clay pot; we used to call it khazana meaning “treasure”. I broke my khazana on every happy occasion, be it Eid or my birthday to meet my expenses.

These days, when potters need orange or yellow shades for their pieces, they can turn to a variety of tin compounds. But in a less paranoid time, Roberta Treseder of Los Gatos, Calif., found that ...