Potter Brian Buckland shows off a recent creation. (Photo courtesy of Brian Buckland) By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer Last weeke ...

[LILONGWE] Closing his eyes as he battled smoke wafting from fish-smoking kilns in front of him, Issah Amin put more wood into one of seven ovens at Chikombe beach, a fish-landing site on Lake Malawi.

What is it about the art of pottery and its ancient alchemical process that draws people to ... from the earth to one’s hands to the kiln — and how something derived from nature, with a ...