This recipe for making a clay that mimics rock was passed on to me by a reader, who used the clay to teach lessons in how fossils are formed in her third-grade art classes. She pressed shells, leaves ...

PITTSBURGH — The squat, industrial building on West Liberty Avenue is deceptively unassuming. One lifetime resident of Pittsburgh told me he had driven by it for 20 years without knowing the secrets ...

“For me, it’s a better way to channel energy,” said Otis Ailsworth, carefully turning an elegant clay bowl, using his hands to shape it. “It’s also kind of spiritual.” Ailsworth, 50, was participating ...

Shannon Amos, a local polymer clay artist who lives in Union Bridge, has been interested in art her entire life. Her parents enabled her artistic side and took her to craft stores when she was a child ...

Clay on Main in Oley welcomes Philadelphia-based sculptural artist Emily Whynott, who brings her master’s of fine art thesis work, “Sugarcoated” to Clay on Main’s gallery from May 28 to July 2.