About Clay Nicori

Who writes Clay Nicori and what it covers.

Clay Nicori is a beginner's guide to handmade pottery: forming by hand, understanding how clay dries and fires, glazing, and finding your way in a shared studio.

Who writes it

The guide is written by Nori Kawase, a pen name for an amateur potter who learned in community studios and still keeps a box of cracked first attempts. No professional or teaching qualification is claimed.

On mending

Broken pieces are part of the craft. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum, making the repair part of the object's story.

About this address

This domain once belonged to a small handmade ceramics and accessories studio. That studio and its products are not part of this site, and this guide sells nothing.

Out of the kiln 2026-10-20