Raku techniques have been adopted and modified by contemporary potters worldwide.

The anagama is fueled with firewood, in contrast to the electric or gas-fueled kilns commonly used by most contemporary potters.

Pre-eminent among its contemporary potters is Lucy M. Lewis, known among her people as "a venerable old one."

Bizen Ceramics Hall displays Bizen ware by contemporary potters and a small collection of Old Bizen.

Today contemporary Native potters create a wide range of ceramics from functional pottery to monumental ceramic sculpture.

The exhibition features vases, tea sets, plates and mugs by 20 contemporary potters.

However, some contemporary potters make objects which are not useful and are really 3D Design or sculpture.

The more engaging of the two presents nearly 50 astonishingly precise teapots made by about 30 contemporary potters in Yixing, in the Jiangsu province of China.

Tammie Allen (born 1964) is a contemporary Native American potter, enrolled in the Jicarilla Apache Nation.

A visit there will give you an idea of Hagi ware's history and also some standards by which to evaluate the work of contemporary potters.