In addition to the serenity and fresh air, the island is dotted with shops that sell distinctive Mon pottery, a pleasing ochre-coloured pottery that has its roots in present-day Myanmar.
Leather bookbindings, pigments for paints and majolica (white-glazed pottery) all came from the East, although the Venetians never succeeded in imitating the perfect ruby glaze of Iznik pottery.
They have welcomed plans for a ceramic academy in Stoke-on-Trent "in principle" but urged one of the big pottery firms in the area to help to teach traditional pottery skills.
They are packing up more than 19, 000 historic pottery moulds and cases to be moved from the factory to part of the old Spode pottery site in Stoke town centre.
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The mobile gift cards are currently available at the Gap and its spin-off chains Banana Republic and Old Navy, as well as Williams-Sonoma and sister chains Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids and West Elm.
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Exhibits include pottery dating back to the 3rd Century BC and coins from the 17th Century.
Pottery Barn parent Williams-Sonoma has yet to break ground on its low-budget concept, Elm Street.
The winning designs will be hand painted onto tiles by artists from Anita Harris Art Pottery.
Other famous artist-residents include Park Yuna, in whose studio visitors find pottery and textile art.
There is a wheelchair repair unit, a sewing unit, a pottery and crafts unit.
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Was it found with everyday broken pottery or more precious finds like jewellery or weapons?
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The essence of which is the Pottery Barn principle: you broke it, you bought it.
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Ships' planking survives and there are always ballast stones along with a lot of pottery.
Pottery can be a great way to add texture and pattern without relying on fabric.
The MFA has an almost unrivalled collection of Mayan painted pottery from the Classical period (250-900AD).
The blossoms can either be matte white (known as bisque in the pottery world) or glazed.
This is reflected in the town planning, architecture, in the art of pottery and jewelry.
The site of the pottery army was burned and lost to history for more than 2, 000 years.
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Fragments of Roman and medieval pottery have been also been found, Cheshire West and Chester Council said.
The pottery pieces are part of the traditional Korean collection of the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul.
The pottery found with the skeletons dates to before 1350, the archaeologists said.
Her analysis located 44 previously unidentified tells, which she then dated from shards of pottery she picked up there.
First of all, the art style and design of the game, taken from Greek pottery designs, is absolutely gorgeous.
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And not all pottery companies are in favour of country of manufacture backstamps.
When the Prince's Regeneration Trust (PRT) bought the Middleport Pottery factory it said it wanted to save local skills.
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Haas has found precious little jewelry, and this culture made no pottery.
On the ground floor, a glass wall shows off the broken pottery.
All the pieces of avocado-glazed pottery come from the nearby Snake Kiln, whose traditions date back to the Ming dynasty.
Wade Ceramics, which makes pottery decanters, marked its 200th anniversary with the ceremony at its new facility in Festival Park.
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