Students in the ceramics class at Ohio University-Zanesville experienced the ancient art of Raku pottery during their last week of classes.

As ceramic art professor Vern Allen removed the glowing red ceramic pieces from the propane-fired kiln, Christina Penotte of McConnelsville and Kyle Lux smothered the pieces with sawdust. Fire often erupted from the metal trash cans as the sawdust hit the fired pieces:: more