Large pots are occasionally interpreted as demonstrations of strength because the size is vulnerable to a kind of theater around the making: large quantities of clay paired with strenuous/exaggerated gestures. There is certainly labor involved and clay has weight; that remains true. Also, gravity absolutely remains an active threat throughout the process. However, I have never found “brute strength and ignorance” to be a successful mental framework.
Read MoreIn 2016, two weeks after I got married, I left home and camped for two weeks in illinois with Chris Pate and friends at the Waubonsee International Woodfire Conference. While there, I participated in 5 different styles of kiln firings…
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