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Pottery was once a local art ... Potters dug their own clay, ground minerals for glazes, cut and stacked firewood for fuel. They made their own tools, built their own studios and kilns. A potter’s customers were his neighbors; professional colleagues were usually family. These days, potters use clay and glaze materials from all over the globe. We buy tools manufactured for us, clay wrapped in plastic. We travel the country selling our work, and visit virtual colleagues on-line whom we’ve never met in person. But pottery is still a local art. We crave personal contacts, sharing ideas and experiences, trading pots and show reviews and recipes with our neighbors, our ceramic family. Thus was born our ceramics organization Local Clay and ClayFest our annual ceramics-only show and sale. |
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