The jug, the jar, the pot, the bowl: The oldest forms are the most diverse

Before the wheel, the flute and tailored furs came the jar, the
jug, the pot and bowl. They are the oldest forms and the most diverse.
Contemporary vessels carry their utilitarian history. Even though many
have moved out of the craft ghetto, that ghetto remains a kind of roots
music, allowing artists who hear it to dig down to waken.

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First row: Susan Zoccola, Paul Marioni, Robbie Miller
Second row: William Morris, Akio Takamori, Marita Dingus
Third row: Jesse Edwards, Preston Singletary, Dale Chihuly
Fourth row: Jeffry Mitchell,  Charles Krafft , Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora C. Mace