Thursday, July 17, 2008

Eat bread and salt and be content


I've been working hard on building inventory since June. I'm not a production potter, (though I enjoy production work), I'm more of a series kind of potter. I work on platters in a series, shallow bowls in a series, that kind of thing. This pix is one of a series of what I call bread bowls. They're stoneware, thrown and altered with a wheat motif I like. One uses these to warm bread and then serve it at the table. The heat from the bread bowl keeps the bread warm, unlike a wicker basket. I am Slavic in heritage and my title for this post is actually an old Slavic saying. There's a lot of wisdom in it and it appeals to me.

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