Diving into the clay - "In order to be a good potter I think you got to be just as ornery as the dickens..."

Diving into the clay

Kelly Kessler

A blog of discovering clay. A chance to explore the philosophy and practicalities of twenty-first century pots. A collection of leads for my students and myself.

“In order to be a good potter I think you got to be just as ornery as the dickens…”

“…If you ain’t, and ain’t as cantankerous as they come, someone is going to come and change you and you’re going to be turnin’ out stuff that inside you don’t want to make.”
- Zedith Teague, potter, North Carolina

Taken from Aron Sober’s blog Welcome to the Yard

(Sober wins my respect by leaving a successful 10 year pottery career to return to school in pursuit of an MFA *and* posting a blow-by-blow of the process on this blog.)

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