Human society has a long and rich association with objects made of fired clay that goes back to the rise of settled communities--therefore, civilization itself.

The making of hollow objects of fired clay employs the basic elements of the ancient Greek world: earth, air, fire, and water.

Today the leading edge of ceramic art is not generally concerned with containers for food so much as containers for human aspirations; an expression of the collective breath of life of the human race.

The art of throwing large masses of clay on the potter's wheel requires a zen-like detached concentration akin to that demanded in rock climbing.

Clay must be handled with understanding as well as considerable force to reveal its "intent" --its inherent capabilities--due to its inner structure.

Treating clay as a living responsive thing imparts moral force to the demand that it rise and stand; revealing its inner character by defying gravity in thin hollow forms of large size.