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Beautiful art made from earth itself is a special thing.

To also make it a functional part of our lives? That would make it pottery.

The craftsmanship of the potter is hardly native to the Ozarks, as is clear from the quote from Isaiah (at right).

However, there is something about the process that, like basket weaving, brings us back to the basics.

And brings us back home.
5/27/08, Pottery detail. Photo credit, J. Heston.
But now, O Lord, thou are our father; we are the clay; and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

— Isaiah 64:8