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Much like learning to play a musical instrument, throwing clay on the wheel requires methodical practice and refinement of technique. Just as scales provide a vocabulary with which musicians can speak to each other, there are guidelines to making functional pots. Learning to improvise within a system comes with repeated performance and familiarity with the subject matter. I like to think that my work reflects a system of parts that strike a chord. Clarity, as well as harmony, is essential in the attachment of handles, the fit of lids, curve of spouts.

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