Playing with Earth at Clay Ave

When I was a kid, my favorite play thing was clay dough. I created tiny humans, houses, new clay mixtures which, much to my own detriment, became moldings of different unattractive colors. Despite this, I loved forming creations out of clay.

When I was in college, we read this essay on pottery and clay making for an Art Appreciation class. The darnedest thing, I forgot the author and the title of the essay. But I appreciated the writing and the content. "Pottery is the most natural art form. The potter's hands, the clay/mud and nothing else in between."

Needless to say, it served as my initial inspiration for wanting to try pottery. Aside from the fact that I'm a little piggy who likes to play with mud.