"I made my first pot - a wretched little bowl with a pitted glaze - in November, 1962. This simple act changed my life, leading me to believe, 50 years later, that potters may change the world for the better, one handful at a time. My feeling is that we potters finish our work, but only others can complete it, through use. Pottery, therefore, is only finished once, but can be completed endlessly, by a succession of users, keeping it active in a variety of settings. When we say we are “moved” by a pot, it may be the animating force of its creator refusing to be still”.
—jack troy
—jack troy
"But the amazingly keen eye of the Chan-no-yu [Korean master potter] master has discovered in these odd neglected pieces a unique beauty; for what most appeals to him are the things originally made for everyday use.... Chan-no-yu may best be defined as an aesthetics of actual living, in which utility is the first principle of beauty."
--Bernard Leach in "A Potter's Book"
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