“The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance—and their own.”
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Ancient Jars
“We need containers, if only to exist with enough solidity to overcome them.”
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Enslaved potter David Drake searched for his family. More than 150 years later, they’ve found him.
“‘He was sending these messages,’ said Daisy Whitner, whom genealogists have identified as a descendent of Drake.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Death as a Work of Art
“He tried to explain that the tomb was his final creative act, one that he would make with love, as he had made ceramics daily for the past forty-four years.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Alice Driver on the Passion to Create and the Fear of Failure
It took Alice Driver’s dad 2 1/2 years and 4,000 bricks to build his fourth wood-fired kiln. But would it fire properly?
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Old Dirt
Andrew Evans celebrates the wonders of farming and crafting clay pots — two occupations based on making something out of dirt with honest labor.
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Old Dirt: Making Something Out of Nothing
At Letters From Earth, Andrew Evans celebrates the wonders of farming and crafting clay pots — two occupations based on making something out of dirt with honest labor.