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GUILD SS | ; Volume 37 Number -

of BRITISH SUE HARA
COLUMBIA Change is a Constant

[tis said that change isa constant in our lives. When I considered what | wanted to write
for this article, I realized how true this is. My pots have gone from miniature teapots
through to large garden pieces with many different things in between, using different
clays and firing temperatures. [t seems to me that one important prerequisite to being an
artist is to be open to changes.

Although most ceramic pieces are either functronal or decorative, my aim is also to
uddiress issues that concern or interest me. One example of this is that I make pieces that
I call earth vessels and tidal baskers. The former may have a feather of stone
incorporated; the latter have handles of dried kelp. The initial effect is decorative, but
my hope is that the piece will also remind people of the fragility of our environment |
am very interested in the part that ntual and ceremony ply in lives; and how the potter
can contibute to that. Some ceremonies are as simple as using special tea bow Is, ollers
more intense, such as the use of funeral urns. Sometimes as a special commission, | will
make an urn, I feel honoured to be usked and pleased to be able to make something
appropriate for the person. This | see as a place of service, as our society has few
meaningful rituals arcund death, at least within a secular setting

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