Amazon: sculpture mix; cobalt carbonate oxide.
And, Head and Egg (shore rock).
(I value the piece, the pieces, though my own rough execution is hard to miss.)
Books: the Davenport Seven Greeks and almost any Neruda are particular favorites.
I'm looking forward to ceramics work this summer: sculpting and throwing bowls and pots. I need to improve, need to develop my skills more fully, yet each piece speaks to me, telling stories of the past, of what matters, and of what I must do to work better, to be that better artist.
Such pieces do not let me forget anything, not a single failure, not a bad choice or misstep. Such echoes spur, goad, and guide me.
