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Hand-Thrown or Moulded: Reading a Ceramic Bowl
Learn how to read a hand-thrown or moulded ceramic bowl through rim, foot, and surface clues, while avoiding claims…
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Materials, making traditions and the marks that show how an object came to be.
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The Heirloom Rule: Must an Old Object Stay as It Was?
The heirloom rule need not mean leaving an object untouched; weigh its use, memory, condition, and your own wishes…
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Culture lives in the details people repeat
A threshold, a table setting or a familiar way of welcoming someone can tell a careful observer a great deal about place and habit.