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For the past five years or so, I’ve grown more interested in the social function of pots. My curiosity lies in what they mean to their users, what role they play between people as gifts or meaningful objects, where they live in the world, and even whether they are at the front of the cupboard. The annual postcards I print have pots in real-life situations and on my website I have many pages of candid images of my pots in use from people all over the world.

When the Artstream was established eight years ago by Alleghany, it was revolutionary in the way it brought pottery directly to people in a context outside the gallery and forged a connection between users and makers. It was a spectacle of the best kind, giving functional ceramics a hip visibility it had been sorely lacking to that point. The combination of great pottery, a unique buying experience, and media attention did amazing things to open up to a new audience that before that time either didn’t care for pots or thought they were all round, brown, and ugly.

Once again, the Artstream is leading the way by establishing the Library as a context in which potters can dialog with people who love what they do and believe in the power of a good pot to create positive interchange. The Library is pioneering a new relationship between craft and new technology and I am very, very excited to be part of this social experiment. For this project, I have purposefully chosen cups that are good representatives of my standard work. They are not part of a limited edition; they are ordinary in their uniqueness to me. And I can’t wait to see what happens!