Sam Taylor Lidded Jar w/Bird

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This is a great jar by Sam with one of his signature birds.Our friend Mark Shapiro call s him his ‘spirit animal’

“When I first started making pottery, I reveled in the opportunity to make pots, sit at my wheel, and fill up wareboard after wareboard. I was firing the kiln at Stonepool Pottery and it was amazing. Each firing was a wonder, a discovery, a gift. Everything was so new. I worked hard. My older, more experienced colleagues pushed me. They were so good at making pottery. It was intimidating and it was magical. Beautiful pots came out of the kiln. I was happy to be there. Today, I am slower and more reflective. I spend more time in my sketchbook. The challenges are largely the same. How do I choose to love each piece of pottery that I make? How do I strike a balance between what I know (what I am good at) and forgetting everything I know in an effort to tap back into that wonderful, frenzied energy of newness? My mantra in the studio today is, “It’s all practice and everything I make is a prototype.”