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June 2005
Function - Vol. 33 No. 2

Shards: Revisiting Function Bernard's Orphans: Looking for the Neo in Classical by Garth Clark; Thoughts Upon Reading Garth Clark's Essay by Clary Illian. Contemporary Functional Pottery: A Sampling of Views Linda Sikora, Guest Editor; The Spice of Life by Mark Pharis; Reflecting for the Future by Julia Galloway; Lyric Functionalism by Mark Shapiro; Vitality of Functional Ceramics in our Culture by Jane Shellenbarger. The Function of Ceramics: Walter Ostrom Interviews Paul Greenhalgh; From The Utilitarian Clay Symposium IV: Arrowmont September 2004; What's in a Pot by Gail Kendall; Potters' Favorite Pots; The Arrowmont Survey of Utilitarian Potters by Louise Rosenfield; To Mima's Vase by Tom Daley; A New Definition of "Useful" by Jane Herold; Food and Vessel: The Japanese Aesthetic of Presentation by Jeff Shapiro; Stuck in the Mud by Jane Perryman; Darwinian Ghosts by Jordan Taylor. Readings on Function: A Sampling of Recommendations from Contributors; David Leach; Remembering Ken Ferguson.

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Vol. 33, No. 2, "Revisiting Function"
Revisiting Function: The Spice of Life
By Mark Pharis
By any historical standard, those who make functional pots in the twenty-first century do so under circumstances that are very different from those of our predecessors.
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Title Page Image Vol. 33 No. 2, 2005, p. 70
A New Definition of Useful
By Jane Herold
The pots I make are useful pots: Dishes, things to serve and hold food. But holding food is not what makes them useful.
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Dan's Jug, November 2002. Cone 12 wood-fired stoneware, shino glaze interior. H 11.5" by W 10". Photograph by VanZandenbergen.
Darwinian Ghosts
By Jordan Taylor
My pots, while traditional, are also dynamic because they cannot help but contain what I bring to tradition. To these old and vigorous shapes I bring my family's creative spirit. Every day I spend at the wheel I bring this amalgam to the crucible of tradition.
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