This is in opposition to the avant-garde of the pottery world, the cognoscente who prefer to be known as "ceramic sculptors."Howell, a studio potter for 20 years, has exhibited his pieces in over 80 shows around the country. Among is numerous awards is First Place in Ceramics in the "...
Fired clay vessels began to be produced in the Near East about 8,000 years ago; these vessels were utilitarian, undecorated, fired at a relatively low temperature and seem to have been derived from brick-making practices. By about 6,000 B.C., pottery making was a well developed craft and...