"The
source of my work is found in the role that pots perform within the
household." Michael Simon from the book; EVOLUTION
Illustrated
is a small and animated covered box by Michael Simon. This pot was wood fired
and lightly salted, accentuating the
form and the spiraling decoration painted on the piece in his trademark black
pigment. At first glance, the question of use arises, what place would this pot
play in a home and then, as if struck by a bat, the mind reels at the
possibilities. Through the millennia vessels of containment have paved the way
for our futures; safeguarding food, seeds, medicines and a variety of
essentials necessary for both short and long term existence. This small covered
pot is a link in a timeline of such vessels and as such, stands out of time and
can be viewed in the same manner in another hundred years. As with many simple
pots, it is amazing the bridge they construct between past and present and
lidded vessels made from country to country and culture to culture over vast
expanses of time.
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