In our current practice of ceramics (ours as in here, at CSU) though much of what we are up to in the art building tucked away on campus is unknown, its easy to see that we are free from a lot of the historical limitations and perspectives that ceramics experienced (suffered, really). I was surprised to hear what was considered high or good art, who was considered an artist as ceramics built its way up into the field it now is. The people who made the pots for some time were not the artists, the people decorating and showing them off were the artists. Our culture and ceramic world is strongly individualistic. It is important to see this scope of ceramics historically and recognize the access we have to making a life as an artist, while similar historical pressures still exist. With that access comes a need to discover and learn discipline in practice as a ceramist that allows our art to be projecting forward.
-Dehmie
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