For the past thirty odd years I have collected studio pottery. Have written about it and have curated several exhibitions. It used to be that wheel-thrown pottery making was taught throughout the country in schools, colleges and evening classes. Today this is not the case and several leading (and now elderly) potters believe that their generation may be the last to use such techniques. Efforts are being made to keep this tradition alive, but, like other traditional 'crafts' it is a struggle. Somebody once said that 'Tradition is a meteor, once extinguished it can never return' (or words to that effect). We have been lucky in this country to have had so many fine craftspeople working here. It would be a shame to see these crafts disappear.
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