A mesmerizing spin with ceramist Patti Warashina

Wit and wisdom take ceramic form in the hands of the artist, whose work can be seen at American Museum of Ceramic Art.

Patti Warashina has spent half a century making clay do her bidding rather than give in to what is expected of clay. Bowls and pots? She'd already proven while at the University of Washington in the early 1960s that she could make beautiful ones. Instead, what about going Pop like Peter Max in the late '60s, or creating tableaux about liberated women in the 1980s, or addressing warfare and corporate greed in sake sets in the naughts?

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