Imaginations come and go, the art is to recognize and preserve the Ceraminations . They are the ceramist’s treasure trove. Maybe not immediately, but after ripening they are worth their weight in gold, just like a good cheese…

Modern life is surrounded by all kinds of information flows. Books, social media, events and interactions: with Frodo (my parrot), my girlfriend, fellow ceramists and students. What happens to all that input?

With me it always comes out one way or another (rehashed). When I’m working, whether it’s preparing a (glaze) lesson, a ceramics blog or with my hands in the clay, small thoughts jumping around.

Sometimes everyday thoughts (is the garbage picked up today?), sometimes specific (making a series of pots in geometry of the molecules that clay is made up from?).

How do you keep all those references and perhaps (after maturation) valuable Ceraminations?