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From a handful of clay… Dreams Become Reality

A handful of clay is enough to make dreams come true… An old potter’s proverb from Bunzlau (“der Stadt des Guten Tons“) compares ploughing a field to throwing on the potter’s wheel. Both is hard work, but also the way to proudly earn your living.

The earth is my acre
The wheel is my plough
I’m a potter maker
That gives me my bread now

(Historical potter’s proverb from Bunzlau, translated from German*)

Our stories arise between dream and reality. Stories of happiness and beauty. Stories from yesterday and thousands of years ago…

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