Clay Has a Memory
“If I'm going to make a piece of art that's an expression of my soul… I have to be clean.”
Are our body, mind, and soul interconnected? How might our soul help or hinder our hands?
As a potter, Ryan Pederson had been perfecting his work for decades, beginning with an initial curiosity in high school and then as a professional artisan. Never satisfied with simply repeating his prior success or making the next marketable piece, he voraciously learned and honed his craft.
But then he met a challenge he couldn’t overcome. Even though he sensed there was still untapped potential in both his talent and technique, his work was falling apart. His failures led him on a much deeper journey, one that led him back to painful memories that lay dormant. Along the way he discovered a newfound alignment between the work of his hands and that of his heart.