Aaron Plave Pottery

Like many, I was drawn to pottery by the idea that I could create unique objects with my touch that could be both beautiful and useful. Throwing and firing clay by hand takes patience and often an unreasonable amount of time and effort. There is also never a guarantee of success – every step in the process has elements out of your control that could ruin your pots. Yet it is this very dance between uncertainty and intention that keeps me and so many other potters coming back to the craft. Handmade pottery and all of its quirks, delights, and mysteries, is a needed counterpoint to our increasingly automated and manufactured world. These one-of-a-kind objects connect and ground us – there is a unique joy in sipping tea out of a handmade mug and seeing the character of the maker reflected in the colors and form of the pot.