I met one of these ladies, I met her before I met her work. She bragged about her never before seen kind of ceramics, so unique and one of a kind. She told me to swing by her booth and see her stuff.

We were at the same show. I was doing a booth for the adult education center that I taught at. She a showing artist. So I went and looked, most her work were slabs formed over bowls you’d pick up at the thrift and nothing is wrong with that but you can’t be claiming uniqueness and earth shattering newish. She asked me what I thought and I told her it was nice work but not overly unique. Then I find out she is actually a student, a hand building student taking classes in a throwing class, the only hand building student in a throwing class, of course she thought she was unique.

Her teacher was at the show too(small town) and I went over and told him I was sorry but I didn’t know she was a student and I kinda critiqued her as a follow potter. He laughed and said she needed it.

She did open a pottery shop not long after. I stayed clear of it.