walking, and searching for, that fine line.

I often think it's funny that, being an amateur potter, I often DON'T like much of the handmade pottery that I see.

Some of it just visually grates on me, like a visual "fingernails on a chalkboard."

I'll admit it seems snobby of me, but nonetheless, it is rare that I find a potter I like (*** I am mainly referring to functional ware here.)

I don't like the the really rough looking stuff, the earthy, hippie, BROWN drippy stuff...

But at the same time, I hate seeing the perfect-looking machine made ceramics at Fred Meyer, in bright garish colors...

Somewhere in the middle of pukey brown, and garishly colored, is a very fine line -

A line which is *polished* yet still *hand-touched*

It is this fine line I seek.