Gwendolyn Yoppolo: Holding Forth

Rooted in tradition and practicality, utilitarian ceramics can actually serve as radical, transformative art.  Dining is a multisensory experience that engages us beyond the level of physical nourishment to ignite our sense of selfhood, relationship, ancestry, and culture.  Experience with handmade pottery stretches those sense organs and alters the scripts by which we interact around food.