Larry Watson

by Erika Jurney on December 1, 2009

I featured this artist last year but I’m fascinated by the latest designs.

Larry Watson: My work has a very unique twist. I put the fun and funky in functional! Although obviously influenced by my natural surroundings and various travels abroad, my pottery has a strong human/spiritual metaphor to it. I feel that the things that happen to us, good and bad, are what develop character and spiritual strength. And so it is with my pottery, and the distortions I carve into the pristine forms become the most interesting character.

Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook or learn more about her love of the handmade.

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1 Kristi Bowman December 1, 2009 at 8:23 am: RT @tryhandmade Larry Watson | For the Home | Try Handmade http://bit.ly/5tsjKB
2 Erika Jurney December 1, 2009 at 3:11 pm: Fabulous! #handmade Larry Watson- I featured this artist last year but I’m fascinated by the latest designs. Larr… http://bit.ly/5fFTuM
3 BeachyRustica December 2, 2009 at 10:42 am: Fabulous… just added to my wishlist! :)
4 Audrey Fetterhoff December 3, 2009 at 10:34 am: That Teapot is Awesome!!
5 Elizabeth Burtt February 12, 2010 at 10:57 am: wow. what fantastic forms, and the glazes mmm mmm good

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