I have always liked pottery and ceramics, though I’ve admittedly never done much with them. One of the reasons that I like ceramics is because of a few things this article discusses. Ceramics is one of few things that has been around forever. It has seen the rise and fall of Rome, the palace dining room in Windsor castle, and the simplest tables of small villages. It has such historical importance and it is also such a great art form.

This article reminded me of a time when I was fairly young and at my great uncle Dennis’ house in England. I was digging around in his garden and found all these pieces of broken pottery. I was ecstatic about it and then had to dig up the rest of his poor garden to try and find more pieces. I collected as much as I could, and couldn’t fit any of it together. Dennis told me that it was probably from the home that had stood there before, which was taken down and replaced with many smaller homes. I thought that is was wonderful that although no trace of the old house existed, buried under the garden there were many chips of the white and blue dinner ware that had once belonged to someone who lived there.