The article by Shannon Garson regarding the value of handmade functional tableware was a very interesting read. I completely understood where she was coming from, and found value in her reasons behind why handmade tableware should be used. I was very intrigued by the overall spiritual tone of her writing. She seemed to really incorporate the tangible human experience of life in with a very ethereal view of living. The piece above really illustrated to me what she was talking about. The irregularity, the color, the depth, and the simplicity all revealed to me what Shannon Garson wrote about. Using this tableware to eat would indeed connect the user to the artist, and Shannon spoke about in her article.

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