While staying at the Golden Waters Resort in Kumarakom, India I came across a man throwing pottery on the most traditional potter’s wheel I had ever seen. He used one was made of wood and it appeared well used. It was balanced with crossbeams in the middle and looked just like a wheel. In the […]
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Discovering Chia Pets in Santa Maria del Tule
While visiting Oaxaca, Mexico in August, I was delighted to discover a table of Chia Pets made by a local potter. I had headed to Santa Maria del Tule to visit the famed tree on my way to explore Mitla. El Tule, as it is known, is a Montezuma cypress and this particular one has […]