Above: Stone carver Sam Bates uses hand-held tools to create incised and bas relief carvings in fine-grained hard stone, which he gathers from all over North America. His work includes wall pieces, small carvings and outdoor sculptures. At top: Collista Bejjani creates functional and decorative pottery. “I love the process,” she wrote, “finding the materials, coming up with an idea, molding and manipulating the clay and then finally giving it up to the kiln gods to either be smiled upon or destroyed.”
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