At our 10/9 meeting, Laurie Childers will present a show-and-tell about her three months in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto is an ancient city with a wide variety of refined aesthetic expressions; handmade pottery is a fundamental part of the culture. Laurie was able to make pots at Asahi, a 400-year-old pottery with historical connections to the anagama kilns we fire today. Laurie has brought back pottery for you to see and touch. She will also bring some new tools and pottery books, watercolors painted there, and new work she is doing inspired by her time in Japan.