Pottery began as tool-making, turned into art, got mass-produced and is now in auctions and the houses of millionaires. Mud makes us weird.

As a youth, I remember my dad saying I had hands that had never worked hard. It was a passing comment, remarking I had no callouses or...

I'd heard of Cornwall. I hadn't heard that it was dark. That it was rough. It cuts you and makes you breathe hard.