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The Craftsman's Balancing Act

From , former About.com Guide

A round ceramic cribbage board created by Anna Vickers.

This unusual round cribbage board shows the combination of wood and carved pottery that results in what Anna calls ‘functional art’.

Image Courtesy of Ken Vickers

BP: Do you do other work in clay besides your games? If business and financial security were not factors, what kind of clay work do you think you'd do?

Anna: In the past I made a wide variety of wheel-thrown functional pottery. I mainly concentrate on board games now. However, I recently started making hand-built and carved mugs, as well as carved coasters. If business concerns were not a factor, I would experiment with many different forms that I could carve and each piece would be completely unique.

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