OUR FORMATIVE YEARS WE SPENT IN HER STUDIO, SEATED AT THE FOOT OF HER POTTER'S WHEEL. WE SPENT HOURS CRUSHING THE CLAY CURLICUES THAT FLEW FROM HER HANDS BETWEEN OUR FINGERS, AS SHE GENTLY COAXED GRACEFUL FORMS FROM MOUNDS OF MUD.
ALL THIS EARLY EXPOSURE MAY HAVE GONE TO OUR HEADS A BIT,
(WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF CHEMICALS WE MAY HAVE INHALED)
BUT CAN WE BRAG ABOUT HER FOR A MINUTE?
SHE IS OUR MAMAN, AFTER ALL.
ENTER, TOTEMS, THE NEW GIRLS,
FRESH FROM THE KILN:
THINGS MAMAN ALWAYS SAID:
'THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAIL'
'BEING AN ARTIST IS ALL ABOUT FINDING SOLUTIONS'
'IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT, DON'T DO IT AT ALL'
AMONGST MANY MORE WORDS OF WISDOM
(MAMAN TALKED A LOT)
BUT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO HER,THAT LADY TAKES HER OWN ADVICE:
THE ORIGINAL HIPPIE MAMA HERSELF, WITH US IN FRANCE A FEW YEARS AGO
(OUR QUESTIONABLE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE DEAD GIVEAWAY TO THE DATE)
FOR MORE OF MAMAN'S WORLD, GO AND VISIT HER
