Global Ceramics Community Comes Together for Japan

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Global Ceramics Community Comes Together for Japan

The news out of Japan seems to grow more heartbreaking by the day, and, like many all over the world, we have been trying to determine the best way to help. Not surprisingly, the global pottery community has been very active in trying to help their Japanese colleagues and friends. Over the past 10 days, we have been gathering information on options for helping from a variety of sources and today we'll share what we have found.

We are also sharing a harrowing firsthand account of the earthquake from our friend Euan Craig (a.k.a. blogger Euan the Potter). Euan lives in the historical pottery town of Mashiko, where Shoji Hamada set up his pottery and lived until his death in 1978. Mashiko and its pottery community were hit hard by the earthquake, with all of the climbing kilns damaged, not to mention the looming unknowns of the nuclear crisis. As Euan told me, "It would be much easier to deal with if this was just an earthquake."

http://ceramicartsdaily.org/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-artists/global-ceramics-community-comes-together-for-japan/?floater=99

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the funds mentioned in this article are well known to me as a ceramic artist. this is a very low to the ground, safe way to aid the people of japan.

[Forkboy]

1. That's a very cool thing.

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