Fleeting, fragile / Hand made clay / vessel overflowing / temporal decay

I’ve laid bare all the fault lines

The cracks in the glaze

Dents of time, shards re-assembled

Re-fired, hand painted and saved.

From far away each seems whole

The fault lines form

An intricate filagree pattern

As if from an Artists’ hand.

Closer seen weakness revealed

No longer a pedastal piece in museum

A working vessel, much used and loved

Content seeps out slowly, replenished from above.

Raku pottery image source

We are often asked if we can refire a broken pot or a statue and make it “perfect” again. A potter simply cannot refire a pot and make it whole again. (Source)