Canandaigua NY potter, Margie LaTourette has been creating functional stoneware pottery for over thirty years.  She is a graduate of the former Cardinal Mooney High School and SUNY Potsdam.  Mostly Clay Inc. on Schoen Place in Pittsford is a craft gallery that she currently owns and operates.  A three-stall horse barn in Canandaigua has been converted into her studio.  She has been a long time exhibitor at area craft festivals such as the Clothesline Art festival.  You can also see her pottery work at the Memorial Art Gallery Store and at Eureka Crafts in Syracuse.
        
The title of this window creation refers to the fact that people will be looking at it in a new way.   The window has been given a new life as a piece of artwork.  Area potters have contributed pieces of pottery, which have been broken up and incorporated into the mosaic.  In viewing this piece, one must wonder if that little piece of blue sky was once perhaps part of a potterís mug or a favorite bowl.  Just as the window has been given a new life, so have the individual pieces of which it is composed.

The joy I find in making pottery comes not only from the creative experience of conceiving and making the vessel but also from the knowledge that it will be used to bring a little bit of beauty and art into someoneís everyday life.  In todayís world of mass produced items, the handmade piece of pottery connects the user to the maker in a personal way.  I have heard from customers many times who have told me that the mug that I made for them is their favorite one in the cupboard.  They absolutely must start their day by using it for their morning coffee.  I like that!  It is an unbelievably satisfying feeling to  know that I have enriched another personís life in such a simple way.