Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner shino-glazed tea bowl Everything about this hand thrown

Everything about this hand thrown stoneware bowl is

one-of-a-kind box and board with great character and  many years of play left in it

visible when looking inside but not evident otherwise

as if he's been sitting here forever patiently waiting for someone to give him a treat

Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner shino-glazed tea bowl Everything about this hand thrownNot totally my usual sort of this for the shop, but I happened upon this 1979 lithograph, titled "Thicket" (edition of 10) by still active Boston area artist Peter Wagner and it resonated to me in all sorts of ways and the more time I spend with it the more I love it. My first thought, at this particular moment, was to read the three "X"s as a row X chromosomes, and so as stand ins for women, forming a blockade, (i. e. hands off my body, thank you