Ceramicist Throws Vase Through Ocean Wall

Stark fluorescent light floods the Manzanillo studio, illuminating wet clay spinning on a potter's wheel. A ceramicist leans forward, hands shaping a tall vase against a backdrop of dramatic, churning clouds visible through a doorway that replaces the solid wall. The open ocean extends directly into the room, waves crashing against the interior floor where the wheel sits. The turn of the seasons hangs heavy in the air, marked by the cool, gray tones of the water meeting the warm, damp earth of the clay. Dust motes float in the harsh light, settling on the spinning form. The edge of the doorway frames the violent sea, creating a sharp boundary between the domestic act of pottery and the infinite depth of the open water beyond. one drop of water from the ocean splashes onto the wet clay surface.