Pottery production, even though it requires toil and dirties the potters with mud and smoke, it gives them great pleasure and happiness as a means of livelihood. One potter explains, "There is no thing which could satisfy me as what pottery could satisfy me. It is by pottery that I am living a satisfactory life and can support my children." Another potter wishes that "the entire world could be a potter." In expressing her love for the art, another potter says that the customary non-working days of Saturdays and Sundays each week "are too long for me. I am eager for Monday to start my pottery....
Pottery production, even though it requires toil and dirties the potters with mud and smoke, it gives them great pleasure and happiness as a means of ...