David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter one of a kind produced a number of different

produced a number of different products

I’ve learned that in the late 19th and early 20th century women especially were encouraged to learn pyrography

this large West German Georg Schmider bowl features a satin white body animated by a  cheerful incised surface design of interlocking circles with pops of red

with bright orange body

which is about the right size to hold a rolled up note to self for safekeeping

David Heger Handmade Basket Weave Large Terra Cotta Planter one of a kind produced a number of differentI haven't found much information about David Heger, the New York based artist who made and signed this (circa 1970s I believe) pot, but I have discovered a number of other ceramic pieces he made, all of which were created by pressing clay against textured surfaces, most commonly cabbage leaves! This one, with a really terrific, deep and even basketweave texture, is by far my favorite, and I have not found another quite like it. With handles on either