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Exhibition directory

Directory for the ‘Born of Clay’ exhibition in Ratchaburi Old Town, showing the registration point, photo spots, toilets, stamp points and all five zonesOpen the directory full size

Zones inside the exhibition

A full frame of red-brown clay earth

ZONE 1Kneading

Experience and outlook

Clay comes from many places, much as each of us carries a different set of experiences and a different way of seeing the world.

Outlines of jars and vessels on a pale blue ground

ZONE 2Throwing

Finding yourself

Every jar is beaten, turned and steadied before it holds a balanced shape. People are no different: it takes years of learning, little by little, for us to become who we are today.

A clay vase on a mustard-yellow ground

ZONE 3Drying

The time it takes to grow

The wait while the moisture leaves the clay in its own time. Growth can happen in the stretch of time nobody sees.

Shelves inside a kiln stacked with pottery

ZONE 4Firing

What life tests us with

Clay never becomes a jar without passing through fire. We grow into an understanding of ourselves through what life tests us with — the pain and the losses that make us who we are today.

Clay jugs and cups on a cream ground

ZONE 5The vessel

What a life is for

Every vessel has its own use. One holds water, one holds flowers, one holds whatever needs keeping. So it is with all of us: born for different meanings, shaped by growing up, each beautiful and worth something in our own way. What kind of vessel is your life?

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