Why am I here?

I joined Ceramics because i have always been interested in art, especially the "hands-on" side.  I have fiddled a little bit with ceramics before in middle school and high school.  One of my favorite pieces I made was actually in 6th grade and shown below.

I was looking through different ceramics and I came across a Canadian artist who worked with British Columbia's largest manufacturer of ceramics giftware.  Since I am Canadian (dual citizen actually), I found this very interesting.  A picture of a vase created by Herta Gerz from the 1950's is shown below.

If you would like to read more, you can follow the link: http://www.canadiandesignresource.ca/officialgallery/ceramics/northern-lights-vase/