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Woman with short dark hair shaping wet clay on a pottery wheel inside a workshop with shelves of ceramic vessels.

Brian Steege, Photographer, Chicago

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A woman with short dark hair focuses intently as she shapes wet clay on a pottery wheel inside a brightly lit studio. She wears a brown top and has her hands actively engaged in centering the clay on the spinning wheel head. In the background, wooden shelves are neatly stacked with numerous unglazed terracotta ceramic bowls and vessels in various stages of completion. Additional small tools and pieces of clay rest on a small pedestal to the left of the wheel. The natural lighting highlights the textures of the raw materials and the focused artisan at work.

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DocumentaryVerticalWarmClean

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Natural light

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Showroom

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Editorial
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