On the Cover:  Traditional Kiln at LaBorne, France

Stoking the single firebox of a massive, traditional kiln at La Borne, in southeastern France. One of the last remaining folk potters assists contemporary ceramists Michel Pastore, Evelyne Porret and Janet Stedman in clearing the ash pit as fast-burning bundles of sticks or twigs are quickly reduced to embers.

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