Design is an integral component of the creative process and as an activity with identifiable and learnable skill sets it is innately connected to the spirit of mankind. In partnership, design and spirit provide the means for managing the intricacies of art and life in ways that transcend the margins of human creativity. In this celebrated new book, Robert Piepenburg gives you a beneficial guide for cultivating their creativeness with clay. As you'll discover in these pages, when ceramics works of art celebrate the expressions of spirit and personify core design concepts, they embrace a heightened realization of meaning that is personally overpowering and universally inspiring. In a myriad of ways, designs in clay become the artistic footprints of spirit that we leave on the path of life. As we create each footprint we affirm the originality of our existence and share the joy of being alive.