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INSPIRATION FOR THIS PRODUCT THIS IS A POTTERY PRODUCT I HAVE DESIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. WHILE WATCHING A NEWS PROGRAM ABOUT HOW THE PROLIFIC PRODUCTON AND USE OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS HAVE HAD A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE OCEANS. I WAS SO DISTURBED BY WHAT I OBSERVED THAT I COULD NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. I BEGAN TO THINK OF HOW TO REDUCE, IF NOT REMOVE COMPLETELY, THE USE OF PLASTIC FROM MY DAILY HOUSEHOLD USE. I REALIZED THAT MUCH OF MY STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR FOOD IN MY REFRIGERATOR AND OTHERWISE WERE MADE OF PLASTIC, AND I THOUGHT, "I AM A POTTER, WHAT CAN I DESIGN THAT COULD BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE?" I MADE THE CANISTERS DISPLAYED ABOVE WITH THAT INTENDED PURPOSE. I THEN BEGAN TO USE THEM AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY NOT ONLY SERVED EFFICIENTLY AS STORAGE CONTAINERS, BUT THEY WERE VERY EFFECTIVE, INDEED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE NO HEALTH RISKS, UNLIKE PLASTIC, WHICH CAN LEACH TOXINS UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS. I STORED "LEFT-OVERS" IN THEM, THEN TOOK THEM FROM THE REFRIGERATOR OR FREEZER TO THE OVEN OR MICROWAVE. PLEASE NOTE, THAT ONE SHOULD DEFROST BEFORE PUTTING THEM INTO AN OVEN JUST TO BE SAFE. I HAVE, HOWEVER TAKEN THEM FROM THE FREEZER AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THEM INTO THE MICROWAVE WITHOUT ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS. I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT RETAINS THE HEAT AND HOLDS IT IN THAT STATE FOR A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR SOUPS AND STEWS. OF COURSE, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY ATTEMPT TO DESIGN THIS PRODUCT. I INTEND TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT SIZES, SHAPES AND TEXTURES FOR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. I HOPE YOU THE AUDIENCE FIND THEM AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, AND THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN USING THEM IS AS SATISFACTORY AS MINE.
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