I wanted to sit down and write this properly, rather than trying to say it in fragments on social media. This past year has been much quieter for me. If you have been following along for a while, you will probably have noticed that there has been less making, fewer shop updates, and less of me online. That has been very intentional. After a long stretch of working at full pace with ceramics, I needed to step back. For health reasons, but also for something harder to explain,