This is a trailer for a 24-minute documentary about Clary Illian's pottery shop in Ely, Iowa. Through five decades Clary Illian has sustained herself through her pottery. Today she continues to build her career in small-town Iowa. Born in Sioux City, she grew up in Cedar Rapids and attended the University of Iowa ('63). She returned to the states after a post-college apprenticeship with pottery legends Bernard and Janet Leach in St. Ives, UK. …

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Clary Illian discusses her early influences in this, one of the special features on the DVD "A Year in the Life" the biography of Clary Illian. Illian is the former Leach apprentice who's made her career in small-town Iowa. She still throws pots in Ely, Ia. Other Special Features on the DVD include: - Over 150 slides of Clary's work in a looped slideshow - 5 minute Interview with Beth Lambert, an Arkansas potter and former apprentice of Clary's …

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This is part of a DVD about Clary Illian called A YEAR IN THE LIFE. "I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own." - Andy Warhol --- Shot and edited by Atom Burke atomburke.com

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This is part of a DVD project started in 2008 about Clary Illian called "A Year in the Life." In this interview, talking about the impression Illian made on her, Arkansas potter Beth Lambert declares "She made me a potter." Lambert apprenticed with Illian after meeting her at a workshop in Arkansas. --- Shot and edited by Atom Burke atomburke.com

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