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Welcome to Episode 10 of Sharpest Knives Podcast! This episode is the finale of Season 1 of this project and represents the culmination of a year’s worth of work. Thank you for listening and I hope you’ve enjoyed this first season!Episode 10 is Maris’s conversation with ceramicist Hanako O’Leary. Hanako talks about how her institutional and real world arts education work together, her inspiration for her current izanami project including Hanako's additions to the story of the Shinto queen of the underworld Izanami, letting go and making space for new knowledge, and how her processes are rooted in gratitude and community.Hanako has a busy 2020 coming up with exhibitions at King Street Station and Method Gallery in September 2020. But you have a couple opportunities to see her work before then. First, the first half of Hanako's work from her Izanami project will be on display at Edmonds College in February, and there will be an opening reception on February 21 for that exhibition.Hanako will also have some of the masks from her 1200 Spirits collection on exhibit and available for purchase at Pottery Northwest for ClayFest Northwest which opens December 13th and runs until the 20th.Last, if you folks want to keep up with what Hanako is up to, make sure to follow her on instagram @HannyaGrrrl. She posts a lot of in process photos and video while she works.Follow along or become a supporter of Sharpest Knives at www.Patreon.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFind Sharpest Knives on Facebook.com/SharpestKnivesPodcastFollow @SharpestKnivesPodcast on InstagramEmail any suggestions or questions for future guests to SharpestKnivesPodcast@gmail.comSharpest Knives is partially supported by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.Support the show