{"product_id":"giovanni-defendis-pottery","title":"Giovanni DeFendis Pottery","description":"\u003cp\u003eI grew up in California’s central valley where my grandparents were table grape farmers. I have been surrounded by nature and agriculture my entire life. I earned a BFA from BYU-Idaho in 2014 in ceramics. Working in clay was natural from the beginning. During the summer of 2017, I was able purchase bricks from Townsend, MT to build my own kiln. By the fall of that same year, I was able to complete a wood kiln with plans taken from the book “Japanese Wood Fired Ceramics”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI align my art practice with the Japanese theory of Wabi-Sabi; often described as the aesthetic of impermanence and imperfection found in nature. I work in high-fire stoneware. All my pottery holds water, are food safe, and dishwasher safe. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiovanni lives in Clyde Park, Montana with his wife Cassi and their two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1H6JFdoLKL\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFACEBOOK\u003c\/a\u003e  \/\/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/defendis.ceramics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eINSTAGRAM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"handMADE Montana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49735886012656,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2097\/5937\/files\/Giovannidefendispottery.jpg?v=1778953288","url":"https:\/\/handmademontana.com\/products\/giovanni-defendis-pottery","provider":"handMADE Montana","version":"1.0","type":"link"}