A look inside: Quincy House
After slipping a wire through a damp block of white stoneware clay, Caroline Lowe ’12 shapes it into a ball and drops it onto the pottery wheel. “The most important thing is staying centered,” she says, working carefully. Although she is speaking about technique, her pottery time is also meditative. “It’s really relaxing, and it allows me to be creative in a different way than academics … I like to just forget about everything.” Deborah Gehrke, Co-Master of Quincy House, explains the sense of balance produced by spinning pots at the Mimi Aloian Pottery Studio. “I like the art aspect — that they’re using the other side of their brains. They can relax and use their hands, and get a sense of feel of something other than a pencil or a computer. We open the event to all the Houses, so it brings people here: We are the people’s House.” Since...