You might expect to see Doc and Dan – Warren Wilson College’s two Belgian draft horses – plowing a garden field for the next kale planting or dragging whole trees out of the college forest in a selective thinning, but you probably wouldn’t guess the most recent student collaboration with these incredibly strong horses: crafting delicate, decorative ceramic art.
Students in three ceramics courses this semester – Intro to Handbuilding, Intro to Ceramics, and Ceramics Studio – used hair gathered from Doc and Dan to learn the art of horsehair pottery. Read more.
