MESTRE GUILHERME, AND THE BROKEN SHELL When Sharon was in Belem she met Mestre Guilherme, a master ceramicist. He showed her his work studio. Everything---the wheel, the various tools and knives---he had made himself, over the years. "All I want to do is sit here and make things," he said. 1/

His clay is from the local river. His motifs are indigenous, or gifts from other makers. The one on this pot is called "Broken Shell". It was a gift from a visiting artist. Now he makes it. "You don't know how many times I have carved this pattern," he says. 2/