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Figure 15. Lanier's electric mud mill. (Photo by Robert Sayers, 1979.)
TURNING A VESSEL
It was, I'd say, twelve to fifteen years ago. There come some folks
[from] over at Clarksville and wanted to see me get my hand out of a
jug. I told 'em, "all right," and I went ahead and went to work making
me jug. And over on the right hand side of the shop over there, there
was another piece of pott'ry diey was a-looking at and taking all their
time over there.
And while they done diat, I put the jug's mouth on the jug. I told
them, "Here is that jug made." Well, they jumped around, it surprised
diem so diey didn't know what they was a-doing. Says, "Here it is,
we've come fifteen miles to see how a fella gets his hand out of a jug,
and we never seen how it was done." I told him, "It's magic." "Well," he
says, "We want you to make another'n, but if it's magic we want to
stand back a litde bit!" Well, then I put anodier piece of clay on die
wheel and made a jug that showed 'em just how it was made.
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