Diamond Sutra Pottery '75 - flower pot |
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Posted 8 years ago
ho2cultcha
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i just love this flower pot i picked up for 50 cts the other day. i haven't looked up Diamond Sutra Pottery yet, but i love the sutra - one of the most fascinating insights i've ever come into contact with in my life! this is a beautifully made stoneware piece - typical earthy, gritty piece from the 1970s, with a definite zen to it.
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That is really cool, I like the design.
thank you Tlynnie1942! i'm really happy with this pot as well.
Around 1970, a "hippie," whose name I forget, won, in a card game, an abandoned farmstead on the top of Diamond Mountain, next to Calistoga, California. He and some of his friends, who were going to school in Carbondale, Illinois, dropped out of school and went to California to establish a commune on the farm together. Each of them was on some kind of spiritual path or another. Some were followers of Swami Satchitananda, some came to study with Sachdev, the Indian flute master, all were familiar with Zen Buddhism, if not practitioners. They also all loaded into a van on Wednesday evenings to drive down together to Sausalito to go Sufi dancing, which was really great at that time, because many of the people there were with Sam Lewis before he died.
After a while, they decided to support themselves by making and selling pottery. They acquired wheels and kilns and built drying shelves, and put them all in outbuildings adjacent to the house. They decided to name their farm "Diamond Sutra Farm," and their pottery became "Diamond Sutra Pottery."
I don't know what has become of them. There's no mention of them on the internet today. If I ever go back to the Napa Valley, I will certainly inquire. It's nice to know that their little pottery enterprise lasted at least until 1975, and that they were making such exquisite pottery.
The famous Diamond Mountain Pottery...Exceptionally crafted stone ware and glazed items, mugs, bowls, vases, etc ..Brothers Phil and Roger Demin ....I wish I could buy them now...
Emily, wife of former Diamond Sutra Pottery potter Phil Demmin. Yes! Great pottery - a lot of planters in the early 70’s. Business changed name to Diamond Mtn. Pottery after that.
FYI: It was our former landlord who won the property in a poker game. That land, and buildings were lost in the Glass Fire last year. We’re hoping that a huge black walnut will survive as well as three kiwi vines we planted.
Jeanette O: did you work with me at the former window shade factory on Tubbs lane?