Exhibition #12 The history of clay and glass began with the need to make containers for food, personal wealth, ritual objects and human remains. The contemporary artists who were invited to exhibit in this exhibition were chosen either for the expressive stretch which they are known to give to their materials or for the manner in which the interior space informs their exterior forms. Some have widened this to include ideas about metaphysical and conceptual containment. Whether functional or sculptual, closed or open, the outward push of an enveloping clay or glass wall holds the promise of containment.