Ómós Digest #49: Stories told through our hands.

Henry Glassie, Irish potters and the beauty of craft.

“What I do is, I don’t study people at all. I stand with people and study the things they create. That’s what interests me”. These are the words of Henry Glassie, who in the documentary 'Field Work’ spends half a century documenting the artistic processes of traditional craftspeople.

Glassie’s profound interest in people and folklore commenced with his d…