A portrait of a person made without the person: a small pottery studio where a potter has just stepped away from the wheel. The kick wheel still has a freshly thrown wet bowl on it, glistening, a natural sponge and a wooden rib resting on the splash pan, a bucket of cloudy slip water, clay-covered handprints on a hanging apron, a stool with a cushion pressed into the shape of the sitter, shelves of pale bisque-fired cups in rows behind. Dried clay dust on every surface, soft window light. No people, no text, no letters, no logos.