Largo, David

<p>David has found his niche, his talent, his heart. He has found, at last, his medium. He can carry forward the tradition of Cahuilla earthenware manufacture, a gift to the future. Here is a teacher, at long last, to share the art with those who will follow. I reflected on how far the developing master before me had come; how different he was from the David Largo I had met so many years before. Like a butterfly, he shed a painfully insecure demeanor to reveal a mature, motivated, confident, satisfied artisan. Few if any names are associated with the ollas made by the old ones, but the name of David Largo will long be associated with the rebirth and revitalization of Cahuilla-style earthenware manufacture.</p>