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Friends, I was honored to be interviewed by Lili Pierrepont for her podcast "Art Storming: The Art of Remembrance." Lili has a knack for getting to the heart of an artist's work. For me, our conversation provided a rare opportunity to dive deep into my intentions in creating prayer wheels.

Podcast summary: How do you create a life’s work from grief? Ceramic artist Chris Moench shares his profound answer: the creation of spinning prayer wheels. His vessels move beyond fixed mantras, becoming sanctuaries etched with personal narratives and designed to receive our most essential stories. We discuss the power of kintsugi (mending with gold), the practice of incorporating cremains into glaze, and how his large-scale wheels transform public memory and environmental crisis into a tactile map of hope. This is legacy not as a plaque, but as an invitation to participate. (50 min.)

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