For the next three weeks, I will be studying ceramics under the guidance of Cambria based artist Patty Griffin. My essential question: What skills must a ceramic artist master distinct from those of a 2D artist, and how can some of these skills be applied to other facets of one’s life? I have wanted to try ceramics for as long as I can remember, and I walked into Patty’s studio yesterday morning with enthusiasm enough, I hoped, to make up for my lack of experience. The process, I soon learned, begins with a pug. Not a dog—although Patty does have a very majestic poodle named May—but with a cylindrical piece…