The show of Emily Rangel-Cascio AIR 2018 was entitled “PREDEFINED UNDERSTANDING”. My work focuses on the humble ability of pottery to communicate with the body as well as its function as a catalyst for conversation. I pull from my childhood growing up in the Midwest and my family’s Italian heritage. I spent this residency and my time here in Rome observing functional forms that play major parts in everyday Italian life. Also, I took this opportunity to correct my possibly rom