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Jar Inspired by Work of Grace Chapella by Mark Tahbo - 25912
Mark Tahbo's great-grandmother was Grace Chapella and his grandmother was Alma Chapella Tahbo. Mark remembers Grace because she encouraged him to work with clay when he was a youngster. Mark was around 22 years old when Grace passed away at the age of 107 years. Mark reminisced about Grace when he brought us this jar. He said that when she was about 104 years she made a jar about the size of this one he brought us and it was the largest jar she had made in years and years, so her daughter, Alma hid it from Grace so she would not break it or ruin it by painting the design. Grace searched and searched for the jar and finally found it hidden behind a door in a stove. She took it out and held it while sitting in a chair and fell asleep with it in her lap. Of course, it fell to the floor and broke in many pieces. She awoke and said that Alma is going to be very angry at her, which, of course, was the case.