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April/May 2025 | maconmagazine.com 113 See it! Fired Works is at the Round Building in Carolyn Crayton Park, April 25-May 3. For more information, visit maconartsalliance.org it. I'm human. There are things wrong with me, so it has flaws. It would not be authentic of me to make something perfect, with my nature as it is. When did you start creating work professionally? I was a teacher, I worked at Central High School. I'm really not a teacher, I'm a little bit too quirky to behave myself all the time, but I had a great time. You're featured in Fired Works in April with Macon Arts Alliance. What got you involved with the festival? I think if you want to do it, you can. And if you keep doing it, you're going to get better. It's not a big problem if you're truly bad – at the beginning. But Macon Arts has kind of grown with the city of Macon. I think a lot of people come from Atlanta and surrounding areas. Some different artists every time, which is good. I've been doing it a long time, and I'm always just really surprised at how good the artwork is. But it's different now. There aren't too many artists that fire in gas kilns, because they learn on the electric kiln. What motivates you to continue creating? It's kind of like on that TV show Andy Griffith, there was one [episode] about an old milk horse that retired. The horse that pulled the milk truck. Well, they put him in a pen and he got depressed. Wasn't eating or moving around. So they pitched him into the milk truck again and rode him around, and he perked up. It's kind of my milk truck. This is something I do. I mean, a lot of our people, they just quit what they're doing and watch TV. I'm not there yet. I still want to do things, I still have ideas, new ideas, what I feel like are new ideas, and things I want to try to do. And my daughter's an artist, my mother was an artist. It's almost like a family tradition with us. I don't know if either one of my grandsons are going to do art. But I don't know, just maybe it's in your blood. Who knows? What do you want people to take away from seeing your art? I hope they buy a lot of the art. But I don't know. I have a theme when I work sometimes, and sometimes I'll just get some clay and bash it around and see what happens. I've always tried to make my work look a little antique-y, I like antiques and so my colors are very often duller and I don't really like the real bright colors people use now. ABOVE Some of Campbell's whimsical and rustic-inspired ceramics pieces. RIGHT Campbell's setup for the Fired Works ceramics show in Macon.