In ceramics, the most philosophically articulate of the craft disciplines, there is a strand of thought that sees life and work as an integrated process. These ideas, most famously articulated by Bernard Leach, are linked to the branch of ceramics that refuses to accept the separation of beauty and utility. The conscious integration of living and working, with the intention of producing objects that combine the properties of art and the utensil, is a stubborn, demanding, vocational path. It has produced both remarkable ceramics and remarkable people; the Irish potter, Jack Doherty, among them.