George Ohr, the self-proclaimed “Mad Potter of Biloxi,” made pottery with paper-thin walls, rippling curves, and crumpled forms. Working from his five-story, pagodashaped store in the tourist town of Biloxi, Mississippi, Ohr used local clay fired in a homemade kiln and painted with his own glazes to craft ceramics which defy practicality and redefine creativity. Ohr professed his ingenuity unabashedly, posting signs in front of his store reading: “UNEQUALED.-UNRIVALED.-UNDISPUTED.-GREATEST.- ART POTTER ON EARTH."