Questions:
（1）Why did the writer go to the art school? And what did he study at first?

How long have you been collecting shells? 

       I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked making things out of clay. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen. That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay. I’m happy of working by myself and being near my home. I don’t like mass-produced things, for they are made bymachines and are all the same. I think crafts are very important and craftspeople make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money. I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish to move to a larger one next year.