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Tue 07 Jul 2007Throwing a new design on lifeA New Life:When your hobby becomes an all-consuming addiction, it's time to change your life's priorities. Michelle McDonaghreports.Although she had always been very interested in pottery and ceramics and felt very comfortable working with clay, it wasn't until Michelle Maher signed up for pottery classes in her local VEC that it ever occurred to her that she could actually "be a potter".