AND FURNITURE MAKER WITH A WORLD-FAMOUS RELATIVE. >> I WILL LET YOU FEEL WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. ANTHONY: IT IS NOT EVEDARYY YOU GET AN ART LESSON FROM A RENOWNED POTTER. >> AMAZING. ANTHONY: I LIKE THE WAY HE’S GOT A LITTLE FLIP IN HIS TAIL. IN THIS BRIDGEWATER, VERMONT WORKSHOP, MIRANDA THOMAS ANDER H TEAM CRAFT POTTERY THAT IS GIV EN TO POPES AND POPULATION -- AND POLITICIANS. THOMAS’ HUSNDBA MAKES HIGH-END, HIGHLY PRIZED FURNITURE. >> POTTERY AND FURNITURE ARE REALLY SYMBIOTIC IN YOUR DAILY LIFE AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO US BUT IT IS NOT THE ONE MAJOR GL.OA THE MAJOR GOAL IS TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A HUMAN BEING WAS THERE. ANTHONY: EVERYTHING AT SHACKLETON THOMAS IS HANDMADE. FURNITURISE CUSTOM-DESIGNED AND POTTERY IS FREEHAND. >> MIDDLE FIRE BLUE AT 2360 DEGREES. WHETHER A MUG FITYOURS LIPS, HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO HDOL, WHETHER THE TABLE IS LOVELY TO TOUCH --LL A THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. ANTHONY: SHACKLENTO MET THOMAS AT ART SCHOOL IN ENGNDLA. >> I HAD A CAR CRASH, NEARLY DIED. YOU ONLY GOTNE O LIFE -- THIS IS WHEN IAS W 19, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? ANTHONY: HIS GOAL, TO CREATE A PLACE FOR ARTISANS TOAW S AND SCULPT. AFTER MOVING TO ETH U.S., THE COUPLE RAISED A FAMILY AND BUILT THEIR BUSINESS. >> TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE FISH WILL HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER. PELEOP THINK WE ARE BANANAS BECAUSE WE ARE THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT THE OBJECT. FOR MOST PEOPLE, AN OBJECT IS JUST AN OBJECT. BUT THE THING A LOT ABOUT THEIR WATCH, THEIR SHOES AND THEIR HANDBAG. WEOU WLD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE ATTACH A LITTLE MORE IMPORTANCE TO WHAT THEY USE EVERY DAY. ANTHY:ON TTHA PHILOSOPHY IS NOW A FAMILY CREED. >> YOU CAN SEE SOMETNGHI COME FROM PAPER INTO REAL LIFE WHICH IS AMAZING. ANTHONY: THE COUPLE’S SON HAS JOINED THE COMPANY. BYHE T WAY, THAT LAST NAME, SHACKLETON, CHARLES IS A COUSIN OF ERNEST SHACKLETON, THE AUNT ARCTIC EXPLORER WHOSE SHIP SANK IN. 1915 >> THE SHIP SANK AND HE HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER FAILURES ATTACHED TO HIS NAME WHICH YOU VENER HEAR ABOUT. HE DID GET ALL 27 NME OUT, PLUS HIMSELF. ANTHONY: ON MARCH 5, 22,02 100 YEARS TO THE DAY AFER ERSTNE SHACKLETON’S FUNERAL, THE ENDURANCE WAS DISCOVERED. MARINE ARCHAEOLOGIST WITH THE FALKLANDS FOUND THE SHIP NEARLY 10,000 FEET BELOW THE SEA. THE FAMILY WAS ELATED. >> THERE WAS A SHIELD, A CRUST OF THE SHACKLETON FAMILY. THAT SAYS -- THAT'’ WHY SHACKLETON CALLED HIS SHIP ENDURANCE. IT IS A GREAT MOTTO FOR LIFE, BUT I WOULD HOPEUR O LIFE IS A LITTLE MORE CHEERFUL THAN JUST ENDURINGT. I OPTIMISM IS TRUE MALOR COURAGE WHICH IS ANOTHER QUOTE OF SHACKLETON’S. WE DEFINITELY LIVED BY THAT. ♪ ANTHONY: MANY CREATIVE MINDS ARE DRAWN TO WINDSOR COUNTY. ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS FLOCK TO THE TOWN,OM HE TO ONE OF THE MOST INSTAAMGRMED PLACES IN VERMONT. MOBBED DURING FOLIAGE SEASON. THE PAINTER CATCHES THESE SCENES AND MORE AT HIS GALRYLE AND STUDIO IN HARTLAND. >> CALLING THIS A FLIGHT FROM THE STORM BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING IN FROM THE OUTER ISLANDS. ANTHONY: HE MOVED TO THE AREA IN ETH 1970’S AFTER STUDYING ART AT YALE. >> I THINK I DECIDED IT WOULD BE MY PRIMARY CAREER PRETTY EARLY BEFORE IT WAS PRACTICAL. WHEN I CAME UP TO VERMONT, I LIVED IN A COMNEMU WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER FRIENDS. I DDI CARPENTRY, SELF-TAUGHT. ANTHY:ON AND HE PAINTED AND PAINTED. TODAY,IS H WORK IS SOUGHT-AERFT BY COLLECTSOR WHO PRIZE A PAINTING STYLE KNOWN AS PH OTOGRAPHIC REALISM. >> THIS IS NOVEMBER 7. WE HAD JUST BUILT NEA W KITCHEN. pANTHONY: HIS HOUSE IS A FAVORIT SUBJECT. >> WE HAD A DINNER PARTY THE NIGHT BEFORE. A FRIEND BROUGHT OVER A BUNCH OF APPLES FROM HIS APPLETREE. THE LHTIG AND THE FLOWERS CAUGHT MY EYE. ANTHONY: ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FOR ANY VISUAL ARTIST, CAPTURING LIGHT, IS A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES CONSTANT PRACTICE, SAYS HOYT. >> BY FAILING AND TRYING AGAIN. IUT P DOTS DOWN, AND WHEN THEY DRY, I TAKAE BRUSH THAT ESDO NOT HAVE VERY MUCH PAINT ON IT AND RUB IT AROUND THE DOT SO IT MAKES A BLURRY HALO. IT HELPS THAT IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE. IT MAKES FINDING SJEUBCT MATTER A LOT EASIER. ♪ SHAYNA: SO BEAUTIFUL. BACK TO MIRANDA THOMAS, SHE SAYS HANDIWORK IS OFTEN DEEPLY TIED TO CULTURE AND REGION,ND A HISTORIANSND A ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN USING THI RFO YEARS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PEOPLE. ANTHONY: HER HUSBAND CHARLES SAYS NOBODY REALLY AEDSK HIM ABOUT THE SHACKLETON NAME UNTIL HE CAME TO AMERICA. HE SAYS AMERICANS SEEM REALLY FASCINATED WITH ERNEST SHACKLETON’S STORY OF PERSEVERANCE AND LEADERSHIP DURING HIS ORDEAL.