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I love figs so much, that I named my business after the tree. Ficus Carica is the edible species of common fig, thus Ficus Ceramica... I love them so much that a big botanical illustration of a fig branch is my only tattoo. I have a mental map of every fig tree in every neighborhood I've ever lived in. Why do I love them so much? Where do I start!? First, I just love picking them... In New Orleans, figs are ripening on the trees at the end of June, into the beginning of J

Is it art? Is it craft? Is it just a product? Who decides? Is the idea or the thing more important? These questions are so often...