Talking Pottery and Magic with Betty Woodman

To say that Betty Woodman is a prolific artist is an understatement. At 85, only somewhat diminished in physical strength since she first used a kiln as a teenager, she remains completely committed to her work, a ravishing array of paintings and sculptures in exuberant colours that more often than not incorporate clay. "I think that making art is simply for me where the passion lies, looking at it, thinking about it, making it," she says, on the eve of her first major solo…