WATERLOO A pottery artist from Guelph is looking to have his pieces become a functional part of everyday life with the help of a local ice cream shop. Chris Hierlihy says he usually makes his art to be admired, but with more people spending time at home, he can see it getting some practical use as well. If they re spending so many more meals with their family and they re not rushing off to soccer after school, the bowls that they serve from, they ve put a little more thought into that, he said. There s a bit more meaning sort of held in that.