And wrapped up in that story is the motivation behind Hazelgrove’s art. Since then, he has strived to re-create that moment, seeking to construct pieces that reach out to the viewer’s soul and spark a - perhaps indefinable - connection. “I want to make something that just hits you,” he said. “Something that makes you say, ‘I need that. I need to have that in my life.’ ” Hazelgrove’s work is now on display at the new Shenandoah Valley Art Center location on the corner of Wayne Avenue and Federal Street, where it will be shown until April 3. The varied forms of his pieces - vases, pots and wall hangings, all imbued with a delicate blend of earth tones - are a commingling of both ancient and modern influences....When creating, Hazelgrove, who last showed with the art center almost a decade ago, said he works to forge new relationships between the form and the surface of his pieces. Most recently, for example, he has been focusing on modern shapes finished with an ancient “pit firing” technique that gives them a raw, charred texture. “The two go together in pottery,” he said of the intertwined elements. “And it’s part of my journey as an artist, trying to find the perfect marriage between the two.” “What is that thing that art has?” he reflected. “Sometimes I think it’s indefinable. It’s just a connection with the piece. It transcends what it actually is.”