Frank DiGangi never planned on becoming an artist.

He was a college student studying engineering when he discovered pottery, and it didn’t take long for him to realize that molding clay was tougher than it looked. Still, he says, “I couldn’t stand to be defeated by that little ball of clay.”

DiGangi, 74, is now a full-time potter and one half of a longtime marriage of artists. His wife, Carole Worthington, 73, works as a painter and creative photographer.

The pair, married for 52 years, have both been self-employed artists for almost four decades. Both sell their pieces in Gainesville and around Florida.

[Read more of this story in the Writing section.]