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(blue)? kitsch?

updated tue 30 apr 96

 

MarilynMFA@aol.com on sun 14 apr 96

Some of my potter friends refer to pots that appeal to the general populace
(kitsch) as "blue pots" WHETHER THEY ARE BLUE IN COLOR OR NOT. In this
light, then, a bright, metallic pot from the raku with a copper-penny type
glaze might possibly be referred to as a "blue" pot. [ Other categories of
pots come to mind, also, but shall remain nameless.] When they wish to make
a lot of sales at a show, they sometimes say they are going to load up with a
lot of "blue pots" which in point of fact may be green, black, white, brown,
etc.