Russel Fouts on tue 16 apr 96
Or was that supposed to be Chuck blue flower pots ;-)
I've been waiting for someone else to mention this but the blue pot prejudice
may have come from a negative comment from Bernard Leach when asked by a
customer if she could have the pot on display in blue. I've actually forgotten
what the comment was but the reference is quite well known.
I got a good dose of the "blue pot prejudice" in college. It wasn't being
taught but seemed to be the prevailing attitude of the studio. Also that ^10,
reduction fired, minimally decorated (preferably with pseudo-japanese
brushwork) pots were the be all and end all of pottery making.
I've since gotten over all that and now find pots to like of all stripes,
colors and temperatures. (hear that Karl K. ;-) My last "firing" was a long,
slow, smokey one at 350c and the pots look great!
Any way, I think it's just one of those mis-interpreted bits of pottery
"folklore". Leach, Hamada and Cardew all made blue pots. I even heard Michael
admiring a blue pot of Bernard's.
As for the flower pot chuck idea. I've seen people doing this with ordinary
terracotta flower pots; they come in a variety of sizes, are heavier (and
nicer) than plastic and as long as you're going to put a thick coil on the rim
and trim it, they should work fine.
Russel
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