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Rachel and Eric on wed 10 sep 97

Now and then when I get to the States I've tried to track down
current issues of Ceramics Monthly to see what other potters aside from
these Oaxacans are doing. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Is it by
subscription only? Do I have to show a Pro Potters Association ID to get a
clerk to show me an issue?
Anyone? Eric
Eric Mindling & Rachel Werling
Manos de Oaxaca
AP 1452
Oaxaca, Oax.
CP 68000
M E X I C O

http://www.foothill.net/~mindling/
telefax (951) 3-6776
email: rayeric@antequera.com

Susan Maguire on thu 11 sep 97

Hi Eric! Regarding > (you did make
me smile) and back issues of CM... Try the stacks of any good size library.




Susan Maguire

On the South East Florida Coast, US

smaguire@bc.seflin.org
Phone: (954) 946-3214

Sue Davis on fri 12 sep 97

Any Ceramics supply outlet with have copies of Ceramics Monthly. I have never
seen a copy on the news stand though. Subscription is the way I've received
my copies for 10 years. Good luck.

carrie or peter jacobson on fri 23 oct 98

Hi all. Trying to understand the vast mystery of glazing, I emailed a
patient lister with questions. He answered them, and then suggested I
contact Ceramics Monthly for a back issue that had a good article on
porcelain, my clay of choice.

I emailed CM, and was referred to person A. I emailed Person A, who emailed
back that the magazine had plenty of back issues of the one I wanted, but I
had to email person B to get one. I emailed Person B, who emailed me back
that the company did *not* have the issue in question, but I could have a
copy of the article for $15. (Yikes, is that steep or what?)

So I emailed her back, saying OK, but that she and Person A should get
their stories straight. It was not a nastygram, just a pretty pleasant
aside, and bit of info. for them. I work for a newspaper, and know that
more often than not, it seems, one department and the next are in the dark
about what each other is doing.

She emailed me back, witheringly apologetic, and said the company would
send me the issue for free. And the next day, via express mail, there it
was.

I share this with you because it began along the everyday road of
frustration I travel, a road that goes from simple to needlessly
bureaucratically zippered up and frustrating, and it ended back at simple.
I was very impressed. That one woman, Person B, probably made me a
subscriber for life.

Best,

Carrie


Carrie Jacobson
Pawcatuck, CT
mailto:jacobson@brainiac.com

Marcia Selsor on sat 24 oct 98

Dear Carrie,
Nice to hear CM works out these things. I don't know if you are close to a
library or not. If a library is close by and it subscribes to CM one could go
there and find the article in the "stacks". Sometimes,
and I don't mean Carrie, students on Clayart have lost the drive to pick up a
book or go to a library. Sometimes they don't know how to do library research-
this is coming from my recent experience with my own students who brag they
have never been in the University Library and I have assigned them a research
paper.-drives me nuts!
Marcia in Montana
rapidly approaching retirement

carrie or peter jacobson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi all. Trying to understand the vast mystery of glazing, I emailed a
> patient lister with questions. He answered them, and then suggested I
> contact Ceramics Monthly for a back issue that had a good article on
> porcelain, my clay of choice.
>
> I emailed CM, and was referred to person A. I emailed Person A, who emailed
> back that the magazine had plenty of back issues of the one I wanted, but I
> had to email person B to get one. I emailed Person B, who emailed me back
> that the company did *not* have the issue in question, but I could have a
> copy of the article for $15. (Yikes, is that steep or what?)
>
> So I emailed her back, saying OK, but that she and Person A should get
> their stories straight. It was not a nastygram, just a pretty pleasant
> aside, and bit of info. for them. I work for a newspaper, and know that
> more often than not, it seems, one department and the next are in the dark
> about what each other is doing.
>
> She emailed me back, witheringly apologetic, and said the company would
> send me the issue for free. And the next day, via express mail, there it
> was.
>
> I share this with you because it began along the everyday road of
> frustration I travel, a road that goes from simple to needlessly
> bureaucratically zippered up and frustrating, and it ended back at simple.
> I was very impressed. That one woman, Person B, probably made me a
> subscriber for life.
>
> Best,
>
> Carrie
>
> Carrie Jacobson
> Pawcatuck, CT
> mailto:jacobson@brainiac.com

Karen Gringhuis on mon 26 oct 98

Carrie - thank you for the story. Now how was the article?
And what was the issue - should I as a porcelain user dig it out of
my back issues? Many thanks, Karen Gringhuis

mark issenberg on wed 11 nov 98

Can some one out there tell me what issue had the info on salt vs. soda.
I think it was in Ceamic Monthly????

Mark in Miami

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Marcia Selsor on thu 12 nov 98

Check the Clayart archives. There was a lot of discussion about that
last year or so.
Marcia in Montana

mark issenberg wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Can some one out there tell me what issue had the info on salt vs. soda.
> I think it was in Ceamic Monthly????
>
> Mark in Miami
>
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Stacey Klopp on fri 13 nov 98

mark
your right, it was i cm. i believe it was printed in the past year so when the
december issue comes out, check the index ( they print a special index for
the entire year, every article) i cant help other than this since all my back
issues are in storage from moving recently.

Joyce Lee on thu 30 nov 00


Awoke even earlier than my usual 4 a.m., read more of Ceramics Monthly
and was struck once again at how fortunate we are to have publications
like CM, PMI, ClayTimes, StudioPotter!! I re-read the Mayor's black
shino piece, too, at a little more leisurely pace than just trying to
gobble it up in one rapid read. I think it's worth noting that in his
formal writing Jacobson is just as generous about sharing credit as he
is on Clayart, which is not the case with all artist/craftsmen/writers
...... present company excepted, of course...

Joyce
In the Mojave

Steve Dalton on wed 29 aug 01


Greetings,
Like Dannon, I recieved my new Ceramic Monthly today and talk about some
great pots. First, I hit the Nils Lou article. Liked those pots. Then
saught after Shiela and Tony's article. "Attached at the Hip," would make a
great center piece. I also liked those pots, as well.

Maybe Kurt should have Shiela make the hog mugs and let Tony fire them!

Well, back to reading.

Steve Dalton
Clear Creek Pottery
Snohomish, WA
sdpotter@gte.net

Lexxy on thu 31 jan 02


"I concur. I don't take CM any more because it's too "brainy" for my taste"


Everytime I get a CM I swear I'm going to read something besides the
questions and ideas but I just end up looking at the pictures....not enuf
attention span, I guess. On the other hand, I do read CT and Potterymaking
from cover to cover. I have loads of articles I've saved and filed away
from CM and loads of pictures on my wall for inspiration but I just can't
make it thru one article on all that aesthetic theory stuff. I always
thought it was for fine art majors and teachers but I majored in art for
almost 3 years before switching to communications theory. So I don't think
it's my education level.

Even when the articles give specific info and describe technique they still
put me to sleep. Sometimes I will see an interesting pot and try to learn
about it only to find I have more questions than answers. Guess that
explains my level of incompetence.

Maybe I'm the only one who reads CM like my husband reads Playboy...."You
mean they have articles???". I'll still subscribe for the pictures!!!
Lexxey
East GA, Pottery & Gardening
http://www.flummoxed.org/lexxey/index.htm

mel jacobson on fri 1 feb 02


a public testimonial.

i can say without reservation that
i am very proud to write and have
my work published in ceramics monthly.

i think the staff, ruth butler and the entire
operation is run with class and dignity.

it is a broad range magazine with something
for everyone.

it is not intended to be a `how to` magazine.
(but, the recipes, ideas, concepts are really fine.)

i have always been treated as a professional, and
schedules and deadlines are always kept.
i have been blessed.

thank you staff and ruth.
mel jacobson
minnetonka, mn
i don't think i have ever met a potter that would
not like to see a full page picture...in living color,
of one of their pots, pictured in cm.
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots

TONICLAYS@AOL.COM on fri 1 feb 02


When I first began working with clay I purchased Ceramics Monthly and looked
at the pictures and dreamed of making wonderful pots. I read some but not
all of the articles because I wasn't ready to understand everything. Well,
many years later, I may not understand EVERYTHING, but I sure have learned a
lot. Each publication serves a set of purposes. With PMI you have your
wonderful step by step how-to's. With Clay Times its a simpler format, full
of information and easy reading, but also valuable to potters at many levels.
And with CM, its chock full of information on galleries, juried shows,
potters lives and work and wonderful pictures and articles and those glaze
recipes we love to try. Its amazing how if you don't understand something
today, you can put that article aside and maybe in a month or two it will
make more sense. Try it. Besides, we are not all tuned in to the same
technique, or point of focus at the same time. And that is a good thing. And
its also a good thing to look at the work of other potters and their
philosophies or way of working and if its more difficult or complex than you
are doing......reach for the stars. Isn't that part of the fun too on this
clay journey? Toni Smith in Ohio

Lexxy on fri 1 feb 02


Didn't mean to hit a sore spot, just vent my frustration...

I 've subcribed for years and still will... and I'm sure anyone would be
pleased to be recognized with their work or words printed there.

I'm just not smart enough to read it...the fault is all mine. I sure wish
I could grasp most of what I try to read....and I will keep trying....maybe
someday...I don't grasp poetry either but love independent films...I'm just
a visually oriented person and it can be frustrating.

Lexxey
East GA, Pottery & Gardening
http://www.flummoxed.org/lexxey/index.htm

Kurt Wild on fri 1 feb 02


Mel wrote:
>a public testimonial.....................

etc. ......................

>i don't think i have ever met a potter that would
>not like to see a full page picture...in living color,
>of one of their pots, pictured in cm.

I agree, and am proud to have had items published in CM as I am sure
others who have been published there are as well. I too, thank you Ruth
Butler and staff.

Kurt Wild
River Falls, WI 54022

email: kurtwild@mediaone.net
web site: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/
most current work: http://wwwpp.uwrf.edu/~kw77/Available.html

L. P. Skeen on fri 1 feb 02


> i don't think i have ever met a potter that would
> not like to see a full page picture...in living color,
> of one of their pots, pictured in cm.


mel-san,

I never said I din't like the pictures, or that I wouldn't want to have my
work there, or that I would never read it again. It's a nicely done
magazine, just not my style.

L

Tommy Humphries on fri 1 feb 02


what'd ya spend that $10.00 on mel...some new non ITC'd skivvies I'd bet!

Tommy

(for those who don't know...he had a suggestion printed in the feb. issue)

Marie Gibbons on sat 2 feb 02


I would also like to add my name to the many thankful and proud who have been
lucky enough to deal with the CM staff, I think that they work hard to
produce an excellent source for the professiona, amature and those who admire
clay work.

marie gibbons
In a message dated 2/1/02 8:39:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
kurtwild@MEDIAONE.NET writes:


> >i don't think i have ever met a potter that would
> >not like to see a full page picture...in living color,
> >of one of their pots, pictured in cm.
>
> I agree, and am proud to have had items published in CM as I am sure
> others who have been published there are as well. I too, thank you Ruth
> Butler and staff.
>
>

potterybydai on sat 2 feb 02


Hi, Lexxy - no, you're not the only one who does the "Playboy" scan on CM.
I think you're right---that esoteric "artspeak" drives me nuts, and the
"Letters to the Editor" are a joke----the majority of them are applause for
the magazine (or that endless controversy about whether CM should be for
production potters or "artists"). No other mag that I read has the
"Letters" so full of self-congratulatory stuff, as opposed to dealing with
articles in previous issues-----well, here's a light-bulb moment: maybe the
majority of the readers/letter-writers don't READ the articles! Sometimes
the "Comment" at the back of the magazine is readable. I can see, however,
that those who have had articles printed in CM, or had their pots, or their
studios, or themselves, featured in CM, would have intense loyalty to the
magazine.
The magazine itself is beautifully presented; the photos are high-quality,
the paper is high-quality. As a "tableware" potter, with forays into raku
and garden art, I just can't relate to most of what is in it. My
subscription is up with this last issue, and, due to the horrible exchange
on the dollar, I can no longer justify subscribing. I'll miss the
pictures...........
Dai in Kelowna, BC
potterybydai@shaw.ca

Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you
respond to it.

Hank Murrow on sat 2 feb 02


>Dai in Kelowna, BC


>Hi, Lexxy - no, you're not the only one who does the "Playboy" scan on CM.
>I think you're right---that esoteric "artspeak" drives me nuts, and the
>"Letters to the Editor" are a joke----the majority of them are applause for
>the magazine (or that endless controversy about whether CM should be for
>production potters or "artists"). No other mag that I read has the
>"Letters" so full of self-congratulatory stuff, as opposed to dealing with
>articles in previous issues-----well, here's a light-bulb moment: maybe th=
e
>majority of the readers/letter-writers don't READ the articles! Sometimes
>the "Comment" at the back of the magazine is readable. I can see, however,
>that those who have had articles printed in CM, or had their pots, or their
>studios, or themselves, featured in CM, would have intense loyalty to the
>magazine.
>The magazine itself is beautifully presented; the photos are high-quality,
>the paper is high-quality. As a "tableware" potter, with forays into raku
>and garden art, I just can't relate to most of what is in it. My
>subscription is up with this last issue, and, due to the horrible exchange
>on the dollar, I can no longer justify subscribing. I'll miss the
>pictures...........


Gee, I guess I have to jump in here as a recent 'honor=E9': see
http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org/mustreads/shinofire.asp . The way I
see it, is more tableware potters might take the time to sit down and write
up their experiences, illustrating them to acheive greater clarity, sending
it off for peer review, and then letting Ruth and Ren=E9e do their superb
editing to create what you see in the final product. After all, they can
only select from what is sent in to them. After 44 years of plodding along,
see http://www.murrow.biz/hank/ , I finally sat down and followed my own
advice with the result appearing in the September issue of CM. Ruth was the
one suggesting that I write some more about the kiln! The whole experience
was somewhat scary, but now I am working on one about my 'displacement
trimming' methods, which should be an eye-opener. And, I DO look forward to
the back-and-forth emails with Ruth.

To be completely honest here, I was in that camp (see above post)
for too long, and am glad I got off my duff and entered the fray.

Hoping this is useful, Hank in Eugene

vince pitelka on sat 2 feb 02


> Hi, Lexxy - no, you're not the only one who does the "Playboy" scan on CM.
> I think you're right---that esoteric "artspeak" drives me nuts, and the
> "Letters to the Editor" are a joke----the majority of them are applause
for
> the magazine (or that endless controversy about whether CM should be for
> production potters or "artists"). No other mag that I read has the
> "Letters" so full of self-congratulatory stuff, as opposed to dealing with
> articles in previous issues

Dai -
If you think the stuff in CM is artspeak, then you have not spent much time
reading mainstream art magazines. The stuff in CM is very mild in
comparison, and generally well written and well illustrated. I cannot
imagine not reading the text. How else do you maintain a perspective on the
broad spectrum of work being done in ceramics today?

Regarding the letters, I have to agree with you. CM is excellent. It's
record shows it. The letters delivering short congratulatory comments seem
entirely unnecessary. And I also agree that the ongoing "sculpture vs
utility" arguement is tiresome and rarely illuminates anything new. CM
should cull out those letters unless they really DO add something new to the
dialogue.

Regarding those who have been published in CM, that really doesn't have much
to do with loyalty to the magazine, because loyalty is earned by
performance, not by some sort of payoff. The magazine just deserves our
loyalty, and anyone who thinks othewise has not been paying much attention
to the contribution of CM over the decades. We need a variety of magazines
that cover all aspects of ceramics. Are you familiar with "American
Ceramics" magazine? I don't know if it is even still being published. CM
is very accessible and relevant as compared to American Ceramics. I hope
that American Ceramics is till being published, because we really need the
broad spectrum of coverage. We really have an embarassment of riches - with
CM, CT, Studio Potter, PMI, American Ceramics, and now a new one which was
mentioned on Clayart in the last week, all of them covering American
claywork. And on the international scene, Ceramic Art and Perception,
Ceramics Technical, Pottery in Australia (all three from Australia), that
wonderful Greek ceramics magazine (I can't remember the name), Ceramic
Review (British) and others I can't think of right now.

Hearing people say that CM is too "brainy," or that the "Comment" section in
the back of CM is only "occasionally" readable scares the hell out of me.
Is it that people only want to read stuff that is easy? Is this just
further evidence of the "dumbing-down" of America and Canada? God, I hope
not. And no offense meant to Lisa or you, of course, because you are both
obviously intelligent and articulate. That's why this surprises me.
Best wishes -
- Vince

Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/

potterybydai on sun 3 feb 02


Vince et al:
I knew when I "dissed" CM that there would be repurcussions/flak . Let
me insert a little "where-I'm-coming-from" stuff: I have no post-secondary
education; in high school I took academic courses, no arts (and even if I
had, I don't think "artspeak" had been invented in the 50's, at least not at
the high school level); 25 years ago, I learned to pot from a plain ordinary
potter who also had no post-secondary art schooling; my further education in
pottery has been through the library (books on technique and basics) and
workshops. At no time have I been exposed to the "artsy" aspect of clay,
nor do I have any yearning to be, as I have enough on my plate as it is.

When I read passages that "artists" have composed re: their inspiration, the
spiritual meaning of this lump of clay, what mythology is represented by
(fill in the blank), etc., etc., I am completely turned off. To me, the
artist seems to be quite full of him/herself, and "likes to hear the sound
of his/her own voice" as my mother used to say of people who prattled on.
It's like modern art----I don't care what the artist was feeling/trying to
express---if it doesn't do anything for me, all the explaining in the world
doesn't make it any better.

As for CM, you are quite right---it is a lovely magazine. But GENERALLY it
has as much relevance for me, and what I do, as
a high class architectural publication---beautiful to look at, but not
terribly understandable or pertinent to the bathroom reno that I'm doing.
At $30/year, it sounds like a not-bad deal, but when that mushrooms to
almost $55, it's a luxury I don't need (but, as I said before, I'll miss the
pictures...Of course I didn't JUST look at pictures! I did read articles,
but certainly not all of them, and I often read "Comment", if the opening
paragraph appeared interesting). I just don't have time for leisurely
magazine reading of any kind, and I guess CM is as close to a "mainstream
art magazine" as I've been.

It was suggested by Hank that I (or any dinnerware potter) write, and
illustrate with photos, an article for CM, as he has done. Well, I do write,
(often with humour, trying counteract any pedantic, lecturing tone) and have
thought of submitting something to PMI or CT. CM is out of the question---I
don't know how to write like that ;)

I don't hate CM----I just got carried away with being smart-alecky (again,
my mother's phrase, often referring to me!) and bitchy. I think it's this
Canadian dollar thing

Dai in Kelowna, BC
potterybydai@shaw.ca

Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you
respond to it.

Working Potter on sun 3 feb 02


In a message dated 2/3/2002 7:38:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,=20
potterybydai@SHAW.CA writes:


> potterybydai@SHAW.CA (potterybydai)

I don't hate CM----I just got carried away with being smart-alecky (again,
my mother's phrase, often referring to me!) and bitchy.=A0 I think it's this
Canadian dollar thing

I used to get a pottery magazine from Canada, a few from Australia, and =20
two from Great Brittian but like youu had to give them up due to high =20
costs. Are they cheaper for us due to exchange rates now?=20
I had a student ''walk'' with my entire magazine collection including CM=20=
=20
going back to the 50's plus many defunct ones , and the above mentioned=20
ones,so if anyone knows someone quitting/retiring who would sell the entire=20=
=20
collection at a reasonable price I would be eternally grateful.

Jonathan Pennington on sun 3 feb 02


I just recieved my first issue of CM and saw the cover and gasped. The
work of Duncan Ross is what I aspire too with sawdust. I ripped it
open in sheer excitement and was a bit shocked and upset to see one
paragraph saying basically "Duncan Ross fires with sawdust in
Britain." I'm waiting to read more issues, because one issue is not
justification to dislike a magazine.

I have to say though, that I smiled when I saw the picture of Nils Lou
and Brittany Hoskisson in the back, then I was really happy to see
that Brittany wrote the final article. It was very heartwarming and
made me glad- that alone was enough for me to like the magazine. An
article written like that, from the perspective of a 14 year old who's
been in a potting family since before she was born, really spoke of
the sense of community and family that potters can have. It touched my
heart and made me kind of sad that I have no child to bring into such
a peaceful, warm community.

-J
(heh, "warm?" after reading Brittany's description of stoking the
anagama, maybe I mean "hot." :-)
--
Jonathan Pennington | jwpennin@bellsouth.net
"There are no pots, there is only clay." -original
"It's hard to take life too seriously
when you realize yours is a joke." -also original

Kate Johnson on sun 3 feb 02


Hi, Dai--

I was going to stay out of this one since I'm not a CM subscriber
(yet?)--but oh well...

> When I read passages that "artists" have composed re: their inspiration,
the
> spiritual meaning of this lump of clay, what mythology is represented by
> (fill in the blank), etc., etc., I am completely turned off. To me, the
> artist seems to be quite full of him/herself, and "likes to hear the sound
> of his/her own voice" as my mother used to say of people who prattled on.

That IS true in some cases, and I know what you're saying. The gallery
scene and artspeak and rampant egos are pretty repellent. But...

> It's like modern art----I don't care what the artist was feeling/trying to
> express---if it doesn't do anything for me, all the explaining in the
world
> doesn't make it any better.

And you're right, there, too. If it doesn't speak to you, it doesn't speak
to you. That's kinda the point. (And then there are the things that DO
speak to us, for reasons that may be completely different from what the
artist/potter intended; they create a response within us based on our _own_
experiences, dreams, background, beliefs, needs, whatever...has nothing at
all to do with what kind of education you have.)

BUT. And this is a big "but"...I have to say that assuming this is a work
with merit (and I'm not ABOUT to get into being judge and jury on THAT
one...talk about subjective!!), I find it extremely interesting what the
potter/artist was interested in or inspired by. In my own work, either
"fine art," whatever that is, or potting, I'm interested in not only
mythology, but in history, what the ancients, what our forebears did or
thought or made. I'm part of that history, and I'm formed by that
mythology.

I'm wildly Irish--things with a whiff of that Celtic history/mythology
really do it for me. That's just me, not you, and what the hell, you've got
every right to not care in the least...

But it's not intended to be mystical or full of myself if I say things like
that, I'm not trying to impress anyone, couldn't give a rat's patoot about
that one way or another. But communicating our excitement, our joy, our
inspiration--hey, that's part of what we're about.

I like to do completely functional pieces too, but even in that I find such
excitement in that connection with those who went before. I have an antique
inkwell that has the potter's thumbprint in it...he probably thought of that
as a flaw, but I find it SO fascinating--and rather poignant--to see the
mark of the human in that everyday, utilitarian object. I get excited about
what I call "the potter's spiral" in the bottom of an old jug or
platter...you know, the mark of the fingers in the process. My 200-year-old
ink bottle shows a simple pinch of thumb and forefinger to make a spout. I
love to try to make pipkins to use over the fire, as our ancestors did, but
because they did, and I can...very, very cool stuff.

Some people put things in a way that can turn you off, yup. You just want
to say "yeah, right, quack quack..." But don't discount the very real
excitement in someone else's inspiration or response. Takes all kinds...

Best--
Kate

Rick Hugel on sun 3 feb 02


That's really too bad that you won't be taking CM any more because of the
exchange rate, etc. I have every issue since 1985 on file and use them for
teaching as well as historical reference. CM is no different from any
other magazine on any subject. There are great, good, fair, and so-so
issues - something like pots coming out of one's kiln. We subscribers will
miss your input!

Rick



>Hi, Lexxy - no, you're not the only one who does the "Playboy" scan on CM.
>I think you're right---that esoteric "artspeak" drives me nuts, and the
>"Letters to the Editor" are a joke----the majority of them are applause for
>the magazine (or that endless controversy about whether CM should be for
>production potters or "artists"). No other mag that I read has the
>"Letters" so full of self-congratulatory stuff, as opposed to dealing with
>articles in previous issues-----well, here's a light-bulb moment: maybe the
>majority of the readers/letter-writers don't READ the articles! Sometimes
>the "Comment" at the back of the magazine is readable. I can see, however,
>that those who have had articles printed in CM, or had their pots, or their
>studios, or themselves, featured in CM, would have intense loyalty to the
>magazine.
>The magazine itself is beautifully presented; the photos are high-quality,
>the paper is high-quality. As a "tableware" potter, with forays into raku
>and garden art, I just can't relate to most of what is in it. My
>subscription is up with this last issue, and, due to the horrible exchange
>on the dollar, I can no longer justify subscribing. I'll miss the
>pictures...........
>Dai in Kelowna, BC
>potterybydai@shaw.ca
>
> Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you
>respond to it.
>
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Joyce Lee on sat 4 may 02


Marta always cheers me up since I seem to be the last potter on the list =
to receive her copy of Ceramics Monthly... and somehow I perversely am =
Glad that My Friend Marta still hasn't received hers either. Nasty Ol' =
Woman. I, not Marta.

I love all the clay mags ..... of course ... but CM publishes so many =
Wonderful Pictures, and I really dislike hearing all about them, unable =
to see them for myself. Anyway, Marta cheered me.... then I walked out =
to the mailbox and there was my copy! (I am generous about most things, =
but apparently NOT about my CM.)

I wasn't going to mention the quality and beauty of Craig's work since =
so many already have, and I've told him many times how much I
admire his work........ as well as his attitude as a potter ... a =
terrific role model.
BUT those pots are scrumptious, as is the straightforward, thorough =
writing, which allows the Real Craig to shine through. Nothing =
pretentious about this fine artist/potter.

Joyce
In the Mojave