Kathy McDonald on thu 29 mar 07
Dear Clayarters,
I personally have never met Mark, and I'm sure he is indeed
a great guy.
If he was "chain yanking" as someone put it
mine got yanked, I felt the links tighten around my throat.
Whoever commented about the fact that readers cannot see the
"eye twinkle" , is probably right on the money. His intent
was likely not to come across sounding like a rigid
dogmatist.
My concern is for those who, like myself 25 years ago ,
thought that if someone with Mark's stature in the ceramics
community
said something .....it was "true", ..the gospel according to
Saint Mark.
(sorry that was smart *** but I hope that people can see the
twinkle
in my eye.)
We cannot be responsible for how others interpret what we
say
and I've certainly suffered from "hoof in mouth" disease !!
I give Mark credit for saying what he thinks! We've had
handle
discussions here before, even to the extent of filling out
polls on who likes thumb stops or not. I even admit I
totally agree
with him.
I just think that there is no "one" right way to skin a
cat,
(as dad used to say).
The exception to this rule lies more in the safety issues we
as ceramists
face every day. I think there is some license for dogma in
that realm.
So Mark..........where are those handles....I want to see
them (tongue
placed firmly in cheek),
Kathy
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:11:05 -0500, mel jacobson
wrote:
>slow down folks.
>mark is one of the nicest, humble potters on this list.
>he was pulling legs here a bit....
>
>he knows there are many ways to do things.
>
>and, he has a great idea to do a handle workshop
>at the clayart room, new orleans.
>we will have demos on many techniques.
>even mine.
>of course, it is really a good method. perfection.
>wink.
>mel
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