Hank Murrow on mon 30 apr 07
On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:25 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> 2. if you make a story really personal...about your
> inner self and your soul...you will more than likely
> be able to avoid serious debate or criticism.
> there are many exceptions to this idea.
>
> how many folks our there in nceca land are quickly coming up with
> a narrative piece...full of story and pathos...
Now, Mel......... I am going to bite on this provocative tidbit you =20
have favored us with this morning.
At NCECA 2006 in Portland, I had pieces from my "Migrations" series =20
of large tiles(along with pots) in three shows, the most complete =20
being the showing of 37 of them at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver =20
WA, just across the Columbia River from Portland. The series deals =20
with the idea of romance using migrating birds as the metaphor. There =20=
is mostly joy in these 'stories', and little pathos, but I ask here =20
on Clayart if anyone saw these tiles either at the White Lotus show =20
in Eugene, or the Clackamas County Library show, or at the Aurora =20
Gallery?
If anyone on this list saw the work, please respond with criticism, =20
critique, pleasure-in-the-seeing, or disgust....... whatever your =20
response may have been. I want to know if the narrative was obscure =20
or clear, the pieces compelling to look at or not so. It is fine to =20
share your feeling here, but if there is some need to send a private =20
communiqu=E9, please do so. I spent many hours of exciting and hard =20
work doing the series, and would like a little feedback now.
Did/does this work read as narrative for you? Here's a link to the =20
work to remind you visually.......
http://www.wlotus.com
Click on the Ceramics button, and then on the Hank Murrow button to =20
see some of the series.
I do realize that my request may seem a bit indulgent, but I have =20
missed such review from my peers, and NCECA is too frenetic a venue, =20
so I seek it now, thanks to Mel's question.
Cheers from Eugene,
Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
David Hendley on tue 1 may 07
Hi Hank, I spent a good amount of time at your show at the
Aurora Gallery last year.
I found the pieces compelling, but I have to say, I had no
idea, even with the title, that the series was dealing with
"the idea of romance using migrating birds as the metaphor",
so your narrative was pretty obscure to me. I guess I
tend to interpret things in a more literal sense, so any
narrative I read into the work had to do with the clay
representing the earth itself.
Of course, as a potter, I was impressed with the glaze and
kiln effects and the scale of the pieces.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david(at)farmpots(dot)com
http://www.farmpots.com
----- Original Message -----
At NCECA 2006 in Portland, I had pieces from my "Migrations" series
of large tiles(along with pots) in three shows, the most complete
being the showing of 37 of them at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver
WA, just across the Columbia River from Portland. The series deals
with the idea of romance using migrating birds as the metaphor. There
is mostly joy in these 'stories', and little pathos, but I ask here
on Clayart if anyone saw these tiles either at the White Lotus show
in Eugene, or the Clackamas County Library show, or at the Aurora
Gallery?
Victoria E. Hamilton on wed 2 may 07
Hank -
I was at the opening at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver. There were =
several
of us there and you told us the story of the tiles. I remember you
beginning with something like "I fell in love.....". Viewing the tiles =
as
you told the story of them was lovely and moving.
The thing that was odd for me was that you were willing to part with =
them
one by one. Seemed to me they were all of a piece and needed to stay
together, especially after hearing their story. The birds became real =
and
their journey was woeful and romantic.
You extended the story of the birds by including them on other pieces - =
I am
glad to have one of them.
Thanks.
Vicki Hamilton
Millennia Antica Pottery
Seattle, WA=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Hank Murrow
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:25 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: [CLAYART] narrative and Hank's work
On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:25 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> 2. if you make a story really personal...about your inner self and=20
> your soul...you will more than likely be able to avoid serious debate=20
> or criticism.
> there are many exceptions to this idea.
>
> how many folks our there in nceca land are quickly coming up with a=20
> narrative piece...full of story and pathos...
Now, Mel......... I am going to bite on this provocative tidbit you have
favored us with this morning.
At NCECA 2006 in Portland, I had pieces from my "Migrations" series of =
large
tiles(along with pots) in three shows, the most complete being the =
showing
of 37 of them at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver WA, just across the
Columbia River from Portland. The series deals with the idea of romance
using migrating birds as the metaphor. There is mostly joy in these
'stories', and little pathos, but I ask here on Clayart if anyone saw =
these
tiles either at the White Lotus show in Eugene, or the Clackamas County
Library show, or at the Aurora Gallery?
If anyone on this list saw the work, please respond with criticism,
critique, pleasure-in-the-seeing, or disgust....... whatever your =
response
may have been. I want to know if the narrative was obscure or clear, the
pieces compelling to look at or not so. It is fine to share your feeling
here, but if there is some need to send a private communiqu=E9, please =
do so.
I spent many hours of exciting and hard work doing the series, and would
like a little feedback now.
Did/does this work read as narrative for you? Here's a link to the work =
to
remind you visually.......
http://www.wlotus.com
Click on the Ceramics button, and then on the Hank Murrow button to see =
some
of the series.
I do realize that my request may seem a bit indulgent, but I have missed
such review from my peers, and NCECA is too frenetic a venue, so I seek =
it
now, thanks to Mel's question.
Cheers from Eugene,
Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
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Gayle Bair on thu 3 may 07
Hank,
I connected with those pieces immediately.
You pieces definitely talk to me narratively,
emotionally, technically and aesthetically.
That is my humble review.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
Tucson, AZ
http://claybair.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Hank Murrow
On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:25 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> 2. if you make a story really personal...about your
> inner self and your soul...you will more than likely
> be able to avoid serious debate or criticism.
> there are many exceptions to this idea.
>
> how many folks our there in nceca land are quickly coming up with
> a narrative piece...full of story and pathos...
Now, Mel......... I am going to bite on this provocative tidbit you
have favored us with this morning.
At NCECA 2006 in Portland, I had pieces from my "Migrations" series
of large tiles(along with pots) in three shows, the most complete
being the showing of 37 of them at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver
WA, just across the Columbia River from Portland. The series deals
with the idea of romance using migrating birds as the metaphor. There
is mostly joy in these 'stories', and little pathos, but I ask here
on Clayart if anyone saw these tiles either at the White Lotus show
in Eugene, or the Clackamas County Library show, or at the Aurora
Gallery?
If anyone on this list saw the work, please respond with criticism,
critique, pleasure-in-the-seeing, or disgust....... whatever your
response may have been. I want to know if the narrative was obscure
or clear, the pieces compelling to look at or not so. It is fine to
share your feeling here, but if there is some need to send a private
communiqué, please do so. I spent many hours of exciting and hard
work doing the series, and would like a little feedback now.
Did/does this work read as narrative for you? Here's a link to the
work to remind you visually.......
http://www.wlotus.com
Click on the Ceramics button, and then on the Hank Murrow button to
see some of the series.
I do realize that my request may seem a bit indulgent, but I have
missed such review from my peers, and NCECA is too frenetic a venue,
so I seek it now, thanks to Mel's question.
Cheers from Eugene,
Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
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