Mary & Wes on mon 7 may 07
I live in and have lived in Wisconsin all of my life. Having said this I
have traveled a great deal and I know I want to end up where I can see
mountains, it's good for my soul. Wify and I plan to spend a month in every
state in the lower 48 until we find a place we just don't want to leave. I
guess you could call that throwing the seed pods up into the ceiling fan.
sacredclay on mon 7 may 07
I was hanging out yesterday with my brother at a creek with our kids
and we got to talking about where we want to retire. He wants to move
back up North, where we're from and said that I ought to come also. I
said that North Carolina is much more hospitable to potters (as well as
to folks art) than the North is, meaning that more peole are likely to
buy from potters, mainly because of the rich history of Seagrove, which
is about three hours from here. It got me to wondering and I'm going to
do what someone aptly describe (Stephani?) as throwing a bunch of seed
pods up into the fan and see what blows back at me.what say you? How
far off baseam I or on target? Mind you, this is NOT to disparge where
you are living now. Kathryn in NC
Bonnie Staffel on tue 8 may 07
Well, Kathryn, one of the biggest reasons we moved to northern Michigan =
back
in 1965 to make our living from pottery was because the people of =
Michigan
appreciate and purchase pottery and art. The Ann Arbor Art Fair and the
Charlevoix Waterfront Art Fairs have been in existence for almost 50 =
years
with great success for the artists who show at these fairs. The present
economy of Michigan is going through a slump right now due to the loss =
of
automobile sales and the closing of the auto plants, but I really think =
that
the state will pull through this crisis because of the tenacity of the
people who live here. =20
While art fairs don't seem to be clustered around one area, they are =
held
statewide in almost every town which gives a great diversity in what is
shown and is available for all pocketbook sizes. =20
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Richard Aerni on tue 8 may 07
I guess I would give your brain a serious scan should you be thinking of
moving up here (western New York). Not only is the economy the pits, but
the population is dwindling and the weather is amazing (during the warmer
months it's great, during the colder months it's just amazing). I'm having
dreams of moving somewhere in the Appalachians (no more kids in school, no
need to be around "jobs").
Best,
Richard Aerni
Rochester, NY
lela martens on tue 8 may 07
That`s funny. After being on this list for some years now, having seen
umpteen
pottery sites, etc. I always think of the Carolinas as the American area of
many happy
potters and customers. I`m guessing here, but I think in Canada the area
would be
the south-west of British Columbia. But just a guess.
Best wishes from Lela, on the prairies where the weather has been fabulous,
though
we don`t dare plant the tomatoes till after the long weekend.
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Lee Love on tue 8 may 07
I suppose it depends on what kind of work you do. I imagine,
one problem at Seagrove is the same as it is here in Mashiko: too
many potters in one place competing for the same sales.
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Christine Kloostra on tue 8 may 07
Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not nearly as
much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
North Carolina: 187
New York: 250
California: 346
Michigan: 111
New Hampshire: 46
Texas: 90
Oregon: 87
----------------
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Show Director
Buyers Market of American Craft
www.americancraft.com
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Dannon Rhudy on tue 8 may 07
The best area of the U.S. to be a potter is the area
where you want to BE. Every place has it's pluses and
minuses, and even those depend upon ourselves and what
we want. The best place is the place we like.
Our lives are affected by the shape of the
space that surrounds us.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
karen gringhuis on tue 8 may 07
Chris K et al -
You're on the right track but go further. The state
rankings by number of potters probably parallel the
rankings by population in general - no surprise. Add
in a ranking by average cost of living. Then see if
anything pops out. Just a thought.
Karen Gringhuis
KG Pottery
Box 607 Alfred NY 14802
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On May 8, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Christine Kloostra wrote:
> Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
>
> North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not
> nearly as
> much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
>
> North Carolina: 187
> New York: 250
> California: 346
> Michigan: 111
> New Hampshire: 46
> Texas: 90
> Oregon: 87
We have over 400 members in the Oregon Potters' Association. 200 show
now in the annual Showcase(just concluded last weekend).
Oregon has been good to me as a potter, and lately the predominately
volcanic geology has been yielding up Petuntse for porcelain. At one
time in Eugene there were over a hundred gas kilns, though that # has
probably shrunk in the last two decades.
Cheers from Eugene, Hank
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Pamela Regentin on tue 8 may 07
When I moved here to Oregon from Michigan, someone told me (I don't recall who) that Oregon had the most potters per capita of any state. Kinda made me feel like my days of selling were over or that I needed to find a "nitch."
Pam
Christine Kloostra wrote: Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not nearly as
much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
North Carolina: 187
New York: 250
California: 346
Michigan: 111
New Hampshire: 46
Texas: 90
Oregon: 87
----------------
Christine Kloostra
Show Director
Buyers Market of American Craft
www.americancraft.com
christinek@rosengrp.com
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Chris trabka on tue 8 may 07
Christine,
Although number of artists is a number another thing to look at is potters
per household (a place to store/use/display pots)
>North Carolina: 187 potters, 3,132,013 households (2000)
>New York: 250 potters, 7,056,860 households (2000)
>California: 346 potters, 12,989,254 households (2000)
>Michigan: 111 potters, 3,785,661 households (2000)
>New Hampshire: 46 potters, 474,606 households (2000)
>Texas: 90 potters, 7,393,354 households (2000)
>Oregon: 87 potters, 1,333,723 households (2000)
David H. seems to have picked it right!
By the way I'm a member of the West Michigan Potters Guild. We have about
70 members, which implies there are only about 40 potters in the rest of
Michigan (Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor)?
Aren't numbers interesting.
Chris
Lois Ruben Aronow on tue 8 may 07
If you want to be a potter who makes a living, stay far, far away from NY
city. Especially Brooklyn. Cost of living/cost of space/competition: bad
combination.
..lo
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> Christine Kloostra
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> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: best region in the USA to be a potter
>
> Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
>
> North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but
> not nearly as much as California; here's a quick breakdown
> for a few states:
>
> North Carolina: 187
> New York: 250
> California: 346
> Michigan: 111
> New Hampshire: 46
> Texas: 90
> Oregon: 87
>
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Rikki Gill on wed 9 may 07
It may be true that California has the most potters, but look at its size.
And the number of fairly large cities.
Rikki Gill
rikigil@sbcglobal.net
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www.berkeleypotters.com
----- Original Message -----
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To:
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Subject: Re: best region in the USA to be a potter
> When I moved here to Oregon from Michigan, someone told me (I don't recall
> who) that Oregon had the most potters per capita of any state. Kinda made
> me feel like my days of selling were over or that I needed to find a
> "nitch."
>
> Pam
>
> Christine Kloostra wrote: Your message got me
> curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
>
> North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not nearly as
> much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
>
> North Carolina: 187
> New York: 250
> California: 346
> Michigan: 111
> New Hampshire: 46
> Texas: 90
> Oregon: 87
>
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Craig Clark on wed 9 may 07
If ya'll really want to show your metal come be a potter in Houston
Texas!!! We are the fourth largest city in the country, our Ceramics
Store is great, we have industrial resources galore, a number of top
flight Universities, summer heat that is akin to the Great Mohave with a
95% humidity factor thrown in for good measure, mosquitos that will pick
you up and carry you away, cockroaches that are as big as humming birds
as fly almost as fast, we are the heart of the Petro Chemical Industry
and folks still love to say smell that money. We are flat, we are wide,
we love out bill boards, great food from a truly international blend of
folks, we have aligators and bat colonies........our annual rain fall
reminds us of how this place really was one big swamp before it was
settled. We flood a goodly amountr and Hurricanes are a real concern.
Our politics are of a rightward leaning variety, but we don't really
hold what folks believe in against them as long as they are nice. We
still hold doors open for ladies, our driving habits are from the school
of thought that it is our God given right as natural born Texicans to
drive down the highway as long as we please and burn fossil fuels with
reckless abandon.
We still love Willy Nelson, even though he had another dust up with the
law about those funny cigaretts he seems to enjoy.
We have a wonderful performing arts community with world class talent.
Our Symphony, Opera and the Houston Ballet are second only to those
found in New York City.
We have incredible museums to go along with our unparaleled urban sprawl.
And.........drum roll............of very much importance to potters and
artists......We Do Not Have Any Zoning!!! Boo Yaahhh........I fire my
raku pots in my backyard, one mile North West of downtown, in the middle
of what has become an expensive neighborhood we loving refer to as "The
Heights" because it is all of 15 feet above sea level in some places.
The cost of living, compared to many cities even a quarter our size, is
quite low. Many folks who would otherwise come here are put off by the
heat and the, well, um, errr, shall we say "Redneck" perception of Texas
Culture. So it doesn't take a bank to set up shop and get things going,
especially if one is willing to pioneer in one of the emerging
neigborhoods that many of our artists populate.
So, remember, if you can take the heat, the cost of living is pretty
low, we Don't Have Any Zoning, our food is great, we have an emerging
Ceramics community, a Center For Contemporary Craft, The Museum of Fine
Art, The Contemporary Arts Museum, The Menil, Rothko, and numerous
points of interest that fit into a pretty good place for an artist or
craftsperson to be.
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn Clark
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Ralph Naylor on wed 9 may 07
And in terms of potters per million population -
NH - 35.4
OR - 23.5
NC - 21.0
NY - 13.0
MI - 11.0
CA - 9.5
TX - 3.8
I'm guessing these figures are a relection of the relative number of
potters selling wholesale since they come from the Rosen Group. No idea
if that's a relatively constant proportion of the overall potting
population.
Best regards,
Ralph in NH
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:33:47 -0500, Christine Kloostra
wrote:
>Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
>
>North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not nearly as
>much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
>
>North Carolina: 187
>New York: 250
>California: 346
>Michigan: 111
>New Hampshire: 46
>Texas: 90
>Oregon: 87
>
>
>----------------
>Christine Kloostra
>Show Director
>Buyers Market of American Craft
>www.americancraft.com
>christinek@rosengrp.com
shane mickey on wed 9 may 07
hey all
well i must say this is an interesting topic. i believe that one comment was correct, in seagrove there are way to many potters, well over 200 i believe in that area. We have up here in the mountains a good sized pottery population, dont know the exact numbers, but somewhere in the 60-100 range. i belive the best place to be a potter is where you can call home. you can make pots and send them ups all over the world so location is not at important, cost of living is and until recently mitchell county was one of the cheapest, but that is slowly changing.
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Richard Aerni on wed 9 may 07
On Tue, 8 May 2007 15:21:41 -0500, Chris trabka wrote:
Although the below quoted numbers _are_ interesting, whether they are valid
in any way is another matter. I wonder where the figures came from...
My wife did her Pd.D thesis in the mid 80s on the economics of the craft
movement. She found it incredibly difficult to get any meaningful figures
on the numbers of craftspeople making their living from their craft, as well
as income levels. I know that Studio Potter magazine made an effort years
ago to do a survey, and I've seen a number of them come over clayart over
the years, but none of them have the reach or authority of a figure coming
from an uber authority, such as census data. And the census doesn't track
things like that, either.
So, we can speculate away, but in the end, we're pretty much on our own.
Good work, priced honestly, will always be a better help in making a living
than having control of potters per capita, in my opinion.
Best,
Richard Aerni
Rochester, NY
>Christine,
>
>Although number of artists is a number another thing to look at is potters
>per household (a place to store/use/display pots)
>
>>North Carolina: 187 potters, 3,132,013 households (2000)
>>New York: 250 potters, 7,056,860 households (2000)
>>California: 346 potters, 12,989,254 households (2000)
>>Michigan: 111 potters, 3,785,661 households (2000)
>>New Hampshire: 46 potters, 474,606 households (2000)
>>Texas: 90 potters, 7,393,354 households (2000)
>>Oregon: 87 potters, 1,333,723 households (2000)
>
>David H. seems to have picked it right!
>
>By the way I'm a member of the West Michigan Potters Guild. We have about
>70 members, which implies there are only about 40 potters in the rest of
>Michigan (Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor)?
>
>
Marilyn Barbe on wed 9 may 07
Being from Canada, maybe I should not join into this conversation, but I can't
help myself. When we vacationed in the Asheville NC area in 2001 I thought
I had died and gone to pottery heaven. The creative energy is unbelievable.
Not only are the pots great but they have Lark Publishing churning out one
amazing book after another. I've returned to the area several times since
just to regenerate the old creative juices.
My second choice is for the Ann Arbour, Lansing area of Michigan. My more
informed customers come from that region on their way to the Stratford
Festival, here in Ontario. They really know their clay, thank the kiln god,
because of them I have been able to expand with a nice line of consignment
pottery. I look forward to the Stratford season when I can meet them all
again and have great chats about pottery and the plays they are about to
see. I feel like I have the best of both worlds!!!!
Marilyn in Ailsa Craig
Lee Love on wed 9 may 07
On 5/9/07, Pamela Regentin wrote:
> When I moved here to Oregon from Michigan, someone told me (I don't recall who) that
>Oregon had the most potters per capita of any state.
I wonder how folks collected this info?
>Kinda made me feel like my days of
>selling were over or that I needed to find a "nitch."
How IS selling compared to Michigan?
--
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David Beumee on wed 9 may 07
Thanks Dannon. Your comment is very wise I'm sure. But moving where you want to live and having to establish a market is an extremely difficult process. Lack of competition may also mean a lack of appreciation, that is, lack of an audience. The Front Range of Colorado is spectacular, but the millions who are flooding in doesn't mean there is an increased awareness of the value of handmade pottery.
David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dannon Rhudy
>
> The best area of the U.S. to be a potter is the area
> where you want to BE. Every place has it's pluses and
> minuses, and even those depend upon ourselves and what
> we want. The best place is the place we like.
> Our lives are affected by the shape of the
> space that surrounds us.
>
> regards
>
> Dannon Rhudy
>
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Jennifer Boyer on wed 9 may 07
Remember the CODA survey in 2001? I'll be there's more info than they
have on the website, but here's some interesting data:
http://www.codacraft.org/pages/home/home.htm
http://www.codacraft.org/pages/survey/national.htm
About my state:
http://www.codacraft.org/pages/survey/vermont.htm
Jennifer
> My wife did her Pd.D thesis in the mid 80s on the economics of the
> craft
> movement. She found it incredibly difficult to get any meaningful
> figures
> on the numbers of craftspeople making their living from their
> craft, as well
> as income levels. I know that Studio Potter magazine made an
> effort years
> ago to do a survey, and I've seen a number of them come over
> clayart over
> the years, but none of them have the reach or authority of a figure
> coming
> from an uber authority, such as census data. And the census
> doesn't track
> things like that, either.
> So, we can speculate away, but in the end, we're pretty much on our
> own.
> Good work, priced honestly, will always be a better help in making
> a living
> than having control of potters per capita, in my opinion.
> Best,
> Richard Aerni
> Rochester, NY
>
>
*****************************
Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, VT
http://thistlehillpottery.com
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Tom Sawyer on wed 9 may 07
Florida 8 months
Mountain states 4
Tom Sawyer
Patrick Cross on wed 9 may 07
This book might be of some use...I have a copy from several years ago...
http://www.amazon.com/100-Best-Small-Towns-America/dp/1562614053
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 5/9/07, Richard Aerni wrote:
>
> On Tue, 8 May 2007 15:21:41 -0500, Chris trabka
> wrote:
> Although the below quoted numbers _are_ interesting, whether they are
> valid
> in any way is another matter. I wonder where the figures came from...
> My wife did her Pd.D thesis in the mid 80s on the economics of the craft
> movement. She found it incredibly difficult to get any meaningful figures
> on the numbers of craftspeople making their living from their craft, as
> well
> as income levels. I know that Studio Potter magazine made an effort years
> ago to do a survey, and I've seen a number of them come over clayart over
> the years, but none of them have the reach or authority of a figure coming
> from an uber authority, such as census data. And the census doesn't track
> things like that, either.
> So, we can speculate away, but in the end, we're pretty much on our own.
> Good work, priced honestly, will always be a better help in making a
> living
> than having control of potters per capita, in my opinion.
> Best,
> Richard Aerni
> Rochester, NY
>
>
> >Christine,
> >
> >Although number of artists is a number another thing to look at is
> potters
> >per household (a place to store/use/display pots)
> >
> >>North Carolina: 187 potters, 3,132,013 households (2000)
> >>New York: 250 potters, 7,056,860 households (2000)
> >>California: 346 potters, 12,989,254 households (2000)
> >>Michigan: 111 potters, 3,785,661 households (2000)
> >>New Hampshire: 46 potters, 474,606 households (2000)
> >>Texas: 90 potters, 7,393,354 households (2000)
> >>Oregon: 87 potters, 1,333,723 households (2000)
> >
> >David H. seems to have picked it right!
> >
> >By the way I'm a member of the West Michigan Potters Guild. We have about
> >70 members, which implies there are only about 40 potters in the rest of
> >Michigan (Lansing, Detroit, Ann Arbor)?
> >
> >
>
>
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Lois Aronow on wed 9 may 07
Agreed, especially since my dream move would be to either Salida or
Pueblo, CO.
As long as that man in the brown truck shows up, you'll always HAVE
competition and you'll always BE competition.
...Lo
likes the idea of keeping some chickens, and rolling out of bed into her
studio.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Beumee
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: best region in the USA to be a potter
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Thanks Dannon. Your comment is very wise I'm sure. But moving where
> you want to live and having to establish a market is an extremely
> difficult process. Lack of competition may also mean a lack of
> appreciation, that is, lack of an audience. The Front Range of
> Colorado is spectacular, but the millions who are flooding in
> doesn't mean there is an increased awareness of the value of
> handmade pottery.
>
> David Beumee
> Lafayette, CO
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Dannon Rhudy
> >
> > The best area of the U.S. to be a potter is the area
> > where you want to BE. Every place has it's pluses and
> > minuses, and even those depend upon ourselves and what
> > we want. The best place is the place we like.
> > Our lives are affected by the shape of the
> > space that surrounds us.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Dannon Rhudy
> >
> >
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jim on thu 10 may 07
On Thu, 10 May 2007 13:30:34 +0900, Lee Love wrote
> Minnesotans tend not to brag. But I grew up in Michigan. ;^)
>
Kind of amazing that I grew up in Michigan also and never really noticed
potters at all. Now that I have moved to NC I keep seeing and hearing from
and about them.. Cool.. Now if I could just get back to Petosky to get me
a Petosky stone.
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Mike on thu 10 may 07
Don't forget the godawful traffic jams. And folks, he's not kidding
about the heat and the bugs.
Mike
in Taku, Japan
karatsupots.blogspot.com
potteryofjapan.com
Craig Clark wrote:
> If ya'll really want to show your metal come be a potter in Houston
> Texas!!! We are the fourth largest city in the country, our Ceramics
> Store is great, we have industrial resources galore, a number of top
> flight Universities, summer heat that is akin to the Great Mohave with a
> 95% humidity factor thrown in for good measure, mosquitos that will pick
> you up and carry you away, cockroaches that are as big as humming birds
> as fly almost as fast, we are the heart of the Petro Chemical Industry
> and folks still love to say smell that money. We are flat, we are wide,
> we love out bill boards, great food from a truly international blend of
> folks, we have aligators and bat colonies........our annual rain fall
> reminds us of how this place really was one big swamp before it was
> settled. We flood a goodly amountr and Hurricanes are a real concern.
>
> Our politics are of a rightward leaning variety, but we don't really
> hold what folks believe in against them as long as they are nice. We
> still hold doors open for ladies, our driving habits are from the school
> of thought that it is our God given right as natural born Texicans to
> drive down the highway as long as we please and burn fossil fuels with
> reckless abandon.
>
> We still love Willy Nelson, even though he had another dust up with the
> law about those funny cigaretts he seems to enjoy.
>
> We have a wonderful performing arts community with world class talent.
> Our Symphony, Opera and the Houston Ballet are second only to those
> found in New York City.
>
> We have incredible museums to go along with our unparaleled urban sprawl.
>
> And.........drum roll............of very much importance to potters and
> artists......We Do Not Have Any Zoning!!! Boo Yaahhh........I fire my
> raku pots in my backyard, one mile North West of downtown, in the middle
> of what has become an expensive neighborhood we loving refer to as "The
> Heights" because it is all of 15 feet above sea level in some places.
>
> The cost of living, compared to many cities even a quarter our size, is
> quite low. Many folks who would otherwise come here are put off by the
> heat and the, well, um, errr, shall we say "Redneck" perception of Texas
> Culture. So it doesn't take a bank to set up shop and get things going,
> especially if one is willing to pioneer in one of the emerging
> neigborhoods that many of our artists populate.
>
> So, remember, if you can take the heat, the cost of living is pretty
> low, we Don't Have Any Zoning, our food is great, we have an emerging
> Ceramics community, a Center For Contemporary Craft, The Museum of Fine
> Art, The Contemporary Arts Museum, The Menil, Rothko, and numerous
> points of interest that fit into a pretty good place for an artist or
> craftsperson to be.
> Hope this helps
> Craig Dunn Clark
> 619 East 11 1/2 St
> Houston, Texas 77008
> (713)861-2083
> mudman@hal-pc.org
> http://mudman00.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Tom Sawyer wrote:
>> Florida 8 months
>> Mountain states 4
>>
>> Tom Sawyer
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Lee Love on thu 10 may 07
Minnesotans tend not to brag. But I grew up in Michigan. ;^)
Check out the Minnesota Potters Of the Upper St. Croix River Valley
15th annual tour May 15, and 16th:
http://www.minnesotapotters.com/
See some of the finest pots on the planet made by Minnesotans and
their guests.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Ric Swenson on fri 11 may 07
Vermont/New Hampshire....then Oregon...then Alaska....then Texas
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Lee Love on fri 11 may 07
If I didn't have a home in Minnesota already, I would probably still
move back there. My other choices (if Minnesota didn't exist) would
be partially focused by my love of snow. N. Carolina is very
interesting to me, but because of my climate preferences I would
probably be looking at the NorthWest or Canada.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -
Henry David Thoreau
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
Mike on fri 11 may 07
I suspect if you really started turning over rocks, potters would start
tumbling out all over the place, who aren't on any particular 'registry'
of potters.
Remember the old saying: "Lies, damn lies, and statistics."
Those are interesting numbers though, looks like David Hendley's got the
right idea!
Mike
Mike
in Taku, Japan
karatsupots.blogspot.com
potteryofjapan.com
Hank Murrow wrote:
> On May 8, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Christine Kloostra wrote:
>
>> Your message got me curious, so I did a quick search of our database.
>>
>> North Carolina is a popular state for ceramics artists, but not
>> nearly as
>> much as California; here's a quick breakdown for a few states:
>>
>> North Carolina: 187
>> New York: 250
>> California: 346
>> Michigan: 111
>> New Hampshire: 46
>> Texas: 90
>> Oregon: 87
>
> We have over 400 members in the Oregon Potters' Association. 200 show
> now in the annual Showcase(just concluded last weekend).
>
> Oregon has been good to me as a potter, and lately the predominately
> volcanic geology has been yielding up Petuntse for porcelain. At one
> time in Eugene there were over a hundred gas kilns, though that # has
> probably shrunk in the last two decades.
>
> Cheers from Eugene, Hank
> www.murrow.biz/hank
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claystevslat on fri 11 may 07
And don't forget you have to learn to say
"noo-cue-ler" instead of nuclear. And
memorize the words to "The Eyes of Texas
are Upon Me" which an unruly mob may burst
out singing at any time.
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Mike wrote:
>
> Don't forget the godawful traffic jams. And folks, he's not kidding
> about the heat and the bugs.
>
> Mike
> in Taku, Japan
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