mel jacobson on fri 26 oct 07
any potter that is serious about their work will develop
over time, all the forms and designs that you need to make
your work successful. it takes a good deal of time and
`hard looking` to find what makes you and your customers happy.
there are some very funny analogies about foot rings that
help most potters come to some firm conclusions.
. think of a three hundred fifty pound man,
with tights and toe shoes...standing on point.
lots of hang over.
think of those tiny foot rings on a big pot. the balance is all wrong.
like a mug, with the handle near the base...it falls out of your hand
when full of liquid.
those wide foot rings remind me of a very
heavy man, sitting on a bar stool...`hang over`.
or, think of fantasia, the old disney movie.
the hippo's dancing on point.
you get the idea. it becomes oxy moronic...things are
out of balance.
it is rarely a formula...it is visual. it just looks wrong.
often it looks `totally stupid`.
it is like going to the fifth gallery in a row and seeing four
tea pots with seven colors, a 12 inch spout with a quarter
inch hole /dots, dashes, pink, gold, baby blue and nine
textures. price...$800.00. oxy moronic.
and the potter cannot wait for cm to arrive next month so
the cover pot can be copied. gotta do what's in.
no. you don't. you have to make things that work well
for you. things that you love. nurture. develop.
it takes hard looking...and often a few friends to talk to.
and then, listen to them.
mel
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WJ Seidl on fri 26 oct 07
Yeah, and those friends sometimes need to whomp you upside the noggin
with a 2 X4
not to hurt you...just to get your attention.
Best,
Wayne
ducking and covering
mel jacobson wrote:
> SNIP
> no. you don't. you have to make things that work well
> for you. things that you love. nurture. develop.
> it takes hard looking...and often a few friends to talk to.
> and then, listen to them.
> mel
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claystevslat on sat 27 oct 07
I've just got to put my oar in the water on this one --
the 'width' of the foot ring can have two different
meanings -- the diameter of the ring, or the thickness
of the wall of the ring. I was also taught that the
foot ring should have the same width as the lip --
and the lip should have the same width as the waist,
and the waist should have the same width as the hip,
as should the bottom. But the meaning of the
instruction was that all walls should have consistent
thickness.
It was viewed as a test of one's throwing/trimming
precision, and the pieces that meet that standard
often have particularly good balance in the user's
hand. Perhaps this, poorly verbalized, was the
original idea?
-- Steve S
Dannon Rhudy on sat 27 oct 07
Steve said: ... I was also taught that the
foot ring should have the same width as the lip --
and the lip should have the same width as the waist,
and the waist should have the same width as the hip,
as should the bottom. But the meaning of the
instruction was that all walls should have consistent
thickness.
Perhaps this.........., was the original idea?>>>>>>>.
Well, it's hard to say if that's the original
idea. But there is a great difference in the
meaning of "width" and "thickness". I never
had an instructor confuse those meanings.
So - I tend to doubt it. Not worth an argument,
though.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
Lee Love on sat 27 oct 07
On 10/27/07, Dannon Rhudy wrote:
> Steve said: ... I was also taught that the
> foot ring should have the same width as the lip --
> and the lip should have the same width as the waist,
> and the waist should have the same width as the hip,
> as should the bottom. But the meaning of the
> instruction was that all walls should have consistent
> thickness.
These kinds of pedantic dogmas might be okay for the beginner
developing an eye. But I would hope folks would go beyond it.
Rather than inflexible rules, look and hold many good pots.
--
Lee in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
"Let them have no reason to complain of our copying the brutal example
of the British army." --George Washington
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological
criminal." --Einstein
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