mel jacobson on wed 7 nov 07
there is an old expression among carpenters.
`sweet to the eye`.
i love that thought.
there is all kinds of balance, level, plumb.
but, your eye is always right.
it is what we see that counts.
if it looks non/level, then it is not level.
no matter what the tools or math says.
as an artist, we must be aware of our god given
talent to know what is level, in balance....it is what
we observe.
so many things that surround us...light, shadows,
colors.....they all affect what we observe.
often we are not even aware of it.
i admire chris campbell a great deal.
she searches for new and different ways of
making her work sing.
my critique would always be:
keep the forms simple, elegant, balanced,
and let your drawing, colors and images rule the day.
that is what you do....colored images...paintings in clay.
they are the bulwark of your work....make them more
important than the clay under them.
so...you do.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Edouard Bastarache Inc. on wed 7 nov 07
Hello all,
"Up in the morning and out to school,
the teacher is teaching the Golden Rule."
(Chuck Berry, 1957)
So far goes my american culture...
Gis la revido,
(A la revoyure)
Edouard Bastarache
Spertesperantisto
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
http://perso.orange.fr/smart2000/livres.htm
http://www.pshcanada.com/Toxicology.htm
http://www.ceramique.com/librairie/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30058682@N00/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
To:
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Subject: golden math
> there is an old expression among carpenters.
> `sweet to the eye`.
>
> i love that thought.
> there is all kinds of balance, level, plumb.
> but, your eye is always right.
> it is what we see that counts.
> if it looks non/level, then it is not level.
>
> no matter what the tools or math says.
> as an artist, we must be aware of our god given
> talent to know what is level, in balance....it
> is what
> we observe.
>
> so many things that surround us...light,
> shadows,
> colors.....they all affect what we observe.
> often we are not even aware of it.
>
> i admire chris campbell a great deal.
> she searches for new and different ways of
> making her work sing.
>
> my critique would always be:
> keep the forms simple, elegant, balanced,
> and let your drawing, colors and images rule the
> day.
> that is what you do....colored
> images...paintings in clay.
> they are the bulwark of your work....make them
> more
> important than the clay under them.
> so...you do.
> mel
>
>
>
> from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
>
> Clayart page link:
> http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
>
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Gay Judson on wed 7 nov 07
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:18:02 -0600, mel jacobson wrote:
>there is an old expression among carpenters.
>`sweet to the eye`.
>
Which reminds me of 'eye candy'. A phrase I learned on Clayart which I
really enjoy using (overusing?). I think it was Joyce Lee who introduced me
to 'eye candy'. Gay Judson
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 7 nov 07
...yet another old expression among Carpenters, if less well known to
outsiders, is...
"Please pass the Dramamine..."
&
"Homie don't play dat..."
( This when showing up for say, prospectively running a few hundred feet of
Crown Moulding - or anything else - in yet another absurd mcmansion, built
under the beady eye of some cocaine moustache 'crewcab' yuppie creep yelling
at timorous fresh immigrants as they hold 'Sears' Hammers, where NOTHING is
plumb, straight, level or 'pleasing'...)
Maybe...
"Uhhhh, where's that Can of Kerosene anyway, still in the Truck? I got my
Zippo ready..."
Would be another 'saying'...or should be...
Phil
l v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gay Judson"
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:18:02 -0600, mel jacobson wrote:
>
>>there is an old expression among carpenters.
>>`sweet to the eye`.
>>
>
> Which reminds me of 'eye candy'. A phrase I learned on Clayart which I
> really enjoy using (overusing?). I think it was Joyce Lee who introduced
> me
> to 'eye candy'. Gay Judson
Taylor Hendrix on wed 7 nov 07
Phil,
My carpenter father-in-law would say, "Could you pick up that piece
of finger for me" and "Found your claw hammer, check my head."
Taylor, in Rockport TX
On 11/7/07, pdp1@earthlink.net wrote:
> ...yet another old expression among Carpenters, if less well known to
> outsiders, is...
>
>
> "Please pass the Dramamine..."
>
> &
>
> "Homie don't play dat..."
>...
WJ Seidl on wed 7 nov 07
Hey Gay...
At the risk of angering the "aesthetics gods" on the list....
If you want eye candy, go get your digital camera and set it in "macro" mode
(don't ask me how, go look at the manual )
then sneak around your yard and get real 'up close and personal' with
otherwise mundane and
boring things...like tree bark, a fern leaf, a frog's back, a cat's fur,
or the end of your dog's nose
(provided he/she/it will sit still for that long...perhaps bribed with a
cookie or two.)
Amazing what you'll find. It will take your work in whole different
directions...kind of like exploring a different planet.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
who was the "imbecile" photographing tree bark and limb junctions
outside the conference center in Portland....awesome textures!
I'm currently moving into bricks and lichens and mosses; things I'm told
"don't exist" here...yeah, riiiiight!
Gay Judson wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:18:02 -0600, mel jacobson wrote:
>
>
>> there is an old expression among carpenters.
>> `sweet to the eye`.
>>
>>
>
> Which reminds me of 'eye candy'. A phrase I learned on Clayart which I
> really enjoy using (overusing?). I think it was Joyce Lee who introduced me
> to 'eye candy'. Gay Judson
>
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John Rodgers on wed 7 nov 07
Perhaps Jackie Gleason long ago came forth with a descriptor as good as
it gets -"How sweet it is!"
Seems appropriate!
Joihn Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
mel jacobson wrote:
> there is an old expression among carpenters.
> `sweet to the eye`.
>
> i love that thought.
> there is all kinds of balance, level, plumb.
> but, your eye is always right.
> it is what we see that counts.
> if it looks non/level, then it is not level.
>
> no matter what the tools or math says.
> as an artist, we must be aware of our god given
> talent to know what is level, in balance....it is what
> we observe.
>
> so many things that surround us...light, shadows,
> colors.....they all affect what we observe.
> often we are not even aware of it.
>
> i admire chris campbell a great deal.
> she searches for new and different ways of
> making her work sing.
>
> my critique would always be:
> keep the forms simple, elegant, balanced,
> and let your drawing, colors and images rule the day.
> that is what you do....colored images...paintings in clay.
> they are the bulwark of your work....make them more
> important than the clay under them.
> so...you do.
> mel
>
>
>
> from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
>
> Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Clayart members may send postings to: clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list, post messages, or change your
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