mel jacobson on thu 3 apr 08
i think my post should be re/read.
where do i say...you cannot be an artist potter
without a private studio?
i said...clearly, i thought.
if you have others make your glaze.
if you have others fire your pots.
if the clay body is provided.
what part of that is your own voice?
it matters not where you work, or with who/whom you work.
the decision is to make your own work, and take control
of the materials you use and your firing is up to you..
the big problem with community centers and or
small college open to the public studios is that
far too much of the process is controlled by others.
the pots look the same...because they mostly are the same.
using that studio can be joyful, energizing, social. but, do
you have control of your own work? that is the question to be
answered by the individual.
if you are a potter/sculptor, you have to bring a great deal
of yourself to the party.
i know it is hard, i know it is expensive.
but, was it a free lunch for me?
family, two kids, low on the totem pole teacher. 1962.
hardly enough money to make it from month to month.
i built the studio/gas kiln, then sold pots to pay for it.
hopkins school credit union loan.
simple business decision. i worked my ass to the bone.
paid it off. now at later life...i have a studio, home, business
that is paid for. i pounded nails, laid roofing, poured concrete.
other teachers where working at the local target store, or at a
gas station. i made it making pots. and got a studio forever as a bonus.
i decided to make my life in art and clay. teaching supported
my family. business/logical decision.
it matters not where you live, city, farm, manhatten. choices
are made. they become your choice. you live with the choices.
no free lunch....
mel
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Lee on thu 3 apr 08
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:46 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
> the big problem with community centers and or
> small college open to the public studios is that
> far too much of the process is controlled by others.
Mel,
It is different at NCC. Along with my Honeywell pass card I
received a key to the glaze room. Studio artists mix their own
glazes, fire their own kilns.
If you are only taking classes, it depends on the class. I
noticed today, a sign posted in the studio area, that a certain class
(I am guessing a glaze chemistry class), would be in the chemical room
on a certain day. Nice of them to give warning, so the studio
artists can mix before or after.
It is really great to have a chemical room like this for
testing. In the past, I did all my testing with their chemicals,
and then bought my own materials to mix up when I found a recipe I
wanted. For small buckets of slips or oxides, the chemical room
makes sense too.
I imagine a co-op would be similar.
--=20
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-=F3g ar chul an tI=97tIr dlainn trina ch=E9ile"=97that is, "T=
he
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
miriam on thu 3 apr 08
I teach for the park system here in FL and did so in MN also.
The studio was open in both locations. Students and work
shop people were encouraged to mix glazes, load and fire kilns.
Granted that I had some knowledge that they knew what they were
doing. When I did the glaze mixing, I always anounced it and left
a message so all could see the day and time so all interested could
join me.
I do not know how other publilc studios work. This is the way I
ran things.
miriam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee"
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: inner city studio
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:46 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
> the big problem with community centers and or
> small college open to the public studios is that
> far too much of the process is controlled by others.
Mel,
It is different at NCC. Along with my Honeywell pass card I
received a key to the glaze room. Studio artists mix their own
glazes, fire their own kilns.
If you are only taking classes, it depends on the class. I
noticed today, a sign posted in the studio area, that a certain class
(I am guessing a glaze chemistry class), would be in the chemical room
on a certain day. Nice of them to give warning, so the studio
artists can mix before or after.
It is really great to have a chemical room like this for
testing. In the past, I did all my testing with their chemicals,
and then bought my own materials to mix up when I found a recipe I
wanted. For small buckets of slips or oxides, the chemical room
makes sense too.
I imagine a co-op would be similar.
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-óg ar chul an tI-tIr dlainn trina chéile"-that is, "The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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