Ric Swenson on mon 22 jun 09
The concept of a vessel that pours tea/Cha/water is just a vessel that pour=
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s water...either it works....and works very well... or dribbles? and spurts=
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?....
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...it might be a thing that pretends to pour water well...or looks like a v=
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essel that 'could ' pour water.....ewer or pitcher or teapot....and a vess=
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el 'by any other name' would still....pour well....and smell as sweet...
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and maybe looks interesting.... and there lies the rub....
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My old friend Pete Voulkos did a stack of teapots that set the ceramic worl=
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d on it's ear in the 1950s...potters hated it....artists thought it was int=
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eresting....and different. (God bless 'abstract expressionism'...)
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viva la vida...long live the life!=3D20
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sheng huo ji xu. (in Chinese)
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'and.. the beat goes on.....the beat goes on...'
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Ric
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"...then fiery expedition be my wing=3D2C ..."=3D20
-Wm. Shakespeare=3D2C RICHARD III=3D2C Act IV Scene III=3D20
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> Date: Mon=3D2C 22 Jun 2009 07:13:26 -0500
> From: cwiddershins@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: good design
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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> Look at well design objects. It is the only way to learn without
> conceptualizing.
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> --
> Lee Love=3D2C Minneapolis
> "The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
> small-scale=3D2C seemingly constricted form that challenges the artist to
> go beyond mere technical virtuosity and find an approach that both
> satisfies and transcends the conventions." -- Rob Sliberman
> full essay: http://togeika.multiply.com/journal/item/273/
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