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val cushing pots.

updated sun 30 aug 09

 

Bill Merrill on fri 28 aug 09


The blue bowl on Ebay is one of Cal Cushinh's pots. The Jar has been on =
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EBay before.
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Heres art of a note Val sent me.......... Thanks for the ebay stuff. =3D
The jar is not mine !! . I never made a jar like that. I wish to hell =3D
ebay would stop putting that one up in my name, it has been there =3D
before. I have to figure out how to let ebay know it is NOT mine. The =3D
Bowl is mine.
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I guess Kren Gringus has let Ebay know.....It goes to show people better =
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know what they are buying. The fake Cushing doesn't resemble any pot =3D
Val would ever make and I've known him since '68.

Lee Love on sat 29 aug 09


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Bill Merrill wrote:
> The blue bowl on Ebay is one of Cal Cushinh's pots. =3DA0The Jar has been=
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n EBay before.

Is this the pot you are talking about?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Spectacular-Val-Cushing-Studio-Pottery-Vessel-Signed_W0=
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QQitemZ350244628358QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=3D3Ditem518c3=
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786&_trksid=3D3Dp3286.c0.m14

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Lee Love, Minneapolis
"The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
small-scale, 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/