Kelly Savino on wed 11 nov 09
Many serious student potters reach a point where they have a responsibility=
to move on, take the next step, and learn to mix glazes and fire kilns.
I teach potters from beginner to advanced in three different venues, and ha=
ve been doing this in a classroom setting for seven years now. I take great=
satisfaction in watching students take that next step, and often have to p=
ush to get them out of the student (or co-op) comfort zone.
The beauty of it is this: when you hand your pot to the tech/teacher/prof/p=
otter to be fired, you will likely not get back the pot you imagined. Then =
you will mutter about how poorly it was fired, or how something was wrong w=
ith that glaze, and by the way can't we get a nice bucket of red?
Then one day, after you have been mixing your own glazes and firing your ow=
n kilns and screwing up your OWN pots for a couple of years, you will take =
back all those mumbles and grumbles about the people who used to fire your =
pots.
It's kind of like parenting. We know exactly how it should be done, before =
we actually HAVE kids... and then once we've tried it, we forgive our own p=
arents for everything...
Yours
Kelly in Ohio... a lot of life is like throwing a pot... it looks easy... u=
ntil you actually try it.
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