mel jacobson on sun 6 dec 09
yes, tony...studio space.
i had to take my slab roller to the farm, along
with my big table saw. just no room.
i purchased a travel slab roller. keep it under a table
in the kiln room. take it out when i need it.
how in the hell would you or anyone else have
room for a jigger machine and 50 molds.
?? you would also be a slave to the jigger.
folks would expect your wheel work to be perfect, like
the jiggered plates.
it is one reason the wheel is so nice. in the corner, make
pots, do with them whatever you want...alter, cut, slam. any size.
many on clayart have very tiny studio spaces. they make do.
yes, and i say that with a 40x30 foot studio with
addition for kilns. far too small.
no matter what we make, there is another machine
to add to the mix.
i see that in many modern art forms.
in the quilting world, now the long arm sewing machine.
computer aided quilting. put a pix in the machine, set it
up and the sewing machine follows the pix pattern. there
is actual `photo realism` in quilts. they win all the prizes,
get on the cover of magazines. if you work by hand it seems
you are ignored. `oh, that old method`. i do agree with lee,
some of the old, standard, natural methods do have great merit.
we just run past them, can't wait to do something...`impossible`.
one thing that makes me smile....`mel, my god it is great to
come to your studio and see things made by hand. your own
glazes, your own kiln. all manual. nothing made by a computer.
i will take four of those bowls.`
i love my computer, i love what it can do, i love that it
does have the capability to do the `impossible`...but, i don't
want it to make my pots for me. that is all i have, my skill, and
my design and art sense. i don't want anything, or anyone messing
with that. it belongs to me...good or bad, success or failure..i own
it...forever.
no one can tell you what to make, what to believe. their truth
is to be `honored`. crap with that. i will take care of me just fine.
i will save money, save for a rainy day, take care of my own land,
my own animals and my family. i don't need a 25 year old kid working
for the city
to tell me what to do.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
Lis Allison on sun 6 dec 09
On Sunday 06 December 2009, mel jacobson wrote:
> how in the hell would you or anyone else have
> room for a jigger machine and 50 molds.
> ?? you would also be a slave to the jigger.
> folks would expect your wheel work to be perfect, like
> the jiggered plates.
My jigger takes up an area about 6 x 6 feet in a corner. I put steel
shelving on two sides of the corner with the shelves close together and
they easily hold all 100 molds. Yes, I do stack them a bit. The saucer
molds are hardly ever used so I put them in a tight pile on the top shelf,
and I put the dessert plate molds on top of the dinner plate molds
(carefully). When I use the lower ones I spend two minutes switching them
around and voila.
Whole arrangement takes a 6 x 6 foot chunk out of my 29 x 29 studio. I
consider it well worth that.
I've never had anyone criticize my wheel work for not being 'as perfect'
as my plates. Au contraire (I seem to be in a French mood today.... ) they
are very pleased to be able to get affordable, stackable, well-made plates
to go along with the mugs and bowls.
Lis
--
Elisabeth Allison
Pine Ridge Studio
www.Pine-Ridge-Studio.blogspot.com
Lee Love on sun 6 dec 09
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Des & Jan Howard wrot=
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> Mel
> If you set up as a professional workshop,
> space is one of the most important requirements.
> No space =3D3D hobby setup.
Some of the most prolific potters I know in Japan work in very small
workspaces. For instance: Euan Craig's studio is in his small
gankin (entry way) to his traditional house, which is half the size of
our small kitchen.
If you visit potteries in Japan, you learn about efficient use of sp=
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ace.
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D97tha=
t is, "T=3D
he
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
Des & Jan Howard on mon 7 dec 09
Mel
If you set up as a professional workshop,
space is one of the most important requirements.
No space =3D hobby setup. You can't be a cattle rancher
on 25 acres.
50 moulds of a shape aren't necessary, most of our
shapes have only 2 moulds, a few have only 1 mould.
Make 2 of this shape today, 2 of the same shape tomorrow.
The jigger was originally built for Jan, who cannot
throw anymore subsequent to back damage from a horse
riding accident. It was needed to produce ware that I
could work on when I came home at weekends from being a
mature aged nursing student.
Most of our shapes are like Lego pieces. The jigger,
wheel, extruder, slab roller & hydraulic press each
make all, most or a part of a shape. These parts are
trimmed, cut, joined & moulded into what is in my mind.
We aren't slaved to any one process.
Any limitations are in the mind of the maker,
limitations of vision.
Never blame the machine.
Des
(who really, really wants a CNC router!)
mel jacobson wrote:
> yes, tony...studio space.
> i had to take my slab roller to the farm, along
> with my big table saw. just no room.
> i purchased a travel slab roller. keep it under a table
> in the kiln room. take it out when i need it.
>
> how in the hell would you or anyone else have
> room for a jigger machine and 50 molds.
> ?? you would also be a slave to the jigger.
> folks would expect your wheel work to be perfect, like
> the jiggered plates.
>
> it is one reason the wheel is so nice. in the corner, make
> pots, do with them whatever you want...alter, cut, slam. any size.
>
> many on clayart have very tiny studio spaces. they make do.
> no matter what we make, there is another machine
> to add to the mix.
--
Des & Jan Howard
Lue Pottery
Lue NSW
Australia
2850
02 6373 6419
www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
-32.656072 149.840624
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