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handmade- limited editions

updated thu 17 dec 09

 

Lee Love on tue 15 dec 09


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Lmiller wrote:

> I haven't seen any mention of quantity in the discussion.

I is all of what I have been speaking about...

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Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
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Lmiller on tue 15 dec 09


I haven't seen any mention of quantity in the discussion. Some forms shoul=
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cast or extruded. Printmakers commonly reference the production lot size. =
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Over whelming (I was=3D20
whelmed by a Bill Campbell thrown stoneware display at a gift shop recently=
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copies of even nice objects with character somehow doesn't seem right. Han=
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is a proper discussion for potters but for me it's finally about a unique o=
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character, personality giving the audience a kick of some kind. It's all g=
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ood in moderation.
my 2c thanks
Larry Miller in a snug nw michigan studio =3D20