ronnie beezer on fri 26 feb 10
A customer has ordered some=3DA0Irish tea mugs. Can anyone tell me what exa=
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ly an Irish tea mug is? =3D0AThanks, Ronnie=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
Ann Brink on fri 26 feb 10
Just as a matter of general practice, if I have any doubt as to what the
customer wants, I question her/him in detail, even make a sketch from their
description, asking "Is this what you mean?" Two people can sound like
they agree, but carry very different mental pictures in their heads.
Now, I'm going to google "Irish tea mug"- I'm curious!
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
(mostly about pottery)
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From: "ronnie beezer"
To:
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 6:51 AM
Subject: Irish tea mug
A customer has ordered some Irish tea mugs. Can anyone tell me what exactly
an Irish tea mug is?
Thanks, Ronnie
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Nancy Spinella on fri 26 feb 10
I've never heard of an Irish tea mug, but an Irish Coffee Mug is a taller,
shapelier cup with a handle and usually a base of some sort.
Here's an example:
http://www.webstaurantstore.com/anchor-hocking-308u-8-oz-irish-coffee-mug/5=
50308U.html
A Google Image search on "irish coffee mug" will give you plenty of other
examples. :) Hope this helps!
--Nancy
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:51 AM, ronnie beezer wrot=
e:
> A customer has ordered some Irish tea mugs. Can anyone tell me what exact=
ly
> an Irish tea mug is?
> Thanks, Ronnie
>
>
>
>
Lee Love on fri 26 feb 10
I am interested in Irish pottery too. Might try a booth at the St.
Paul Irish festival.
Other than diner mugs with shamrocks and Leprechauns:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3DCs5bz7mdM/Sq_l3bzqL4I/AAAAAAAACBg/dewyvxVXe0A/s=
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320/Cabbie+Tea+Mug.jpg
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
Gwynneth Rixon on fri 26 feb 10
Hi=3D2C perhaps the answer would be how does Irish Tea come?....generally l=
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ge and strong!!
so you need a mug for that!
Gwynneth (in Wales=3D2C of Irish descent!!)
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David Woof on sat 27 feb 10
Hi Ronnie=3D2C did they also want them in decorator colors=3D2C and you sai=
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This said=3D2C I too am going to Google "Irish tea mugs"
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Date: Fri Feb 26=3D2C 2010 9:58 am ((PST))
Just as a matter of general practice=3D2C if I have any doubt as to what th=
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customer wants=3D2C I question her/him in detail=3D2C even make a sketch fr=
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heir
description=3D2C asking "Is this what you mean?" Two people can sound like
they agree=3D2C but carry very different mental pictures in their heads.
Now=3D2C I'm going to google "Irish tea mug"- I'm curious!
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
(mostly about pottery)
----- Original Message -----
From: "ronnie beezer"
To:
Sent: Friday=3D2C February 26=3D2C 2010 6:51 AM
Subject: Irish tea mug
A customer has ordered some Irish tea mugs. Can anyone tell me what exactly
an Irish tea mug is?
Thanks=3D2C Ronnie
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James Freeman on sun 28 feb 10
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:11 PM, David Woof wrote:
> If you set your boundaries and so lose a prospect think of all the good
> pots you can make and sell with a joyful heart instead of laboring with t=
he
> COMMISSION FROM HELL! The one that eats your soul, feeds on your anxiety =
and
> cheats you out of 10 years of your life!!! Good pots always sell!!! Do =
not
> chase commissions!!!
>
Just to second David's sentiments, my son suffered through a commission for
an entire summer. During his freshman year at College for Creative Studies=
,
he drew a male figure study for a foundations class. The drawing took him
only a day to complete. It was purchased by a serious collector for a very
substantial amount of money. The gentleman then commissioned him to draw a
female companion piece over summer break, with no other boundaries given.
My son was thrilled at the prospect of being able to earn his summer money
in just a few days of drawing rather than having to slave over a deep
fryer. Needless to say, the drawing he delivered "wasn't quite what I had
in mind". Many trips back and forth to Detroit, starting over a couple of
times, redoing aspects and changing others... Finally, after two months of
work, the drawing was accepted, sort of, at only a bit over half of the
original price, and neither of them was pleased with the rather forced
result. It may have been that experience that turned him off to art. He i=
s
now a business student at a large university.
I posted the two drawings at the top of my Flickr page, if anyone is
interested in seeing them (www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/).
All the best.
...James
James Freeman
"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should
not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
-Michel de Montaigne
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/clayart/
Vince Pitelka on sun 28 feb 10
James Freeman wrote:
"Just to second David's sentiments, my son suffered through a commission fo=
r
an entire summer. During his freshman year at College for Creative Studies=
,
he drew a male figure study for a foundations class. The drawing took him
only a day to complete. It was purchased by a serious collector for a very
substantial amount of money. The gentleman then commissioned him to draw a
female companion piece over summer break, with no other boundaries given.
My son was thrilled at the prospect of being able to earn his summer money
in just a few days of drawing rather than having to slave over a deep
fryer. Needless to say, the drawing he delivered "wasn't quite what I had
in mind". Many trips back and forth to Detroit, starting over a couple of
times, redoing aspects and changing others... Finally, after two months of
work, the drawing was accepted, sort of, at only a bit over half of the
original price, and neither of them was pleased with the rather forced
result. It may have been that experience that turned him off to art. He i=
s
now a business student at a large university."
James -
The hell with the business major, your son needs to get back to art, his
true calling. Those drawings are very fine, and the female study is the
better of the two. It is really very lovely. The jerk that bought the
first drawing and commissioned the second one should have been told to go
stuff it.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
Frank Gaydos on sun 28 feb 10
James,
I agree with Vince.
The art world will be much poorer without your son's participation.
I see many portfolios each year and your son's work is right up there near =
the top.
He can continue to work for the money but do the art for the soul.
Frank Gaydos
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