Maggie Furtak on mon 5 apr 10
I had a wonderful clay professor in college. =3DA0On the first day of Intro=
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tudents would practice for the rest of class and he would offer advice. =3D=
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Homework assignment: =3DA0throw 50 two-pound cylinders. =3DA0You had a week=
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=3DA0This was exceedingly intimidating to students who had never touched cl=
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before, but everyone always got it done and the repetition of the motion m=
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eant everyone really got the steps of centering, opening, and pulling walls=
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before we moved on to other projects. =3DA0When we got on to forms that ne=
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ed trimming or handling, most homework assignments were for 25 pots, due th=
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e next week. =3DA0There were groans for this announcement when we did teapo=
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. =3DA0He didn't blink. =3DA0Said, "Okay, 50 teapots." =3DA0We got it done.=
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Worry about being artsy when you really know how to throw. =3DA0When you ar=
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learning, work like a production potter. =3DA0Make large sets of things so =
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at you can get the motions into your muscle memory. =3DA0
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clay. =3DA0Practice, practice.) =3DA0=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
Elizabeth Priddy on mon 5 apr 10
It also provides you with forms to practice glazing. All those pieces are =
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is fodder for learning, not pieces to keep and cherish. When students are a=
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llowed to spend a whole week working on one cylinder, it becomes more and m=
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ore precious in their mind each hour they fondle and touch it. This leads =
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to choking when it is time to glaze since there is "so much invested" in th=
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is terrible tyrant little pot.=3D0A=3D0AMake heaps of stuff and relax. It =
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nly clay.=3D0A- ePriddy=3D0A=3D0AElizabeth Priddy=3D0ABeaufort, NC - USA=3D=
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>=3D0A> Subject: Favorite throwing exercises=3D0A> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS=
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=3D0A> Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:37 PM=3D0A> I had a wonderful clay p=
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ssor in=3D0A> college. =3DA0On the first day of Intro Pottery he would=3D0A=
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actice for the rest of class and he would=3D0A> offer advice. =3DA0Homework=
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meant everyone really got the steps of centering,=3D0A> opening, and pulli=
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walls before we moved on to other=3D0A> projects. =3DA0When we got on to f=
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that needed trimming or=3D0A> handling, most homework assignments were for=
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5 pots, due=3D0A> the next week. =3DA0There were groans for this announceme=
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=3D0A> when we did teapots. =3DA0He didn't blink. =3DA0Said, "Okay, 50=3D0A=
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s." =3DA0We got it done. =3DA0=3D0A> Worry about being artsy when you reall=
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how to throw.=3D0A> =3DA0When you are learning, work like a production pot=
ter.=3D
=3D0A> =3DA0Make large sets of things so that you can get the motions=3D0A>=
into =3D
your muscle memory. =3DA0=3D0A> -Maggie=3DA0Pate Ceramics(Who is still "lea=
rning =3D
to throw"=3D0A> after 15 years in clay. =3DA0Practice, practice.) =3DA0=3D0=
A> =3D0A> =3D
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