Claudia MacPhee on tue 17 aug 10
=3DA0If four people hadn't told me this I wouldn't have believed it. Comes =
un=3D
der the 'what crazy things tourists think and say' department.
=3DA0A couple of years ago I was asked for a photograph of me working for m=
y =3D
pit-fired pot display at the gallery in Skagway=3D2C Alaska. This year they=
h=3D
ad over 800=3D2C000 visitors. Apparently more than one has been horrified b=
y =3D
this photo. It is of me and my favorite class=3D2C the 4 year olds and K's.=
T=3D
hey are super cute and are smiling and obviously having a good time with th=
=3D
eir clay. These crazy people come up with two comments...the first is that =
=3D
the pots are made by the kids!! (Gee=3D2C I thought those were pretty good =
po=3D
ts=3D2C made by 4 year olds??) And the best is that this is child slave lab=
ou=3D
r! These pots have CANADA printed on the tag. Several have refused to buy t=
=3D
he pots for this reason. They finally had to take the photo down.
=3DA0 These are people on Alaskan cruises or driving in motorhomes etc. Yes=
=3D
=3D2C the customers can be quite interesting!!
Claudia MacPhee
Tagish=3D2C yukon
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Hank Murrow on tue 17 aug 10
Dear Claudia;
I was in La Paz, Baja California during 1967_68 building a kiln for an =3D
arts center there which employed teenagers who wanted to learn weaving, =3D
sewing, and pottery. The pottery made by the boys had lovely drawings of =
=3D
their bikes with tassels streaming from the handlebars and captions in =3D
Spanish extolling the virtues of their girlfriends as well as other =3D
sentiments. The academics who visited our gallery after driving down the =
=3D
peninsula were incensed that we did not teach them 'indian drawing'. The =
=3D
fact that there had never been any clay tradition on the Baja Peninsula =3D
did not deter them! They were perfectly willing to insist that we =3D
appropriate themes from other parts of Mexico.
In fact, these simple narrative stories the boys slipped and painted on =3D
their pots were small miracles of originality and joie de vivre. It was =3D
a joy to be around these young men.
Poor academics!
Cheers, Hank
On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Claudia MacPhee wrote:
> If four people hadn't told me this I wouldn't have believed it. Comes =
=3D
under the 'what crazy things tourists think and say' department.
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> A couple of years ago I was asked for a photograph of me working for =3D
my pit-fired pot display at the gallery in Skagway, Alaska. This year =3D
they had over 800,000 visitors. Apparently more than one has been =3D
horrified by this photo. It is of me and my favorite class, the 4 year =3D
olds and K's. They are super cute and are smiling and obviously having a =
=3D
good time with their clay. These crazy people come up with two =3D
comments...the first is that the pots are made by the kids!! (Gee, I =3D
thought those were pretty good pots, made by 4 year olds??) And the best =
=3D
is that this is child slave labour! These pots have CANADA printed on =3D
the tag. Several have refused to buy the pots for this reason. They =3D
finally had to take the photo down.
>=3D20
> These are people on Alaskan cruises or driving in motorhomes etc. =3D
Yes, the customers can be quite interesting!!
>=3D20
> Claudia MacPhee
> Tagish, yukon
steve graber on tue 17 aug 10
it's a shame the photo came down instead of holding these people up on publ=
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ic =3D0Adisplay as complete idiots!=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Steve Graber, Grabe=
r's Potter=3D
y, Inc=3D0AClaremont, California USA=3D0AThe Steve Tool - for awesome textu=
re o=3D
n pots! =3D0Awww.graberspottery.com steve@graberspottery.com =3D0A=3D0A=3D0=
AOn Lagu=3D
na Clay's website=3D0Ahttp://www.lagunaclay.com/blogs/ =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=
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inal Message ----=3D0A> From: Claudia MacPhee =3D=
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To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG=3D0A> Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 10:06:35 AM=
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Subject: Child Slave Labour in Canada=3D0A> =3D0A> =3DA0If four people had=
n't to=3D
ld me this I wouldn't have believed it. Comes under =3D0A>the 'what crazy t=
hi=3D
ngs tourists think and say' department.=3D0A> =3D0A> =3DA0A couple of years=
ago I=3D
was asked for a photograph of me working for my =3D0A>pit-fired pot displa=
y =3D
at the gallery in Skagway, Alaska. This year they had over =3D0A>800,000 vi=
si=3D
tors. Apparently more than one has been horrified by this photo. It =3D0A>i=
s =3D
of me and my favorite class, the 4 year olds and K's. They are super cute a=
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nd =3D0A>are smiling and obviously having a good time with their clay. Thes=
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crazy people =3D0A>come up with two comments...the first is that the pots a=
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made by the kids!! =3D0A>(Gee, I thought those were pretty good pots, made=
b=3D
y 4 year olds??) And the best =3D0A>is that this is child slave labour! The=
se=3D
pots have CANADA printed on the tag. =3D0A>Several have refused to buy the=
p=3D
ots for this reason. They finally had to take =3D0A>the photo down.=3D0A> =
=3D0A> =3D
=3DA0 These are people on Alaskan cruises or driving in motorhomes etc. Yes=
, =3D
the =3D0A>customers can be quite interesting!!=3D0A> =3D0A> Claudia MacPhee=
=3D0A> T=3D
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Deborah Thuman on wed 18 aug 10
I find it remarkable that anyone can teach 4 year old children to
throw pots as good as an experienced, talented adult. That's an
amazing accomplishment.
Perhaps the photo needed a disclaimer: This photo was shot using
children who were neither harmed nor underpaid. These children are not
working, they are having fun. Kids do that. So should adults.
Deb Thuman
http://debthumansblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=3D5888059
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deb-Thumans-Art-Page/167529715986
David Woof on wed 18 aug 10
Deb=3D2C all=3D2C
A disclaimer won't educate or change the attitudes or understanding of peop=
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le this stupid=3D2C out of touch with self=3D2C compulsively seeking to be =
soci=3D
ally offended and/or are ignorantly insecure=3D2C obsessively politically c=
or=3D
rect and looking for some social ill under every rock.
=3D20
They waste our time. Let's not waste our precious life registering feeling=
=3D
s of disgust. Move on toward beauty with no apology.
=3D20
Rome is burning=3D2C pass the wine=3D2C dig out the fiddle!!! Make some po=
ts. =3D
Let-er-burn!!!
=3D20
And Lili=3D2C I'm going to pass on the white chili=3D2C thanks anyway=3D2=
C I k=3D
now your heart is in the right place even when our heads bump or get too de=
=3D
ep in the sand.
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Love=3D2C
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david =3D20
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16a. Child Slave Labour in Canada
Posted by: "Deborah Thuman" debthuman@ZIANET.COM=3D20
Date: Wed Aug 18=3D2C 2010 8:29 am ((PDT))
I find it remarkable that anyone can teach 4 year old children to
throw pots as good as an experienced=3D2C talented adult. That's an
amazing accomplishment.
Perhaps the photo needed a disclaimer: This photo was shot using
children who were neither harmed nor underpaid. These children are not
working=3D2C they are having fun. Kids do that. So should adults.
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