Antoinette Badenhorst on thu 19 aug 10
Larry, this discussion fits the upcoming "the shoulders we stand on" compet=
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ition of the Potters Council very well.=3D20
I was influenced by more than just potters. I can single out an era of pott=
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ers( 1970's)=3DC2=3DA0rather than one particular potter, although I have to=
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that my list of inspirational potters are longer than my arm. On top of th=
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at my list of other artists from g lass, wood, fiber etc. is even longer. F=
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or many years that was a hinderance rather than a benefit, because it confu=
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ses. One day one want to create pieces like this and the next pieces like t=
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hat. I am one of those kind of people that prefer to stand in my own sunshi=
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ne rather than standing in the shadow of someone else. Because of that I am=
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constantly trying to find my own niche where I can set the trend rather th=
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an follow it. Although there is notheing new under the sun, I also believe =
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that ALL artists should=3DC2=3DA0follow that approach, since that encourage=
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dividuality and diversity.=3D20
What I did not realize is that my style of work was formed in the very earl=
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y days of me doing pottery. It was during the time that everything came out=
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thick and clumsy. Looking back at those beginner days, I realize that I wa=
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s so focused on doing clay right, that any artistic matters at the time cam=
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e unintentional and from my subconcience. Now that I am comfortable with my=
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craft skills, I find that I do the very same things of many years before, =
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but I do it better. As I describe it on my own website, nature; its rhythm =
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and movement, =3DC2=3DA0is and was my biggest inspiration. When I find anot=
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potter that inspires me, it always turns out that executing good craftsmens=
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hip is on the forefront. Then comes interpretation: Could the artist use go=
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od craft skills to be a good artist.=3D20
Here is a list of( mostly) porcelain =3DC2=3DA0artists that inspires me. I =
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ntionally chose several from abroad to push the ..................fences...=
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...............? =3DC2=3DA0Sorry I can not provide links, but they are all =
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lable online.=3D20
Geoffrey Swindell=3D20
Anima Roos=3D20
Th=3DC3=3DA9r=3DC3=3DA8se Lebrun=3D20
Reinhilde van Grieken=3D20
Tine Deweerdt=3D20
mieke everaet=3D20
victor greenaway=3D20
Antonia Salmon=3D20
Jan Schlaechter(sp?=3D20
Dorothy Feibleman=3D20
Kristy Alcala=3D20
Great subject.=3D20
Antoinette Badenhorst=3D20
www.porcelainbyAntoinette.com=3D20
Lee Love on thu 19 aug 10
Herman Hesse, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell.
The Jomon pottery Of Peru.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, our first story
Lascaux Cave Drawings http://tinyurl.com/lascauxcave
http://www.google.com/images?hl=3D3Den&client=3D3Dfirefox-a&hs=3D3DEx9&rlz=
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=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
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