David Woof on thu 9 sep 10
Lili writes: =3D
the bisque they can glue it back on with the glaze.. BAD=3D2C BAD idea. Wor=
se=3D
than trying to fix a bra strap with a bobby pin!>
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Yes yes=3D2C agreed! it is a bad bad idea!!! Think ahead to what a few dis=
h =3D
washings=3D2C and hot and cold expansion/contraction disparities between ha=
nd=3D
le and mug will do when a weighty hot cupa something held by a trusting nur=
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sing mum=3D3B breaks free=3D2C the hot is spilled and the now handle-less =
mug =3D
bounces off the scalded baby's head. Yes graphic to drive home a point. =
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Not just a bad idea=3D2C but a stupid irresponsible act to cut such a cor=
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r to save a mug. You can make three more while you futz with fixing the o=
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ne improperly crafted in the first place!!!
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Please notice: I used the "Craft" word. All vessels that look like they =
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would function for domestic utility must be crafted to be so and be crafted=
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to stand up to "extreme" everyday use. (loaded word=3D3B "Extreme" but mus=
t =3D
be considered before the attorneys attempt to define it in your circumstanc=
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es!)
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As Lili says=3D3B 'glaze is not glue' and if the underlying clay body is no=
t =3D
vitrified to standards of maturity for kitchen use then the fragile micro t=
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hin wisp of glass/glaze is further compromised by an absorbent and thus ero=
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dible clay base it is attached to. Sooner or later it is going to break fr=
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ee!
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All pieces created as art for aesthetic consumption are also the better for=
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having had the maker have a foundation in good craft.
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One of my very youthful students=3D2C who in times past came from an impres=
si=3D
ve high school painting emphasis=3D2C (Her parents sent her to me for extr=
a =3D
tutoring)=3D2C and of course she got turned on to clay in her Jr year=3D3B=
and=3D
with high energy and mucho gusto began making big wheel thrown/hand manipu=
=3D
lated sculpture. Big stuff=3D2C Good stuff. She won a $1000.00 scholarship=
f=3D
rom an art group toward a college art program of her choice.=3D20
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This year=3D2C second semester at Yavapai College she now has acquired the =
ma=3D
turity to handle being slowed down to learn how to "make a good mug with a =
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good handle". Working with pottery form and craftsmanship has not slowed =
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down her production of of the large clay sculptural forms and vessels but a=
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growing refinement and sureness of approach and expression is evident in h=
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er work in direct relation to her work in well crafted vessels of domestic =
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utility. Yesterday she thanked me. She gets it! This is a young person to =
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watch=3D2C a person who if she keeps going will someday take her place at t=
he=3D
table with Don=3D2C Peter=3D2C Paul et.al. who also began practicing their=
cra=3D
ft=3D2C in craft.
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I could go on telling how=3D2C when I first moved out here=3D2C I kept gas =
in t=3D
he van and food on the table until I got my clay work selling=3D2C in part =
by=3D
rewelding steel yard sculptures which were falling apart in residential Se=
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dona. Some good work=3D2C bad welding=3D2C (bad craft) by other artists b=
efor=3D
e me. Know your Materials!!!
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David Woof....Potter....working artist and art educator in clay and mixed m=
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edia......Lover of life=3D2C good food=3D2C little foxes and fine wine....a=
nd t=3D
imes of solitude in which I contemplate everything and nothing...including =
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my slightly fuzzy navel.
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Posted by: "Lili Krakowski" mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET=3D20
Date: Thu Sep 9=3D2C 2010 7:03 pm ((PDT))
How can one resist a query about falling turtles? I mean who could be so un=
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caring? Turtles get very confused and frightened when they fall. because=3D=
2C=3D
of course .they fall at the same speed as cheetahs and gazelles...(I do no=
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t understand it either.)
What is it=3D2C Deborah=3D2C that you expect from glaze? Yes=3D2C if you gl=
aze th=3D
e whole thing then the glaze MAY hold loose pieces on--for a while=3D2C dep=
en=3D
ding. Glaze is NOT a glue=3D2C and it is foolish risk taking to assume it i=
s.=3D
I know some people think that if a handle comes off a mug in the bisque th=
=3D
ey can glue it back on with the glaze.. BAD=3D2C BAD idea. Worse than tryin=
g =3D
to fix a bra strap with a bobby pin!
Attach your turtles well. Be sure that pot and turtles are in synch in the =
=3D
drying process--i.e. as wet or dry as each other.
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Lili Krakowski on thu 9 sep 10
How can one resist a query about falling turtles? I mean who could be =3D
so uncaring? Turtles get very confused and frightened when they fall. =3D
because, of course .they fall at the same speed as cheetahs and =3D
gazelles...(I do not understand it either.)
What is it, Deborah, that you expect from glaze? Yes, if you glaze the =3D
whole thing then the glaze MAY hold loose pieces on--for a while, =3D
depending. Glaze is NOT a glue, and it is foolish risk taking to assume =
=3D
it is. I know some people think that if a handle comes off a mug in the =
=3D
bisque they can glue it back on with the glaze.. BAD, BAD idea. Worse =3D
than trying to fix a bra strap with a bobby pin!
Attach your turtles well. Be sure that pot and turtles are in synch in =3D
the drying process--i.e. as wet or dry as each other.
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