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David Hendley on mon 31 oct 11

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----- Original Message -----
How can ceramics expect to get any respect when stuff like this goes
out... -Rimas


It's a CHILDREN'S project.
No it ain't art but it beats the heck out of coloring a jack-o-lantern
hand-out.
A free-form hands-on project is always better than fill-in-the-lines
or paint-by-numbers, the usual fare of art class activities.

David Hendley
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
http://www.thewahooligans.com




----- Forwarded Message -----

Bonus Monday Pottery Video: Spooky Clay - How to Make a Clay Jack-o-lantern

We love Halloween here at Ceramic Arts Daily, and for today's post, we
wanted to have a little fun. So we called on our friend Lisa Bare Culp (who
is always a hoot) and she delivered.

In today's bonus Halloween video, Lisa demonstrates a fun, festive (and
spooky!) Halloween project suited for all ages. Happy Halloween everybody! =
-
Jennifer Harnetty, editor.

Paul Herman on mon 31 oct 11

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Hi Rimas,

I just take the position that no, there will be no respect. Then if by
chance some comes along anyway, well, it's like gravy.

The world is awash in stuff like "that."

Hang in there,

Paul Herman

Great Basin Pottery
Doyle, California US
www.greatbasinpottery.com/




On Oct 31, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Rimas VisGirda wrote:

> How can ceramics expect to get any respect when stuff like this goes
> out... -Rimas

Carole Fox on tue 1 nov 11

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I do this project in my kids classes. Once the pumpkin is made, it can be
made into so many projects...pumkin box, salt cellar, toad house, candle
holder... You can add leaves or critters. Kids love it. We call the piece
of wood used to make the ridges- "The Pumpkinizer".
On the other hand I have seen this kind of crap at shows... and people BUY
it!

Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
silverfoxpottery@gmail.com
www.silverfoxpottery.com


On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:49 PM, David Hendley wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> How can ceramics expect to get any respect when stuff like this goes
> out... -Rimas
>
>
> It's a CHILDREN'S project.
>
> David Hendley
> david@farmpots.com
> http://www.farmpots.com
> http://www.thewahooligans.com
>
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>
> Bonus Monday Pottery Video: Spooky Clay - How to Make a Clay Jack-o-lante=
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>
> --
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Rimas VisGirda on tue 1 nov 11

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Yes, it may be an interesting project for kids (David Hendley) and I like y=
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our point about it going out on the Halloween Day... but nowhere (that I co=
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uld see) did it indicate that it WAS for kids... also the ads immediately b=
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elow were not for kids... Actually I can agree with Hendley, but the thing =
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went out to the WORLD which gives EVERYONE that sees it an impression of ce=
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ramics... and did you REALLY LOOK at the visual example that they supplied?=
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I didn't check out the video (shudder)...=3D0A=3D0A=3D0ABTW, I think you m=
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e your ending quote as backwards; isn't fantasy where we get our ideas...=
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=3D0A=3D0ARegards, -Rimas=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A----- Original Message -----=
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k-o-lantern=3D0A=3D0A> =3D0A> How can ceramics expect to get any respect wh=
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ff like this goes out=3D0A=3D0AIt might well be an interesting project for =
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(David Hendley) but what got to me was the date this suggestion appeared i=
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n my email: October 31--HALLOWEEN!!=3D0A=3D0AToo late to form, bisque, glaz=
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d fire.=3D0A=3D0AMaybe Ceramic Arts Daily's editors need to upgrade.=3D0A=
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or Kohler=3D0ACenterport, NY=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A"reality is a great te=
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ntasy is the enemy"=3D0A=3D0Amel jacobson, potter, Clayart moderator

Carl Finch on tue 1 nov 11

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Regarding this www.ceramicartsdaily.org article,

At 07:12 AM 11/1/2011, Rimas VisGirda wrote:

>...but nowhere (that I could see) did it indicate that it WAS for
>kids... also the ads immediately below were not for kids... Actually
>I can agree with Hendley, but the thing went out to the WORLD which
>gives EVERYONE that sees it an impression of ceramics... and did you
>REALLY LOOK at the visual example that they supplied? I didn't check
>out the video (shudder)...

Had you done so it would have been clear to you that the Pumpkin
Project itself is intended for young children, but that the video is
intended for adults, showing how to present the project to kids in an
engaging manner.

As my brother used to say, "Do you get all your exercise by jumping
to conclusions?"

C'mon Rimas, smile! Turn that ol' frown upside down!


--Carl

Sent on my iPhone 4S (real quick, before the battery dies again)

Sandy Henderson on wed 2 nov 11

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Can someone tell me what is so terrible about a handmade, pinch pot clay ja=
ck-o-lantern, even if made by an adult? As opposed to say, a mug, a plate, =
a salt shaker, a French butter dish? There is planning involved, skill lea=
rned, an object created, and (heaven forbid) some fun! Would it be better i=
f it were wood-fired?

Sandy Henderson,
Wondering if "kitsch" is really such a bad thing . . .


-----Original Message-----
>
>Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:39:39 -0400
>From: Carole Fox
>Subject: Re: Bonus Monday Video: Spooky Clay! How to Make a Ceramic Jack-o=
-lantern
>
>I do this project in my kids classes. Once the pumpkin is made, it can be
>made into so many projects...pumkin box, salt cellar, toad house, candle
>holder... You can add leaves or critters. Kids love it. We call the piece
>of wood used to make the ridges- "The Pumpkinizer".
>On the other hand I have seen this kind of crap at shows... and people BUY
>it!
>
>Carole Fox
>Silver Fox Pottery
>Elkton, MD
>silverfoxpottery@gmail.com
>www.silverfoxpottery.com