Deborah Maxwell on mon 31 oct 11
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I just returned home from a 14 day trip with the Potters Council to La Meri=
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diana=3D2C Italy. I was truly blessed to be a part of this wonderful opport=
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ity. Marcia is a true leader and shared the most wonderful places on earth =
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with us. All of my art history classes came flooding back and I did not thi=
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nk it was going to be so emotional seeing the wonderful masterpieces in lif=
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e through tears of joy. Each day of the trip was better than the last.
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The studio experience was great and Marcia is an awesome teacher. Very insp=
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iring=3D2C informational and tons of fun! If you get a chance to go to La M=
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idiana=3D2C it is well worth the 840 euros for the one week class. Check ou=
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the 2012 lineup of some great potters=3D2C many here on Clayart!=3D20
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Deborah J. Bassett-Maxwell
Red Mudd Studio=3D2C LLC
640 Richman Road
Kimball=3D2C MI 48074
810.367.7001
contact@redmuddstudio.com
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> Date: Sun=3D2C 30 Oct 2011 11:43:14 -0500
> From: melpots2@VISI.COM
> Subject: glazes/ready made
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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> i have this strong aversion to ready made most anything.
> it just seems like giving up a big part of being a solo
> crafts person.
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> as a teacher i was able to have tons of clay on hand because
> i spent nothing on glaze.
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> we had a 60/40 mix of gertsley and volcanic ash.
> cheap...make it by 50 gallon drum at a time.
> kids made their own from the base.
> it made the program work.
> jars of glaze? god=3D2C it sounds awful.
> and then think of kids and jars of glaze.
> `mel=3D2C do you have flesh colored glaze`/ i would
> say....yes=3D2C dark brown. african. `oh`.
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> i love my own glazes..could not live with
> slobbering someone else's glaze on my pots.
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> i know we live in a time when everything comes
> `ready made`. auto kilns=3D2C auto clay=3D2C auto glaze.
> most love it.
> but=3D2C it is the slippery slope to having a `trained monkey`
> do your work. just hit the button.
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> i know it is not `just mel again`. it means more than
> that. it is like cutting trees and air drying wood.
> make a table. god almighty=3D2C the good feeling of
> accomplishment is amazing...and the excuses i hear
> all the time...`but mel=3D2C i do the drawing=3D2C i can't afford=3D2C
> i am too old...and stop hurting my feelings`...well..
> bullshit. then take up knitting.
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> anyone that works in pottery=3D2C clay and craft is going
> to have to do hard work. it is part of the process. some
> days it hurts. rarely is it play...not for me. it is hard work.
> but=3D2C built in satisfaction of the first order.
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> on friday i made 15 teapots=3D2C 8 big platters and a bunch
> of small pots. those twenty pound balls of clay really
> kick me in the butt...but=3D2C i do it. i will not give in to
> `sit in front of the tv with a beer in my underwear.`
> resting.
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> when the body gives out totally i may think of `ready made`.
> but i bet i will just make smaller and keep on with what i do.
> simplify.
> mel
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> from: minnetonka=3D2C mn
> website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
> clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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