Patti Petit on thu 1 mar 12
I have to second Mel's statement that a busy studio ignites creativity. I h=
ave two studio partners who used to work with me three or more days a week.=
Then we began working in a co-op and had to drop most of our studio days. =
Although we demonstrate in the Co-op Gallery I miss the vitality and shared=
creativity that just made the shared studio "pop."
Patti in NE GA
http://www.runningrabbitpottery.com
Lee on fri 2 mar 12
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Patti Petit wrote:
> I have to second Mel's statement that a busy studio ignites creativity. I=
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have two studio partners who
>used to work with me three or more days a week. Then we began working in a=
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co-op and had to drop
>most of our studio days. Although we demonstrate in the Co-op Gallery I mi=
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ss the vitality and shared
> creativity that just made the shared studio "pop."
I often feel bad about taking money from my students for "teaching
them." I learn so much from them. I try to make up for it through
my preparation and by making useful things for them, like form models
(mihon in Japanese.)
Last week, I brought my tin snips, angle grinder and four
blanks to demo making Japanese kanna trimming tools, and show the
secret of how to make them ideal for scraping inlay. After I started
the first sample, traced from my own tool, I handed the four blanks
out so students could make their own. I just intended them for
demos. But everybody wanted their own, so, I cut up some of my own
tools (they were square on both ends and I don't use them regularly),
so every one ended up with their own. I had to heat with a torch and
bend some, because I am a lefty. I kept my two kanna from my
apprenticeship. They have sentimental value. I will buy more metal
blanks when I am in Mashiko next week.
During our last class, we will have a Matcha party and I will take
orders for tools that I'll distribute to students at a potluck when I
get back.
My teachers were generous to me. It is my duty to pay back
their kindness by attempting the same with my students.
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=3DA0Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3DA0"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D9=
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"The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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