Jeff Lawrence on wed 1 apr 98
Thanks to Dave Eitel for bringing up this etymological (sp?) thread. I got
to use my Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the first time since grad school!
The anglo-saxon word "thrawan", spelled with that crossed "d" letter instead
of the "th" is defined as "to turn, twist, curl" with "rack" and "throw"
listed as derivatives
On less complimentary note, the next word listed is "thrawere", defined as
"perverse person."
Not much of a surprise to any of us, I suppose.
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence
jml@sundagger.com
Sun Dagger Design
Rt 3 Box 220
Espanola, NM 87532
ph 505-753-5913
Frannie Ollman on fri 19 nov 99
I am a beginning ceramics student learning to throw...I would appreciate
and tips on centering that anyone could give me.
thanks-
ceramics student
Gerald Durbin on sat 20 nov 99
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Today I received a Clayart email regarding a throwing web site.
I unfortunately deleted it as I was book marking the site (some Netscape
problem).
Whoever published it, could you please send the web site to me?
By the way - construction on our studio has commenced.
Today Phyllis and I put the pier foundation forms in (it then started to =
rain -
the first time in months)
It is a very contemporary building built out of steel but with some =
different
design aspects (move over Frank L Wright).
John K Dellow on fri 9 jan 04
I think the mindset re; pottery is that it is an art only. It is also a
craft in which physical effort is needed.
If ones hobby was a sport ,than one would go to training sessions and
not only learn about the sport
but would also do excursuses which protect the body while enjoying that
sport. The coach would I hope
tell you to do these excursus at home between training sessions and the
game.
If your are new to pottery throwing you need to build up muscle tone
and do stretching excursus
before and after throwing . If you are going to try amounts over 10 lb.
than have the clay as soft as
possible or add grog to the clay ,about 10% by volume max between 60 &
40 mesh.
John
--
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
From the land down under
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
http://digitalfire.com/education/people/dellow/
Lili Krakowski on wed 3 aug 05
Charles Counts's POTTERY WORKSHOP really is as good a book on throwing and
making pots as one can hope for. Just bought one earlier this Summer from a
used book site.
As to throwing. Practice. Hard, hard, long, long practice. I think it was
Agnes de Mille who wrote that dancers practice every day except Christmas
and when in childbirth. I do not think it is as extreme for potters, but
the idea is there.
Throwing is NOT an artistic expression. Leave your "talent" and creativity
at home! It is a disciplined PHYSICAL exercise, something your body must
learn and master before your can express your ideas. Think of tennis, think
of fencing, think of soccer. Your body must learn to respond to the wheel
and the clay on the one hand, and to impose its will on the wheel and clay
on the other. Your body must learn to act and react; exactly as one hits
a ball and places it just where one wants it; or lunges, or whatever it's
called, and touches one's opponent just so, or races, kicks, etc for a
goal. There is nothing haphazard or accidental in those moves. Those are
bodies disciplined to do exactly the right thing at the right moment.
And in throwing it is the same thing. You practice. Practice. Different
ideas of how to have been posted. Try them. Forget about pots and making
pots, and all that for a year; or at least 200 hours of practice of every
step, every move.
There is a difference between throwing, and creating pots. The throwing
skill comes first. There is a difference between learning a language and
writing sonnets in it. Learning to throw is learning the language.
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Larry Kruzan on tue 5 oct 10
Hi Ilene,
I'm so happy for you! Folks that live with pain understand what you've been
going through and know just how good it is to be pain free - even just a
little.
A few months ago, I seem to recall you saying something like, "you didn't
know if you would ever make pots again". That saddened more than a few of
us. To now hear you talking of taking a pottery cruise and throwing bowls i=
s
wonderful.
I just starting throwing again too. The kilns are full, glazes are mixed,
and soon the gallery shelves will be full again too. Life is good and so
glad to hear you are too!
Larry Kruzan
Lost Creek Pottery
www.lostcreekpottery.com
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From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Ilene Mahler
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 6:50 PM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: throwing
ater getting lost to get my porcelain..I threw 9 pieces 1 lb each.. babby
low bowls 7 lived so far..no knee problems YEAH!!! just the same stupid
back...Ilene in Conn... signed up for the Clay Times cruise..may need a
rooomy
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Ilene Mahler on tue 5 oct 10
ater getting lost to get my porcelain..I threw 9 pieces 1 lb each.. =3D
babby low bowls 7 lived so far..no knee problems YEAH!!! just the same =3D
stupid back...Ilene in Conn... signed up for the Clay Times cruise..may =3D
need a rooomy
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