Frank Gaydos on wed 3 mar 99
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It saddens me to see some of the old prejudices still lingering on at the
end of
this century. I am talking about CASTING or extruding or any other
technique. It
is a bit like saying that an oil painting is better than a water colour or a
print is not good art because you can repeat making it over and over.
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Paul,
I think you are missing the point here. It's not the technique that is being
criticized, rather the Craftsman using premade forms someone else made and
designed and calling them their own.
I liken it to painting by number paintings. Imagine a whole row of potters
using the same pre-made forms and just dunking them in a glaze. Ugh!, There
is no personality there. No creativity.
I only saw one potter who was using these pre-made bisque pottery at the
Rosen show however. And they looked really awful! The word 'dead' would be a
useful descriptive adjective here. They stand out like sore thumbs in
contrast to all the lively work around them.
To sum up; it is the term 'hand made pottery' that is being stretched and
abused here.
Frank Gaydos
510 Gerritt St.
Philadelphia,Pa.
19147-5821 USA
fgaydos@erols.com
http://www.erols.com/fgaydos
Carol Jackaway on fri 5 mar 99
I know that when I am a exhibitor in a show and I start to see a booth with
"commerical" slip cast work, I feel cheated. If a show is promoted as having
"hand made" work then I feel commerical slip casting does not belong there. I
use press molds that I have made to help my production. I see nothing wrong
if the mold being used is an origanl design of the artist, but to use a
"commerical" mold and claim its yours isn't craft work to me. We all use
devices to create our work, put I think I am trying to say is, if you haven't
created to peice from start to finish, I can't call it craft work.
Just my 2 cents
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady@aol.com
SNOWING HERE
Elias Portor on sat 6 mar 99
I must ask the question, is the artist more concerned about his artwork or the
peice? Some artists use casted peices because their painting is the focal point
and not the pottery itself. I use casted peices for two reasons, one I can't ke
up with the production and my artistic talent is in the painting and the
decoration not the pottery peice. At first I struggled immensley with this, now
concern myself with what is important to me and my customers. They are full awa
that I am using castings or blanks. Don't feel cheated if you are more concerne
about throwing, then all means do it you probably have that gift. EP
Carol Jackaway wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I know that when I am a exhibitor in a show and I start to see a booth with
> "commerical" slip cast work, I feel cheated. If a show is promoted as having
> "hand made" work then I feel commerical slip casting does not belong there. I
> use press molds that I have made to help my production. I see nothing wrong
> if the mold being used is an origanl design of the artist, but to use a
> "commerical" mold and claim its yours isn't craft work to me. We all use
> devices to create our work, put I think I am trying to say is, if you haven't
> created to peice from start to finish, I can't call it craft work.
> Just my 2 cents
> Carol Jackaway
> CoilLady@aol.com
> SNOWING HERE
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