Joy Holdread on mon 29 mar 99
Now that I've ready to change my rep as, the potter that does the most
fantastic things in a really unbelievable small space, ( my original choice of
word but spell check gave me unbearable, which seems almost right now), & I
plan to build just as soon as I finish a few gallery commitments & read up on
zoning. I can't just walk into my studio & get down to work. Every time I
walk in with the purest intentions of getting my hands into clay I warm up a
bit, well 3-5 hours of reorganizing shelving, sorting & re organizing tools,
supplies, building stuff, recreating the space to be the most functional. I
can manage.
I day dream about the new spaces I plan refining & developing mental
variations, fine tuning, more what ifs.
2 years ago I had a potters yard sale & got rid of extra stuff, chemicals I
don't use low fire glazes, & stuff. Had a blast.
How often do you others regroup, re organize & make changes. Anyone just flat
out go on a tear like I'm experiencing?
Joy in Tucson
Tom Wirt on mon 29 mar 99
Joy.....
Maybe the reorganization is part of your studio ritual. Don't fight
it....maybe.
We laid out our current (production studio) 5 years ago on paper. It
basically hasn't changed since. Well, a second building maybe, and some
shelves to hold bisque inventory. Minor rearrangement of materials a couple
of times. We do need to do a good throwing out somewhere soon here. For
production, you want the pots to follow as straight a line as possible.
Every carrying or handling costs time, energy and risks breakage.
Materials and tools should be as close to their point of use as possible.
Water as close to primary use as possible (always a tradeoff). And put
everything you can on wheels.
If your so inclined, a piece of squared graph paper should be you first
stop. Then some considerable think time. Think about processes and uses.
Sketch stuff in and then imagine yourself going thru your daily process.
You should be able to spot major glitches.
Or just do the rearranging every so often. It may be the best for you.
Tom Wirt, Betsy Price
Clay Coyote Pottery
17614 240th St.
Hutchinson, MN 55350
320-587-2599 fax 320-234-6849
claypot@hutchtel.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Joy Holdread
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 7:46 AM
Subject: Studio spring cleaning
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Now that I've ready to change my rep as, the potter that does the most
>fantastic things in a really unbelievable small space, ( my original choice
of
>word but spell check gave me unbearable, which seems almost right now), & I
>plan to build just as soon as I finish a few gallery commitments & read up
on
>zoning. I can't just walk into my studio & get down to work. Every time I
>walk in with the purest intentions of getting my hands into clay I warm up
a
>bit, well 3-5 hours of reorganizing shelving, sorting & re organizing
tools,
>supplies, building stuff, recreating the space to be the most functional. I
>can manage.
>I day dream about the new spaces I plan refining & developing mental
>variations, fine tuning, more what ifs.
>2 years ago I had a potters yard sale & got rid of extra stuff, chemicals I
>don't use low fire glazes, & stuff. Had a blast.
>How often do you others regroup, re organize & make changes. Anyone just
flat
>out go on a tear like I'm experiencing?
>Joy in Tucson
>
Carol Jackaway on tue 30 mar 99
Twice a year I go through the studio and throw things out, reorganize and
regroup. I do this right after News Year and again in Oct when my shows slow
down for the month.
Carol Jackaway
CoilLady
Jennifer Boyer on tue 30 mar 99
Well Joy,
We're on the same wavelength! My contractor is starting the Barn-to-Studio
project in May and all of the odd junk-collecting corners in my current studio
are getting scarey! I have a very hard time getting rid of glaze materials: an
I know some of these are so old that their chemical composition is very differen
from what is being mined now. So the smart move would be to get rid of the old
and buy new when and if I need some of the more obscure stuff I have. BUT I'm
such a pack rat.....we'll see. I'll probably have an online yard sale when I dig
through tools, etc that I haven't used in ??? years......stay tuned. AND all
those @#&$ glaze tests!! This process makes me wish I was doing a craft that ha
a few less toys.......
Take Care
Jennifer
Joy Holdread wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Now that I've ready to change my rep as, the potter that does the most
> fantastic things in a really unbelievable small space, ( my original choice of
> word but spell check gave me unbearable, which seems almost right now), & I
> plan to build just as soon as I finish a few gallery commitments & read up on
> zoning. I can't just walk into my studio & get down to work. Every time I
> walk in with the purest intentions of getting my hands into clay I warm up a
> bit, well 3-5 hours of reorganizing shelving, sorting & re organizing tools,
> supplies, building stuff, recreating the space to be the most functional. I
> can manage.
> I day dream about the new spaces I plan refining & developing mental
> variations, fine tuning, more what ifs.
> 2 years ago I had a potters yard sale & got rid of extra stuff, chemicals I
> don't use low fire glazes, & stuff. Had a blast.
> How often do you others regroup, re organize & make changes. Anyone just flat
> out go on a tear like I'm experiencing?
> Joy in Tucson
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Thistle Hill Pottery
Vermont USA
http://www.vermontcrafts.com/members/JenniBoy892.html
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June Perry on tue 30 mar 99
Dear Joy:
I'm in a similar situation. We moved in January and I got the studio fairly
well organized but then had to get the house organized and design our
kitchen/dining room additon. Then the remodeling started.
I have no kiln hooked up because the contractor needs easy access to the side
of the house where the new addition is going. So I'm doing a lot of paperwork
and started making some soda engobes and glazes tests in preparation for my
jumping in to my first foray into soda glazing, as soon as the kiln is hooked
up. Unfortunately, I probably won't have the kiln and kiln shed available for
at least another month so I'll have plenty of tests to put in that first soda
firing!
I've also been spending a lot of time gardening, i.e. designing and prepping
perennial beds, planting. My deck is filled with planters. I'm going to the
Nebucadnezzar hanging gardens of Babylonia look! :-)
I like your suggestion of getting rid of materials you don't use! I do that
with my ceramics books periodically. Maybe when I get a few soda firings under
my belt and am ready to do a much needed garage sale, I'll do a smorgasbord
garage sale of household and ceramics stuff.
We had very little time to pack up the house and studio when we moved and we
were in such a remote location, no one would have come to a garage sale
anyway! :-(
Warm regards,
June
Joy Holdread on fri 9 apr 99
June,
Wow, am I ever on a tear. @ projects that usually take lots of time came
together in record time, quickly smoothly, with time for extra inspiration.
When I've not done a particular form for a while sometimes I have to relearn
technique other times I'm amazed at how easy something comes together. It's
as is 25 years of professional expertise is useful (G).
Tile are mounted on durarock & almost ready to show, Mirror frames are mostly
made. Hey a new glass cutter works better than a 30 year old one. (G)
Joy really popping in Tucson.
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