Susan Park on fri 27 aug 99
First day as a student teacher in high school art department - - teacher
meetings - no kids yet. I would love to see some example of artist statments
from some functional potters to use as examples in the classroom. There was
much discussion about supporting the emphasis on writing and ways we could do
this. ....won't go into alot more detail!
Thanks! You clay people can always be counted on!
Susan in Seattle
Bonita Cohn on sun 29 aug 99
Dear Susan, I invite you to look up my website(s). Most of the text came from
artist statements written over time...put it all together with imagery and
you got a website! Just write what clay is about for you and help people
understand the work--technical, aesthetic, spiritual, practical, etc.
Perhaps this poem by MC Richards will get you inspired, as it did me. From
Imagine Inventing Yellow,
POTTER
This flat plate. This ladle and bowl.
Clay whirled on a wheel, raised slowly to the table.
Straight and curved, our primal gestures
take and give---speak out about
the way we stand and breathe.
Every leaf is saucer for the bread.
Every falling drop prepares its cup.
Always we are eating and drinking earth's body,
Making her dishes.
Potters like sun and stars
perform their art---
Endowed with myth,
they make the meal holy. -From Imagine Inventing Yellow by MC
Richards
Good luck. Bonita in San Francisco
http://cpmg.com/anagama
http://silverhawk.com/ex99/cohn
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