Bill Williams on mon 15 nov 99
Some of them will probably turn up at your next church dinner. With very
proud owners, who are very willing to tell everyone who made them. Connie
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From: Shelley Potter
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Saturday, November 13, 1999 10:48 PM
Subject: "seconds"
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>I once went through all my pots and culled the ones I thought just didn't
>make the grade. I put them in a cardboard box out on the curb . I figured
>the garbage truck would take them away. (maybe not very ecological of me,
>but that's what I did) When I came out the next morning, the truck had not
>yert arrived, but the box was empty. I was very surprised. I hope this
>meant that other people found my cast off pots more pleasing than I did.
>Shelley
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Thonas C. Curran on tue 16 nov 99
Shelley Potter wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I once went through all my pots and culled the ones I thought just didn't
> make the grade. I put them in a cardboard box out on the curb . I figured
> the garbage truck would take them away. (maybe not very ecological of me,
> but that's what I did) When I came out the next morning, the truck had not
> yert arrived, but the box was empty. I was very surprised. I hope this
> meant that other people found my cast off pots more pleasing than I did.
> Shelley
Shelley...If those seconds to be thrown away were technical seconds -
like minor glaze flaws - then all well and good. I myself would take
the hammer to any pots which I call esthetic seconds, however. You
never know where they will pop up again. If the curbside scrounger were
a flea market entrepreneur, then your wares might resurface where you
don't want to see them. Destroy or save for posterity.
Carolyn back from "set clayart nomail" land with late breaking news
flash that first snow flurries of season just spotted. Here we go
again!
Jolee Chartrand on tue 16 nov 99
Last year I went through my studio and gathered all the seconds that were
sitting around (too good to break, not up to my standards to sell) and old
inventory and brought them to the office where I held a silent auction. I
told everyone that these were seconds or old inventory in advance. I also
made sure they knew the proceeds were going to the Humane Society.
This works well for me - I get to clear things out of the studio, my friends
get pieces they love (regardless of how I feel about them)for a low low
price, everyone enjoys the "competition" of bidding, and the animals in our
small community get some much needed support! Try it yourself!
People are asking if I'm going to do this again this year - I am.
Paul Taylor on thu 18 nov 99
Dear All
I sell my seconds and I give away the disasters to regular customers
only destroying those so bad I can not smash a hole in the bottom to give as
planters, and the dangerously defective.
As for quality control I have for years remained under the illusion that
I am brilliant yet misunderstood.
I have come across seconds of mine seen years that later in the light of
experience turned out better than intended and some works of my genius that
embarrass me.
My criteria for a second is usually the industrial criteria if the glaze
is perfect it,s a first.
In the bad old days I used to have all my best pots go to
galleys only to receive hassle from people who wanted money off in the
gallery because the glaze did not reach the standard of perfection set by
pots given away with ten quids worth of petrol. Also since I sell the
seconds from my own studio its nice to have some of the best pots around. I
do not lower the price much so I loose little money by it, and the pots are
a reward for the discerning customer.
And as for some potters who smash their seconds; it's nice to know that
they are maintaining such high standards for us all, by only having half the
rubbish they make on display.
Paul
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