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updated sun 16 apr 00

 

Marcia Selsor on sat 15 apr 00

Dear Mel,
I am left-handed and throw normal too. I think left handers have a more
beautiful form on the inside of pots. What can I say?
As for the crap in the clay after mixing, that's where all those chamois
went.
Marcia

mel jacobson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> i have to get control, i read clennell and david h. i fall on the floor
> laughing, and then realize how serious laughter can be.
> then think of all the crap that can get into pug mill clay in a
> high school.
>
> mel, what is this bugger in my clay?
> mel, what the hell is this pencil doing in the clay?
> god, what is this? hey, gum in the clay. wow, is this
> someone's tooth retainer? anyone see a rolex watch in
> the pug mill clay? and for real one day....a class ring came
> out of the clay i was wedging. it was 16 years old, and i knew
> the initials, gave it back to the mom. solid gold. it had been
> in a clay bucket that long.
>
> the big problem that i have, is, i love pug mill clay. can't use
> boxed stuff. got so used to texture, just have to have it.
>
> and left handed potters...(here it comes from oregon) just do
> counter clock. you have two hands, no left handed on the wheel.
> i am left handed, and throw 'normal', just like everyone else.
> had to change my wheel in japan to counter clock....i started to
> stutter and hickup all the time.
>
> remember, in japan, the cars are on the left, wheels go left, revolving
> doors go left. just the way it is.
>
> pix on my webpage.
> sorry, just don't have the ability to archive.
> just post me private and i will send them to you.
> i love moving pix around. and don't want to bore
> clayarters on that page.
>
> mel/mn
>
> minnetonka, minnesota, u.s.a
> http://www.pclink.com/melpots (website)

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