priddy on sat 1 jul 00
> It's challenging but it's not rocket science. Did someone say you have =
to
be
> good for 30 pots an hour or, in effect, you're doing it wrong?? Nonsens=
e!
Do
> not believe them! Forget the clock at this stage. Let thirty an hour co=
me
in
> its own time. You'll find your own pace in production throwing, and the=
> beauty is that you'll _naturally_ speed up with patient practice, refin=
ing
> and economising each movement, learning as you go.
I am a trifle piqued but up to the challenge...having said the "nonsense"=
what I said was with respect to the specific form she was wailing about, =
a
strait tumbler. if you can't do thirty an hour, you are doing it wrong.
There is nothing wrong with there being a standard and trying to live up
to it. If I diet and remain fat, I am doing it wrong. =
I also said, that you need to look at your set up and procedure. If you
correct the ticks that are making you slow, you will speed up, naturally,=
as you observed.
Throwing production is an art with reality thrown in just for extra fun.
And about the silence. I told her to try music or tapes, because she sai=
d she
is going crazy. I prefer to throw in silence and to tedious things with
music. She described it as still tedious, hence the recommendation.
> =
> it is never a
> sprint uphill. Unless you are on a cruel deadline, that is. :-/
unfortunately, that is exactly what she described, and I gave her advice =
to
get through it. I LOVE production throwing. I could go on about the
particular pleasures of it and why they are so great and how it will help=
you
improve the very nature of your soul for hours, pages, days...
but she just wanted to know how to get through it when you are hating it.=
Which is completely different
respectfully submitted,
elizabeth priddy
priddy-clay@usa.net
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
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