Russel Fouts on mon 14 aug 00
Lisa,
>> I have a new job! I am the 1/2 time art teacher at an inner-city type
school and have been working a week already - school goes back early in
Forsyth County. have a really humongous budget of $3.00 per kid for the
entire year. Can you stand it? I can't. It's making me nuts. I assigned
an "art fit" for each kid to bring - (total cost <$4) but many of them
can't even afford THAT! Here's the plea: We have clay (earthenware) but no
tools. Not even a sponge, if you can believe it. YOU have tools that
you're not using - come on, ya know you do! I do. Lurking in the bottom
of your tool box are wooden clay knives you bought but never use, an old
wooden rib whose corner is worn down, or, you bought new tools but never got
around to throwing out the old ones. I'm asking you to send those puppies
to me. Just think - YOU get more room in the toolbox, and WE get to make
stuff with clay. What a deal! <<
Congratulations on the new job!
I'll bring what I have when I come to NC in March. Please remind me.
In the mean time you could teach them a great lesson in using what comes to
hand and making something out of nothing by teaching them to scrounge tools
and materials and how to make tools out of those materials. Most of the
tools I have are "recycled" (formica tile samples, "credit card type pieces
of plastic", filed down kitchen knives, etc). Talk to David Hendley, check
the archives, read the clay magazines' tips, etc.
When I was in school, Billy Eddy Strickland ran the pot shop on a total
annual budget of $600. We never lacked for anything because he also taught
us to scrounge materials. We had 2 wood fired kilns, 1 waste oil fired salt
kiln, several raku kilns (depending on how many bricks you needed from the
"common pile"), gas and electric.
Russel (and be sure to teach them (all of them) your trick about holding
back your hair out of your eyes with a tiara. ;-)
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
Http://www.mypots.com
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