Veena Raghavan on tue 5 sep 00
I would like to thank everyone, who gave me advice on how to make
sure that my glaze bottles did not leak during transportation. I was moving
from New York to Virginia, where my husband and I are in the process of
establishing our new home. After twenty-five years in New York, this was a
big decision and a rather traumatic move. Since neither of us is exactly
young, the change will take some getting used to, and it will take time for
us to recover from the move itself, which was exhausting.
We have a beautiful new home here, quite a change from our
two-bedroom apartment in New York. We have a walkout basement that has
French doors looking out onto the back garden. At the moment, the garden is
a jungle, but once it is a garden, it will be a great setting. I have
acquired my first wheel, and am still getting used to the thrill of being
able to throw whenever I want to and being able to trim my pots, when they
are ready to be trimmed. It will take some time to furnish our house and my
studio, but this is something to look forward to. I have also joined the
Lee Arts Center, which is a great place to work. The members are all
professional potters, and everyone I have met is very warm and welcoming.
From what everyone tells me, Virginia and the surrounding area is
great for potters. I have a lot to discover, as we have not been here very
long and are just finding our way around.
We have left a daughter and friends in New York, and we will miss
them sorely. But we have a younger daughter and family here (two young
children), so we are going to enjoy being very active grandparents. Life is
too short to miss out on the early stages of their lives.
I would like to thank all the wonderful Clayarters, who supported
me for months with their kindness and advice during a very difficult and
trying time. I would also like to thank all who gave me advice about the
move, about how to pack my glazes (I have not been able to open all of
them, but from what I can see, everything has arrived intact). Their advice
was invaluable. For anyone, who is planning to transport glazes in the
future, I put pieces of plastic cling wrap on the mouth of each bottle
before screwing on the lid. I then taped each one with masking or painter's
tape, and put the bottles into ziploc bags before boxing them. (All of this
advice came from Clayarters.) It took a lot of time, but it was worth it.
I know I will have a lot of questions for our experts, as I move
onto the next phase of my life in pottery. I have learned a great deal from
Clayart, workshops, reading, and videos, since I realized this was a
lifetime (the rest of my lifetime) commitment to clay. My next phase is
glaze calculation and working with glazes that are both durable and
foodsafe.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank John Hesselberth
and Ron Roy for their great article in the September 2000 issue of Ceramics
Monthly. I hope that their dedication and commitment will be shared by all
potters, experienced and inexperienced. As potters, we have a
responsibility not only to those who buy our wares but to other potters.
Thank you, everyone.
All the best.
Veena
Veena Raghavan
75124.2520@compuserve.com
Naralon on fri 8 sep 00
Hi Veena:
You have your glazes in bottles ? or did you just put them in bottles for
the move ?
Naralon
> I would like to thank everyone, who gave me advice on how to make
> sure that my glaze bottles did not leak during transportation. I
> was moving
> from New York to Virginia, where my husband and I are in the process of
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