Carolyn Nygren Curran on mon 16 oct 00
Hank---what a great idea about the craftsman's table at a restaurant!!!
When we had a really nice restaurant open up locally, I GAVE them floral
vases for their tables - a marketing ploy, of course, and a good place to
have my cards, too. The owner gave US a couple of gourmet dinners, so it
turned out to be a good trade! I think the craftsman's table would be
excellent both for the artists and the restaurant.
I may copy your idea some day or at least bat the idea around with other
potters and craftspeople. What a good idea for an art center --to host a
dinner using pieces made by the community artists...
Carolyn
PS...Did you receive the catalog I sent? The company had sent me 2, so
you got the other. I ended up mailing it in Pasadena in case you wondered.
But the price on the jaw crusher is way out of line for my budget at this
point, alas.
Kim Giberga on mon 16 oct 00
I am wondering about how people feel about displaying work in galleries.
For my work, the pedestal takes my pots out of context too much for my
liking. The most common alternative I've seen is the dinner table set-up
and I'm not all that excited about that either. What do you think about
this issue? How have people resolved this question? Any great set-ups
you've seen or heard about? I'm getting ready for a small show and trying
to figure this out, so any thoughts are most welcome.
Thanks
Kim Fields Giberga
Kgiberga@oakhall.pvt.k12.fl.us
Stephani Stephenson on mon 16 oct 00
Kim
Though I'm not familiar with your work
If you feel that your work would look isolated on a pedestal in a
gallery
one idea is to try grouping pieces by
placing a couple of pedestals of different heights together.
in this way the spatial relationship of the pieces can draw attention
and create visual interest
colors can reinforce and play off of each other, vary the sizes and
shapes
make sure the pieces relate well to the pedestals sizewise
You can get ideas from visual merchandisers. Look at examples in
beautifully laid out catalogs, etc
Think about ways to show off platters ,vertically to show them off.
Try to make the relationships active
The spout on a teapot may point to a grouping of saucers and cups which
tie into a colorful platter.
There really is an art to drawing in viewers
guiding their eyes along a lovely modulating path of form and color.
They longer their eyes explore the more they will connect with your work
and the more likely they will dance out the door with it (paid for of
course!)
If it is dinnerware there are natural relationships
If it is not, explore, see if the work benefits by it.
Don't make a display so busy that it takes away from the work itself
Stephani Stephenson
Alchemie Studio
Leucadia CA
http://home.earthlink.net/~mudmistress/
http://www.alchemiestudio.com
Hank Murrow on mon 16 oct 00
Kim wrote;
>I am wondering about how people feel about displaying work in galleries.
>For my work, the pedestal takes my pots out of context too much for my
>liking. The most common alternative I've seen is the dinner table set-up
>and I'm not all that excited about that either. What do you think about
>this issue? How have people resolved this question? Any great set-ups
>you've seen or heard about? I'm getting ready for a small show and trying
>to figure this out, so any thoughts are most welcome.
Dear Kim;
I have made ware for the table for over 40 years; and the most successful
method of displaying my work has been on my customers' tables. Their
friends inevitably ask, "Who made your dishes?" That said, I often show my
work with photos alongside the pieces showing how they look with flowers
and food in them. At openings I often serve the food and beverage in my
wares, which makes their case well. One idea i've been pursuing is to talk
a local fine restaurant into offering their patrons a Craftsmans' Special:
all of the tablesetting would be handmade, with cards displayed to show who
made them. Working still on that one. Cheers, Hank in Eugene
Cindy Strnad on mon 16 oct 00
Hello, Kim.
Are you responsible for setting up your own gallery displays? That would be
fun. Though I've often been asked my opinion of gallery displays of my work,
I've never had an owner request that I do my own set-up. Of course, once
they buy it, it's their pottery. If the display is completely unacceptable,
I won't sell to them any more. However, that's never happened.
Gallery owners want to sell the work as much as or more than you do, so
they're going to do their utmost to display it pleasingly. My favorite
gallery display is in a place that also offers antique furniture. They have
my pottery arranged pleasingly on the furniture pieces, which gives it a
very at-home feeling.
Also, they don't display all my work together, but integrate it with their
other excellent pieces. I think that adds a lot.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com
Hank Murrow on tue 17 oct 00
>Hank---what a great idea about the craftsman's table at a restaurant!!!
>When we had a really nice restaurant open up locally, I GAVE them floral
>vases for their tables - a marketing ploy, of course, and a good place to
>have my cards, too. The owner gave US a couple of gourmet dinners, so it
>turned out to be a good trade! I think the craftsman's table would be
>excellent both for the artists and the restaurant.
>I may copy your idea some day or at least bat the idea around with other
>potters and craftspeople. What a good idea for an art center --to host a
>dinner using pieces made by the community artists...
>Carolyn
>PS...Did you receive the catalog I sent? The company had sent me 2, so
>you got the other. I ended up mailing it in Pasadena in case you wondered.
> But the price on the jaw crusher is way out of line for my budget at this
>point, alas.
Dear Carolyn;
I did receive the catalog, thanks. I too, think that their stuff is
a bit on the overkill side. Check out mining supply companies such as Keith
for smaller scale stuff. For very small samples such as you were
describing, a "dolly" will do. A dolly is a short(6") length of pipe about
3-4" diameter with three or four small weld beads on the bottom rim, within
which rides a slightly smaller pipe with a 1/2" piece of plate welded to
it. You put the sample on a piece of plate steel and inside of the larger
pipe. Then you pound the smaller pipe down repeatedly until the sample is
crushed and it leaks out the space at the bottom of the dolly. Any small
fabrication shop could make this for you for less than sixty dollars.
Perhaps you know someone with the skills; or here in Eugene, an ex-potter
friend who fabricates my kiln design could do it. Of course there would be
shipping to your location. something to think about, anyway.
Please feel free to try my Craftsman's Table idea at your local
bistro. I think it is good to pick a place that cares about the sources of
their food supplies___they will honor your committment to honest pottery.
Cheers, Hank in Eugene
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