Anthony Allison on tue 21 nov 00
Hi all,
The conversation about the cane handles is interesting. It seems to =
touch on a lot of aspects of clay including allowing personal biases to =
affect judging, the continuing conflict in all of us between tradition =
and wanting to do or see something different. While cane handles on all =
teapots may be an affront to some, it may be well to remember that they =
ALL hold tea. Are we tired of tea now too?=20
Cane is used i believe because it is an elegant solution to the problem =
of holding a teapot. The handles are light, they dont transmit heat or =
break easily or chip. And the cane lends a nice naturey touch which =
compliments the nature of the pot itself. To me it sort of softens and =
humanizes the feel of the pot.=20
I normally am in favor of things which are new and creative. It must be =
the rebel in me, so I feel like a polititian aregueing in favor of =
something traditional .There are other solutions perhaps and i do like =
steel wire handles and use them. Maybe what i am trying to express is =
that making something just for the sake of being different might not be =
as important as recognizing the goodness of simple things. I would hate =
to see an engineered apple, although with the damned hard to remove =
labels they put on them sure makes you wonder what is next. (built in =
storage hooks? Imbedded microchips to tell when the apple was eaten and =
by whom?) I tell u we will long for the worm either in the apple or in =
the bottle to wash it down.=20
I will save the subject of judging for another time when i know more =
about it :)
L+K
Tony
Snail Scott on tue 21 nov 00
Seems to me that Ms. Bringle didn't say "cane handles are
evil"; she said (in effect) "they need to fit".
Evidently many of the ones entered did not.
A premade handle is not exempt from being judged by the
same standards applied to a handmade custom handle:
Does it function? Is it well made? Does it look good?
AND Is it a suitable and integral part of the pot when
considered as a whole?
-Snail
At 01:01 AM 11/21/00 -0800, you wrote:
>> The conversation about the cane handles is interesting. It seems to
touch on a lot of aspects of clay including allowing personal biases to
affect judging, the continuing conflict in all of us between tradition and
wanting to do or see something different. While cane handles on all teapots
may be an affront to some, it may be well to remember that they ALL hold
tea. Are we tired of tea now too?
>
> Cane is used i believe because it is an elegant solution to the problem
of holding a teapot. The handles are light, they dont transmit heat or
break easily or chip. And the cane lends a nice naturey touch which
compliments the nature of the pot itself. To me it sort of softens and
humanizes the feel of the pot...
>
>Tony
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