mel jacobson on mon 23 apr 01
what is so interesting to me, is that we often
have a million ways to do things with clay...it
is never ending. each finds a way...then swear
to god that it is the `best way`. (of course with only
our word to prove it.)
then it becomes scripture for our students...and
takes 100 years to disprove.
wet, dry, slip, water, soft clay, hard clay, grogged clay, sandy
clay, white clay, brown clay, bmix, amix, cmix, xmix, really smooth,
really rough, fast dry, slow dry, quick dry, steady dry, upside down
dry, rightside up dry, throw standing, sitting, lying down, prone, sitting
with back straight, crooked, hand built, wheel, slab roller.
when we say `american shino`, we include canada. that is still
part of `north america`....we do not specify `maple leaf shino`.
or, then, we can call it westshino, and eastshino.
lady bugs crawling on me...here at the farm.
thousands of them crawling from cold times.
i count seven stuck in the keys of the computer.
(they have like 11 spots, and some are yellowish.
big spots, tiny spots, yellow, orange,red orange. just like shino.
mel
from the farm in wisconsin
http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Louis Katz on sun 25 apr 10
Frankly I have seen lots of people with no humility, I think we all
lack it at times. My belief in my own humility shows my lack of it.
However, watch this woman (the first woman shown with the long arms)
throw.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=3Droadeasygentleman#p/u/7/4fzqPSDXY_c
Look at the fired pot still inset into the video and the pots in the
background (one big one is coil thrown). Suwanee is the one speaking
English and Thai to me paddling in the middle.
It is hard for me to watch this video and I had a very hard time
editing it as I shot all the footage in one take and I was sick at the
time. Complicating matters I had/have difficult crushes on all three
of women in this video and impossible to sort out feelings of grief
over our involvement in Cambodia in the last half century, and the
persistent contagious joy in the life of some of the people there. I
finally decided to just post it unfinished.
Anyhow, wet, slow painstaking, I wish I could make pots like this
woman. If you can you have a great skill.
Louis
ivor & olive lewis on mon 26 apr 10
Dear Louis Katz,
An interesting view of a resurging industry.
Before making any observations I would like to see the process from start t=
o
finish.
Sincerely,
Ivor Lewis,
Redhill,
South Australia
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