clennell on tue 24 apr 01
Sour Cherry Pottery
> Finally, I am laughing in my Dr. Pepper today since Tony wrote:
>
> | Traditions in clay were broken in America- voulkos and crew. I think it
> | exciting that the North Americans have picked another way to break
> | traditional notions.
>
> This is funny because, 4 year ago, when we were all new to Clayart,
> Tony had a fit when I wrote that I had no allegiance to the Leach
> tradition, unsigned pots, or the unknown craftsman aesthetic.
> Maybe Tony is becoming more open-minded in his old age.
Dear Dawg and mayor Mel: clayart and the likes of you two have helped me to
change and grow. I am your fans and yet always in your face. I try to be
full of passion, tenderness and rage when it comes to the potters life. What
hasn't changed is that I maintain it is the work that has the last say.
It is not about sittin on the couch with Virginia Wirt, it is not about how
many Clayart buddies are glaze gurus, not the countries you have visited,the
old pots you have held. these are enriching experiences but when the dust
finally settles it is your work that says what you have learned in your
years movin' clay and burnin' kilns. Robin Hopper phoned me and said I like
your work and want your pots represented in my new book in the chapter
entitled "SHINO'. He didn't ask about my contributions to clayart, my
articles in Clay Times, my articles in CM,had I ever sat on a couch with
Virginia Wirt, did I know the history of the shino glaze. It went like this-
do you have good photos of your shino work. If I like them you will be in
my new rewrite of the Rhodes book.
End of story.
cheers,
tony
P.S One day I want to do a workshop in Texas. gonna wear a coonskin hat and
call myself Davie Crocket.
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