Marianne Lombardo on wed 3 oct 01
My finger on the delete key was too fast when I was reading Clayart a =
day or so ago. I remember someone saying they were making lots and lots =
of bowls. Could that person please email me off list? =20
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
Wes Rolley on sun 20 jan 02
I have been thinking about bowls and want to tie together two threads
from recent postings. One is the current thread on making bowls.
The other was a thread about "everything has already been
done." I find it refreshing and challenging to look at the
work of any great wood turner to see what they have done with the bowl
shape. Material is different. Techniques are different.
The result are a number of forms that show up in the work of many fine
turners, but rarely in the work of potters. Great example from the
work of Richard Raffan (Australian), Robert Stocksdale (US),
etc. Raffan's book "Turning Wood" has a good
commentary on the bowl form.
Just another source of ideas.
Wesley C.
Rolley
17211 Quail Court
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
wesley@rolley.com
(408)778-3024
Jeannean Hibbitts on sat 12 nov 11
The local battered women center has an "empty bowls" fundraiser every year.
The community college ceramics instructor took over the supplying of bowls,
so you can't just make bowls and donate them. They have to meet his
criteria, which includes size and shape - 6" tall and 6"wide at the mouth.
He's convinced that this is the definition of a good bowl, although I
disagree - I prefer a wider and shallower bowl, but it also depends on what
i'm putting in it. (Also, am i sitting at a table eating soup, or am I
standing by a window watching birds at the feeder? Can I get that last bit
of soup or milk without having to tip the bowl?) Bright colors are
discouraged. Most of them end up being wood fired and ash glazed so there's
not a lot of individual expression (no offense to wood firers - I know they
don't have to all be brown, but these are). I have tried to submit bowls
but they were rejected as not being good enough. Yet when I had my very
first sale this summer, every bowl I put out sold.
My point is, you don't know what people will like. Not every buyer is a
connoisseur and can tell a bad bowl from a good one. Sometimes people just
like what they like. Don't assume your bowls will sit unsold.
I think it's such a shame that people here aren't allowed a choice of bowl
styles and colors and that more potters aren't allowed to contribute.
Crazy, isn't it?
Jeannean
Spider Hole Pottery
Astoria, Oregon
...where it's rainy and windy - a great day to throw some bad bowls
John Britt on sun 13 nov 11
Jeannean,
That is stupid! The point is making money for the hungry not compiling w=
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arbitrary standards of beauty and use. There are a million shapes of bowl=
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million purposes. Forget those people and find a group who wants what yo=
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wife Lisa Blackburn).
http://www.emptybowls.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Bowls
John Britt Pottery
Vince Pitelka on sun 13 nov 11
Every fall on a Saturday in mid-September we have an event in the clay
studio at the Appalachian Center for Craft called the Bowlathon. All of my
BFA students participate, plus students from the other media, plus former
students and potters who live in the area. In a day we make about 1200
bowls, and once they are bisque and glaze-fired they go to an event in
Cookeville called "Cookin' on the Square," a fundraiser for Putnam County
Habitat for Humanity. This year the event raised $17,000.
At this event, each person pays $20 for a bowl and can get as many refills
of chili and gumbo as they want, so the size of the bowl doesn't matter. I=
n
the spring when we have our "Celebration of Craft" in early April, one of
the many events going on around campus is a tent where people can handbuild
bowls, and those go to Cookin' on the Square as well. Many of them are
pretty crude, especially those made by kids, but curiously those are some o=
f
the most popular at Cookin' on the Square. The people who come to Cookin'
on the Square love that there is such a wide variety of bowls, and they see=
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to enjoy that all skill-levels are represented as well.
I cannot imagine running a bowl-based fundraiser and being specific about
the size, color, and decoration of the bowls. You'd think that anyone
running such an event would welcome any useable handmade bowls they can get=
.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
Sojourner Forspam on sun 13 nov 11
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:18:18 -0800, Jeannean Hibbitts
wrote:
>The local battered women center has an "empty bowls" fundraiser every ye=
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>The community college ceramics instructor took over the supplying of bow=
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>so you can't just make bowls and donate them. They have to meet his
>criteria, which includes size and shape - 6" tall and 6"wide at the mout=
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>....Bright colors are discouraged.
>I think it's such a shame that people here aren't allowed a choice of bo=
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>styles and colors and that more potters aren't allowed to contribute.
>Crazy, isn't it?
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like "All these bowls look the same - it's a pity there aren't any bright=
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colored, INTERESTING bowls. Maybe I'd buy one then!"
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ELSE to volunteer to organize things ....
That IS crazy. Even crazier is that he's been getting away with it.
Steve Mills on mon 14 nov 11
Control Freaks come in all shapes and sizes, and need to be disposed of as =
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Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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Eva Gallagher on mon 14 nov 11
A few years ago the person who first organized our Empty bowls event for ou=
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Guild decided that only the"professional" potters would make the bowls as
only those would be good enough. The next time we decided that anybody
should be able to contribute and many beginners did. We helped one person
who was not too confident to make and glaze her bowl. Her bowl was picked b=
y
a minister of a local church and when we told him the story of how that was
a cooperative bowl - he used the bowl in his next sermon as an example of
people cooperating and helping out for a cause. This year we are having bow=
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throwing sessions for our newer members to encourage and give them
confidence to make bowls for the event. The idea mentioned earlier of
getting the high school involved is also great and we will look into that a=
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well.
Eva Gallagher
http://newfoundoutpotter.blogspot.com/
http://www.valleyartisans.com/gallagher/Gallagher.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mills"
To:
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: Bowls
Control Freaks come in all shapes and sizes, and need to be disposed of as
quickly as possible, maybe even humanely!
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
Sent from my Ipod touch
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