vince pitelka on thu 23 may 02
> You've touched upon the reason I ended my Ceramics Monthly subscription so
> many years ago. I used to get excited thinking CM was to going to give me
> something new, some new way of seeing pots, some new way of seeing the
> world. Sad to say that never happened!
Jeff -
I hope you will not take offense from this, but I think the above is rather
sad. If you never saw anything new in CM, then your view must have been
either jaded or limited.
In my own experience, I am almost always very pleased with the content of
CM - the continuous supply of new ideas and information. I don't what you
were looking for in CM, but I have been a subscriber for 20 years, and have
been professionally involved in clay for over 30 years. I always look
forward to the next issue.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
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http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
Nancy Guido on fri 24 may 02
Sometimes it's worth reading all the articles, even if they seem like a
repeat. If I only find one new piece of information, anything, technique,
aesthetics, it can make a world of difference to my work.
Nancy
iandol on fri 24 may 02
Dear Jeff,
You have found that the wheel turns and things come around as the years =
pass by. One thing changes, mud from the hub spirals out and changes a =
bit as the cart brushes past the wayside. Your best first task is to =
contact all the Editors and find out what they want, what is the =
Editorial Philosophy or each journal. Seems like Clay Times is heavy on =
N. American stuff, Ceramics Art and Perception leans to the academic, CM =
a catch all, but mostly profiles but they do like to put in the recipes. =
PMI is earmarked for beginning and novice potters so I have been told.
I think the challenge when writing profiles is to omit the name of the =
subject after the heading and first paragraph except for the summary in =
the final few words. Having to read the same surname in every paragraph =
and twice in some is a tad boring. But to overcome such a weak style =
means hard work and demands the sort of composition skill which is in =
your personal kit of tools. Your Peers seem to recognise this, so my =
voice says "Go For It".
Wishing you all the best in this venture.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia.
Longtin, Jeff on fri 24 may 02
Vince,
No offense taken. After reading my posting I too also thought it was sad.
I'm not really sure WHAT I'm "looking for" I just know I am looking!
Take care
Jeff Longtin
-----Original Message-----
From: vince pitelka [mailto:vpitelka@DTCCOM.NET]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:40 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Ceramic magazine articles
> You've touched upon the reason I ended my Ceramics Monthly subscription so
> many years ago. I used to get excited thinking CM was to going to give me
> something new, some new way of seeing pots, some new way of seeing the
> world. Sad to say that never happened!
Jeff -
I hope you will not take offense from this, but I think the above is rather
sad. If you never saw anything new in CM, then your view must have been
either jaded or limited.
In my own experience, I am almost always very pleased with the content of
CM - the continuous supply of new ideas and information. I don't what you
were looking for in CM, but I have been a subscriber for 20 years, and have
been professionally involved in clay for over 30 years. I always look
forward to the next issue.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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Latka Land on sat 25 may 02
A little segway on the ceramic mag. The bindings are inferior to the =
staple method. I just had one fall apart.
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