Marta Matray Gloviczki on fri 2 aug 02
hi valice,
i am one of those who love their bowls round-bottomed.
somebody recently asked me why dont i flatten the bottom.
i really couldnt come up with a good answer...
"i like them dancing on a table top" or "it feels more natural, like a
found object" or "i dont know, i learned it from russel" or "just because"-
i think the image of 'a begging bowl nesting in your palms'
has something to do with it.
anyways, i would like to know what kind of rings did you make for those
bowls to hold them? did you make clay-rings or did you use other materials?
marta
Valice Raffi wrote:
>I just finished an Empty Bowls event where the bowls were handbuilt by boys
>(14-15 yrs old) at the California Youth Authority; several bowls dried
>before a bottom got flattened and I made rings to hold them. Those were
>some of the first bowls sold!
>
>Valice
>in Sacramento
Ababi on sat 3 aug 02
Ihave written before that Marta's works are inspiring me.
Tomorrow hopefully my friend with the digital camera will help me to show you my tiny
plate
round-bottomed.
There will be a second session but I will write more after uploading the pictures
Ababi Sharon
Glaze (and clay)addict
Kibbutz Shoval Israel
ababisha@shoval.org.il
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/
---------- Original Message ----------
>hi valice,
>i am one of those who love their bowls round-bottomed.
>somebody recently asked me why dont i flatten the bottom.
>i really couldnt come up with a good answer...
>"i like them dancing on a table top" or "it feels more natural, like a
>found object" or "i dont know, i learned it from russel" or "just because"-
>i think the image of 'a begging bowl nesting in your palms'
>has something to do with it.
>anyways, i would like to know what kind of rings did you make for those
>bowls to hold them? did you make clay-rings or did you use other materials?
>marta
> Valice Raffi wrote:
>>I just finished an Empty Bowls event where the bowls were handbuilt by boys
>>(14-15 yrs old) at the California Youth Authority; several bowls dried
>>before a bottom got flattened and I made rings to hold them. Those were
>>some of the first bowls sold!
>>
>>Valice
>>in Sacramento
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Valice Raffi on sat 3 aug 02
Hi Marta,
I made clay rings, I wanted to show the boys that all was not lost if
something didn't turn out exactly as planned. At first, they thought I was
nuts, but then they started seeing possibilities... they started
incorporating the idea of a "bowl holder", making a snake that held the
bowl & came up a little on the side, making a hand that held a bowl,
nesting one bowl into another. Some pieces were very sculptural, the only
rule was that it had to be a bowl, so we had a pick-up truck bowl, a buddha
with bowl, a turtle, an elephant and others... in another class at the
institution, the instructor showed them how to make these little monk-like
figures. They wanted to make them in the Empty Bowls Project and so I let
them - as long as it had a bowl (amazingly, these sold really well!).
I loved the rings, we glazed a line on the outside edge of the ring, mostly
so that I didn't get confused as to what went with what. I thought a lot
about using other materials, but that was problematic in the institution.
Interestingly, many customers asked if we had any raku bowls, we did have a
few that I'd raku'd on the "outside" to show the boys something different -
the boys weren't impressed with the "burnt" bowls (but they all sold!
Valice
in Sacramento
>i think the image of 'a begging bowl nesting in your palms'
>has something to do with it.
>
>anyways, i would like to know what kind of rings did you make for those
>bowls to hold them? did you make clay-rings or did you use other materials?
>
>marta
Marta Matray Gloviczki on sun 4 aug 02
valice,
what a great idea of incorporating pottery and sculpture!
thanks for the idea,
marta
Valice wrote:
>... "bowl holder", making a snake that held the
>bowl & came up a little on the side, making a hand that held a bowl,
>nesting one bowl into another. Some pieces were very sculptural, the only
>rule was that it had to be a bowl, so we had a pick-up truck bowl, a buddha
>with bowl, a turtle, an elephant and others... in another class at the
>institution, the instructor showed them how to make these little monk-like
>figures.
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