BVCuma on tue 17 dec 02
>>Purging extraneous clutter is good, but be careful to define
your objectives and be very conscious of what you are doing during the
process.<<
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I think one needs to keep in mind...
at what stage they are in their development.
At 40 years of age ..I know what junk is.. and where it belongs.
At 25 I may have followed through on everything to gain "experience"
But I just don't have the time, space, market or inclination for
all that crap now.
Only the best examples endure in my personal collection...
(and nowhere else)
revealing a growing standard worthy of close observation.
It is a carefully culled and selected group of work
that defines the peak of each point in time and genre.
Seconds are kept only if they have an aspect of value...
whether it be in the form or glaze or some detail thereof.
After that is explored and developed.. it becomes..junk.
And the standard evolves.
Naturally a ten year old does not produce junk.
My very early pieces made in school..
the simple coil Mexican with a simple ball for a head
and a sombrero on top..knees pulled to the chest...a siesta.
ranks up there with my favorite pieces...
technically crude...but a crucial beginning... a defining point!
Some of my first pots given to the parents..
nice to bump into..now and again.
But sentiment in art gets very little mileage from me...
only as much as that.
Be careful of.... not only what you trash...but also what you keep.
Bvcuma
Eleanora Eden on wed 25 dec 02
This reflects my philosophy also. For myself I have learned that the
pieces that embody a turn in direction are also important pots for me to keep.
>Only the best examples endure in my personal collection...
>(and nowhere else)
>revealing a growing standard worthy of close observation.
>It is a carefully culled and selected group of work
>that defines the peak of each point in time and genre.
>
>Seconds are kept only if they have an aspect of value...
>whether it be in the form or glaze or some detail thereof.
>After that is explored and developed.. it becomes..junk.
>And the standard evolves.
Best of the season to everybody......
Eleanora
Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003
Paradise Hill Road eeden@vermontel.net
Bellows Falls, VT 05101 www.eleanoraeden.com
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