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scale of your work

updated sun 2 feb 03

 

Toni Smith on sat 1 feb 03


With Tony Clennell and Bamboo Karen talking about size of teapots and =
people's work getting notice and attention----reminds me of when I =
recently took my "best" work to a gallery. The person in charge liked =
what I had done very much.....textured clay boxes and pieces with =
handles......but I could see she was a little disappointed. She said, =
"they look like scale models of what they SHOULD be." I know that is =
not true for everyone, but in my case I was so interested in the =
details, I started working smaller and smaller instead of larger. Time =
for me to stand back, take a long look, and decide about size and its =
relation to sale-ability. Toni Smith in Ohio