Jean Lehman on fri 23 may 03
YES!! It obviously made an impression, since I recall it so vividly
after all these years!! In fact he packed a box that could have been
a wholesale order. Mugs, plates, bowls, etc. He packed them in bubble
wrap, two or three to a mini-bundle. Then he put the mini-bundles
together into bigger bundles and filled the box. He stuffed it until
it was full and then stuffed it some more. NOTHING could rattle,
nothing could move. Then of course, he put that box into an outer box
and packed the space in between. That box was not light. The box
landed HARD. And nothing broke. He said to pack knowing it would be
thrown around. A good lesson learned. As far as I know, nothing has
ever broken when we ship out our boxes at the end of the Strictly
Functional Pottery National! The do come to us broken, but they don't
break when we use the VanGilder method of packing!
Jean
>Wow, the image of someone hurling a packed pot across the room makes me
>shiver. (Perhaps I'd like to do it too?) Would you care to pass on any info
>as to how this super-packing is accomplished? Or direct us to a site with a
>demo :-) if such exists?
>Thanks and best regards,
>Carol
>Dubai, UAE
>Where I'll be packing pots in six weeks for our annual trip outta here.
>
>
>Jean wrote:
>>I have taken a couple of workshops from Bill over the last 20 years.
>>His demonstration of packing pots for shipping still haunts me, and I
>>recall it every year when shipping back the unsold pots from the
>>Strictly Functional Pottery National. He showed us how to pack and
>>then threw it as hard as he could to prove it is impossible to break
>>the pots IF they are packed correctly!! He is an excellent potter and
>>gives an excellent workshop. I heartily recommend it to anyone who
> >can get in on one of his workshops!
>>
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Jean Lehman,
jlehman73@earthlink.net
in Lancaster, PA
http://www.art-craftpa.com/sfpn.html
Check in on line to see The 11th annual (2003)
Strictly Functional Pottery National exhibition, juried by Wayne Higby.
It opened April 26, and will be open thorugh Memorial Day, May 26, 2003.
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