=?iso-8859-1?q?Katie=20Ellis?= on sun 7 sep 03
Just a quick note, as promised…
I am now officially a college student…but better than
that, I am a college CERAMICS student! After a little
help from a wonderful friend and a quick chat with the
ceramics professor, I have been put into Ceramics
359…I can hardly believe it. I’ve met the majority of
the grad students, the night security (sometimes I
leave kind of late), and a bunch of beginning
students, too. I’ve only been down here a week, but
I’ve already found the classes to be "challenging"
(okay, they are just hard, and I have a lot more work
to do than I thought I would), which leaves less time
for clay. My roommate is awesome, our dorm floor is a
blast, and I am totally and completely enjoying
myself. I’ve discovered the kick wheel (oh dear, it’s
oh so wonderful!), and can’t wait to venture into salt
firing, saggar firing, and all the other opportunities
that await…my only disappointment has been that the
main emphasis of the program here is on more
sculptural things than on functional thrown pieces. I
can’t complain though, I have a lot to learn in all
the areas of clay.
The shelves in my dorm room are covered by pottery
books and a nice little assortment of pots I brought
with me…my poor roommate already found a little clay
on her chair. I haven’t been able to read ClayArt in
the past two weeks, and I’m trying to catch up on all
800 emails in my in box…could take a while. I suppose
I’m still searching for rhythm, and the clay studio
still doesn’t feel quite like home yet. It’s a big
place. I suppose it almost feels like I have
something to prove since I get a lot of raised
eyebrows when people find out I’m a freshman in a 300
level class. I just keep reminding myself that I’m
here to learn, not to ‘prove’ anything. After all, I
don’t have much to show…I’ve got the heart, but I’m
still working on the hands...that’s what I’m here for…
~college katie
on whidbey…whoops!…at BYU….
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Hank Murrow on mon 8 sep 03
On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 09:54 PM, Katie Ellis wrote in part:
> Just a quick note, as promised=85
>
> I am now officially a college student=85but better than
> that, I am a college CERAMICS student! I suppose
> I=92m still searching for rhythm, and the clay studio
> still doesn=92t feel quite like home yet. It=92s a big
> place. I just keep reminding myself that I=92m
> here to learn, not to =91prove=92 anything. After all, I
> don=92t have much to show=85I=92ve got the heart, but I=92m
> still working on the hands...that=92s what I=92m here for=85
Dear Katie;
Your remark about rhythm struck me, because that is the very first=20
thing I really learned when I began in 1958 at the U of Oregon. Clay=20
has a rhythm.........find it, and all goes smoothly. lose it, and you=20
will be working too hard for anything to turn out well. It is this slow=20=
beat which , when you are centered in it and by it, that will bring you=20=
quiet joy.
Thanks for reminding me, I'm off to glaze and load for a firing, Hank=20
in Eugene
Joan Ashworth on tue 9 sep 03
>Clay has a rhythm.........find it, and all goes smoothly; lose it, and you
will be working too hard for anything to turn out well. It is this slow
beat which , when you are centered in it and by it, that will bring you
quiet joy.<
These are great, great words. And the most wonderful advice to wannabe
potters like me. I think the rush to get a pot 'out' is why I lose so many
of them.
Thank you.
Joan
in Durban
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