Gene and Dolita Dohrman on fri 17 oct 03
I must make a correction; it was meant to read "What an accomplishment!!!!"
> Alex, Congratulations! What an accomplishment? How is your back doing
with
> all that throwing? Do you throw standing up?
> Dolita
>
> dohrman@insightbb.com
> Louisville, KY
>
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May Davies on fri 17 oct 03
Congratulations, Alex!
Wow- you have come quite a long way in your journey to fulltime mudslinger! I
would love to see what kind of work you are throwing these days. Could you
send some pictures or are there any on the web? Is Cold Springs Studio getting a
website soon?
By the way, after 8 years, I am still eating out of those beautiful bowls of
yours. They are 2 of the only 3 bowl I eat from *grin*.
May the Road Rise to Meet You!
May Davies
Rising Road Studio
240 Glenda Dr., Suite D
Loveland, CO
970.663.2502
Gene and Dolita Dohrman on fri 17 oct 03
Alex, Congratulations! What an accomplishment? How is your back doing with
all that throwing? Do you throw standing up?
Dolita
dohrman@insightbb.com
Louisville, KY
Alex Solla on sat 18 oct 03
Dolita-
Thank you. I am still witholding judgement as to the level of accomplishment.... gotta get us through our first winter on our lowered income before I feel more assured.
As for my back... actually I had been pain free since my second disk surgery in April... until about 7 weeks ago when Cornell laid-off one of my co-workers and gave me all of her work. Between the two of us we had held the place together for about 3 years. The stress of doing both jobs was interminable. Needless to say, stress and sitting are killers for low back problems!
Throwing on the other hand is fine. I have thrown standing up since 1990. Nothing fancy, just a brent on concrete blocks with some bricks under each leg. Right now I am finding that my arms and joints are having a harder time with me throwing than my back. Best part so far is being able to go for a nice long walk in the middle of the day and no one giving me crap for being out of the office!!! Soon it will be a midday ski and that will be mighty fine.
cheers and thanks,
-Alex
Alexander Solla
Cold Springs Studio
4088 Cold Springs Road
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Gene and Dolita Dohrman wrote:
Alex, Congratulations! What an accomplishment? How is your back doing with
all that throwing? Do you throw standing up?
Dolita
dohrman@insightbb.com
Louisville, KY
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Jonathan Kirkendall on sat 18 oct 03
Alexander,=20
I totally agree with you! Having left my job at the end of August with my
partner unemployed, I was wondering if I was doing the right thing. A mont=
h
and a half later, I have more orders than I know what to do with. I=B9ve had
two galleries approach me at a sale then follow up with phone calls - =B3We
really want your pots in our gallery!=B2
It does seem that when it=B9s the right time, you just jump, and things
happen.
Congratulations!
Jonathan in DC
On 10/17/03 8:34 AM, "Alex Solla" wrote:
> After calling and emailing a few of my local friends I figured it was tim=
e to
> share my recent change in life with the rest of clayart.
>=20
> Since leaving grad school in 1999 I have spent my days working for a libr=
ary
> at Cornell University. It wasnt fun, but it paid well and the benefits we=
re
> good. 1 divorce, 1 marriage (to the most awesome woman in the world I mus=
t
> add), 2 back surgeries and 4 years later, things were starting to look r=
eally
> bad at work... too much stress, too much sitting... all things the surgeo=
ns
> and drs said STAY AWAY FROM.
>=20
> So... on wednesday of this week I left Cornell and with the help of my wi=
fe
> and daughter made a clean break. Cold Springs Studio is now a fulltime
> pottery. With help from folks like Tony C, Craig M, Richard A, Vince and =
Lee
> Burningham... I knew we could do it.
>=20
> My promise to myself was that we would try to land our work in 3 gallerie=
s
> this year before christmas, with the goal of one in hand by my birthday i=
n
> June. By Sept we had 3 gallery accounts, ahead of schedule and producing =
pots
> well within our delivery time. So we raised our goals a little and said h=
ow
> about one more gallery (which is about all we could handle at the time) a=
nd
> then I get to leave Cornell and do clay fulltime.
>=20
> Well, we jumped the gun by a day. Wed was my last day of punching a clock=
.
> Then yesterday I opened my email to find a nice happy letter from a galle=
ry
> wanting our work.
> Not bad. 2nd day on the job and we added that 4th gallery we thought I'd =
need
> to push away from my day job. Now we're slowly but surely building up the
> business we've worked on for so long.
>=20
> I wanted to share this with everyone particularly because Clayart is so o=
ften
> filled with How Do I, and Why Wont This Work, Who Knows What Will Fix....=
. and
> I wanted to say thank you to everyone on the list who makes it possible t=
o
> push clay as far as anyone wants to go!
>=20
> Thank you.
>=20
> Alexander Solla
>=20
> Cold Springs Studio
> 4088 Cold Springs Road
> Trumansburg, NY 14886
>=20
> who can now be found up to his ass in mud from daybreak till dark.
> YAHOOOOOO!!!!
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Rob Van Rens on sat 18 oct 03
Jonathan,
Consider it three galleries. I'd love to have some of your pots here in my
gallery.
Rob Van Rens
Frederick Clay Art Center
5400 Yukon Ct, Unit 500
Frederick, MD 21758
(301) 676-9339
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From: "Jonathan Kirkendall"
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: THANK GOD I LEFT MY DAY JOB
Alexander,
I totally agree with you! Having left my job at the end of August with my
partner unemployed, I was wondering if I was doing the right thing. A month
and a half later, I have more orders than I know what to do with. Iıve had
two galleries approach me at a sale then follow up with phone calls - ³We
really want your pots in our gallery!²
It does seem that when itıs the right time, you just jump, and things
happen.
Congratulations!
Jonathan in DC
On 10/17/03 8:34 AM, "Alex Solla" wrote:
> After calling and emailing a few of my local friends I figured it was time
to
> share my recent change in life with the rest of clayart.
>
> Since leaving grad school in 1999 I have spent my days working for a
library
> at Cornell University. It wasnt fun, but it paid well and the benefits
were
> good. 1 divorce, 1 marriage (to the most awesome woman in the world I must
> add), 2 back surgeries and 4 years later, things were starting to look
really
> bad at work... too much stress, too much sitting... all things the
surgeons
> and drs said STAY AWAY FROM.
>
> So... on wednesday of this week I left Cornell and with the help of my
wife
> and daughter made a clean break. Cold Springs Studio is now a fulltime
> pottery. With help from folks like Tony C, Craig M, Richard A, Vince and
Lee
> Burningham... I knew we could do it.
>
> My promise to myself was that we would try to land our work in 3 galleries
> this year before christmas, with the goal of one in hand by my birthday in
> June. By Sept we had 3 gallery accounts, ahead of schedule and producing
pots
> well within our delivery time. So we raised our goals a little and said
how
> about one more gallery (which is about all we could handle at the time)
and
> then I get to leave Cornell and do clay fulltime.
>
> Well, we jumped the gun by a day. Wed was my last day of punching a clock.
> Then yesterday I opened my email to find a nice happy letter from a
gallery
> wanting our work.
> Not bad. 2nd day on the job and we added that 4th gallery we thought I'd
need
> to push away from my day job. Now we're slowly but surely building up the
> business we've worked on for so long.
>
> I wanted to share this with everyone particularly because Clayart is so
often
> filled with How Do I, and Why Wont This Work, Who Knows What Will Fix.....
and
> I wanted to say thank you to everyone on the list who makes it possible to
> push clay as far as anyone wants to go!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alexander Solla
>
> Cold Springs Studio
> 4088 Cold Springs Road
> Trumansburg, NY 14886
>
> who can now be found up to his ass in mud from daybreak till dark.
> YAHOOOOOO!!!!
>
>
>
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