Jeff Longtin on sun 9 nov 03
I realized, after writing my tale, that it might strike some as strange
without context.
When it comes time to make pots I have no problems with inspiration, I love
making pots.
What I sometimes find problematic is the prototyping/moldmaking process.
I have sometimes alluded to making complex forms, making complex forms can
sometimes be very complicated.
Case in point: my latest addition to the line, a kleenex tissue box. This is
not going to be just another ordinary kleenex box, this is going to be THE
kleenex box. :-)
My kleenex box has a unique surface texture. I created the texture, it took
me five years. It took 21 plaster pours (21 steps essentially) to create the
surface. It then took 35 additional plaster pours (35 more steps) to turn that
texture into a rectangular box form.
If each pour, roughly, takes an hour to complete, you have 60 hours
(accumulated) just to make the prototype, before any actual clay is poured.
Those 60 hours were sure grueling (hence the need for "additional"
motivation) but they are over and now I'm making boxes with the prototype mold. We'll
see if it was worth it?
take care gang
Jeff Longtin
elca branman on sun 9 nov 03
Of course .
The fun part is having the concept and translating it into reality.
The rest is sort of a drag...loading kilns, firing,glazing(I don't enjoy
glazing), pugging etc, but oh the joy of conception.
Birth is a little more painful..but we do it to see our head work
becoming tangible and three dimensional, and then
comes.....production(yawn)
Elca
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 10:24:19 EST Jeff Longtin writes:
texture into a rectangular box form.
> If each pour, roughly, takes an hour to complete, you have 60 hours
> (accumulated) just to make the prototype, before any actual clay is
> poured.
> Those 60 hours were sure grueling (hence the need for "additional"
> motivation) but they are over and now I'm making boxes with the
> prototype mold. We'll
> see if it was worth it?
> take care gang
> Jeff Longtin
>
>
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Lois Ruben Aronow on sun 9 nov 03
The joy of conception is wonderful, but I mostly enjoy the thrill of
the making, and that includes the glazing and firing.
Maybe it is because I am a "puzzle person" that I adore the working
out of the problems in the actual creation of the piece; the
engineering that makes it work. What goes and why. What doesn't and
why not. I love that part. And the experimenting.
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