Keisha on tue 23 dec 03
hey yall
i wanted to know if there are any artists on the list
that use clay to make nonfunctional pots only. i do
make both functional and nonfunctional. how is it only
makin nonfuntional pots in a world where lots of the
potters are makin both func and nonfunc?? i wanna do
more nonfunc but just afraid to do it for some reason.
keisha
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Krista Peterson on wed 24 dec 03
Keisha,
Are you talking pots or sculpture? Maybe you're too practical like me. I can't help but look at something and try to make it functional. I feel like if it's gonna sit there looking pretty it might as well at least hold flowers or something. I also feel like no one is going to buy it if it doesn't do something practical. That's probably why I chose to be a ceramic artist and not a painter. Although a bunch of the work I just made that was intended to be functional has become non functional because I am having a problem with this clay I have been using. It cracks, dunts and now I have a vase that ?secretes?! Couldn't find a crack anywhere but yet a puddle forms when I put water in it. It's a porous clay I know but it is lined with a glaze so that should have taken care of it. Wierd.
Krista
-----Original Message-----
From: Keisha
Sent: Dec 23, 2003 11:47 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: any non functional clay artists on the list?
hey yall
i wanted to know if there are any artists on the list
that use clay to make nonfunctional pots only. i do
make both functional and nonfunctional. how is it only
makin nonfuntional pots in a world where lots of the
potters are makin both func and nonfunc?? i wanna do
more nonfunc but just afraid to do it for some reason.
keisha
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Laura on wed 24 dec 03
Keisha, Well there is one here. I coil build and my
areas of focus are the vessel, seed pod sculptural
forms,Green man heads and the human figure. You are
afraid to create something that is non-functional ?
Tell fear to go take a hike and do what makes your
heart sing.
Laura in Pennsylvania
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Kim Peterson on wed 24 dec 03
Keisha,
The fastest way I know to make a beautiful piece of work non functioonal, is
to raku it. The process makes it too porous and the the heavier metal might
cause problems with food. BUT saying that. The results are unpredictable and
beautiful!!
Kim
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>Subject: Re: any non functional clay artists on the list?
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 06:10:46 -0800
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>Keisha, Well there is one here. I coil build and my
>areas of focus are the vessel, seed pod sculptural
>forms,Green man heads and the human figure. You are
>afraid to create something that is non-functional ?
>Tell fear to go take a hike and do what makes your
>heart sing.
>
>Laura in Pennsylvania
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Antoinette Badenhorst on wed 24 dec 03
Keisha, I use to do just functional in South Africa where the economy
was really bad. After changing to non-functional I lost a lot of
business, but had a wonderful satisfaction that people first enjoyed my
work and then worried about the price.
After coming to the USA I only done non- functional (or shall we call it
non-utensil). I do some functional again, because I want to keep up my
skills, but also because it takes some time to build up a name that will
allow just art work and still make a good income. The past year forced
many potters back to some functional. What I find, is that on days that
I am not in a creative mood, it is good to work on skills again.
Antoinette Badenhorst
105 Westwood Circle
Saltillo MS
38866
662 869 1651
www.clayandcanvas.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Keisha
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 1:47 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: any non functional clay artists on the list?
hey yall
i wanted to know if there are any artists on the list
that use clay to make nonfunctional pots only. i do
make both functional and nonfunctional. how is it only
makin nonfuntional pots in a world where lots of the
potters are makin both func and nonfunc?? i wanna do
more nonfunc but just afraid to do it for some reason.
keisha
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=?iso-8859-1?q?Marilu=20Tejero?= on wed 24 dec 03
Hi Keisha, have a look at my web site and don't be afraid of what you make. Be true to yourself.
Merry Xmas.
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Keisha on wed 24 dec 03
hey kim
yesssss i have raku before and yeah the results are
beautiful. i have rakued bowls and also little wheel
thrown vessels(more sculptural really). but the raki
process is so fun. i once helped another student do a
firin and the sun started to disappear and the red hot
pots just lit up the area...really nice. thanks for ur
reply kim and u have a wonderful christmas. bye bye
keisha
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Lee Love on thu 25 dec 03
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Peterson"
> The fastest way I know to make a beautiful piece of work non functioonal,
is
> to raku it. The process makes it too porous and the the heavier metal
might
> cause problems with food. BUT saying that. The results are unpredictable
and
> beautiful!!
People here in Japan would probably say that what you are talking
about is not raku. In Japan, raku has always been functional. The origin
was in the making of tea ceremony bowls. My favorite bowls in my kitchen
in St. Paul are some white latte bowls that are decorated with a splash of
copper on the outside. The crazing is highlighted with black from the
post-firing reduction. They held liquids just fine. They are in
storage in St. Paul & I miss them. When I get my hands on some 3134 frit,
I make some more here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The History Of Raku.
The making of Raku ware was initiated by Chojiro, the first generation of
the Raku family, during the Momoyama period (1573-1615). At this time
three-coloured glazed pottery (san cai) based on technology from the Fujian
region of China was produced in and around Kyoto. Chojiro is thought to have
been familiar with such techniques. A written record confirms that Ameya,
Chojiro's father, originally from China, is thought to have been the person
who introduced the techniques of three-coloured glazed pottery from China,
although none of his works has survived to prove this. These Japanese san
cai wares were not, however, called Raku ware and it was only after Chojiro
had become acquainted with the teamaster Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591) and had
started making tea bowls for the tea ceremony (chanoyu) that Raku ware came
into being. It could be said that the origin of Raku ware lay in the making
of a single tea bowl for the tea ceremony.
http://www.raku-yaki.or.jp/index-e.html
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Marvpots@AOL.COM on fri 26 dec 03
Why be afraid? A wonderful aspect of clay is that it permits endless
possibilities of forms, combinations etc. A functional piece is simply one type of
this forming possibility.
If you are interested in selling your work, you have to decide whether you
will be motivated by "what will sell" as opposed to what you want to create, but
might lnot sell well, if at all.
Keep trying.
All the best.
Marvin Flowerman
marvpots@aol.com
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