Wagoner, Charles on thu 19 feb 04
> At one point, a few months ago, he challenged me to go down to his
> studio for a throwing contest;> Malcolm Schosha
This sounds interesting? It's like the old question, "Who is the best guitar
player?"
What would the winner win for?
Smallest, Tallest, Thinest, Fastest, Slowest, and on and on and on?
I might be able to do well for longevity and endurance as in "who could stay
on the wheel the longest." (With a bathroom break now and then....coffee tea
or pop anyone?)
How about the person that enjoys working the most....that would be the best
award of all.
Potter Wagoner
Rockville, IN
p.s. I am imagine their might be some trash talk involved in the competition.
Neal on fri 20 feb 04
Talk of a throwing contest reminds me of a time a few years
ago at the local arts center. A potter new to the center
(but obviously proficient) started throwing there on
Saturday mornings. One of the other regulars did not like
her or her attitude--but apparently liked her pots enough
to start imitating some of them. During one heated
discussion between the two, someone else pointed out,
"There's a reason pottery's not an Olympic sport."
Neal
P.S. http://www.clubphoto.com is another website that will
allow people to post photos for free. I saw Malcolm's
photos when he first put them on Yahoo, but I couldn't get
to them from the second link.
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Malcolm Schosha on fri 20 feb 04
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Neal wrote:
> Talk of a throwing contest reminds me of a time a few years
> ago at the local arts center. A potter new to the center
> (but obviously proficient) started throwing there on
> Saturday mornings. One of the other regulars did not like
> her or her attitude--but apparently liked her pots enough
> to start imitating some of them. During one heated
> discussion between the two, someone else pointed out,
> "There's a reason pottery's not an Olympic sport."
>
....................
Neal,
In fact there is an international throwers competition in Faenza,
Italy every year. I think that it must have started sometime after I
left Italy for the last time in 1980. I get the impression that,
although competive it remains friendly. Faenza is an ancient pottery
center. It still has many potters, the Italian National Ceramics
Museum, and a well known pottery school.
http://www.estateceramica.com/mondial/regolamento.cfm
Malcolm Schosha
Brooklyn, NY
Elly Dotseth on fri 20 feb 04
Here in San Diego we have a Pottery Olympics and it does involve throwing
contests. It is things like who can make the most aesthetically pleasing
pot while blind folded, who can throw the tallest , most aesthetically
pleasing all day pot, who can throw the tiniest, most aesthetically
pleasing pot, tandem throwing (two contestants each using only one hand),
fastest six "six - inch cyls," etc. It's a ton of fun!! We award prizes
like gift certificates to Clay Times Magazine, CI Potter's Wheel, Aftosa
Gift certificates, and lots more. We also award a substantial sum to a high
school to support their ceramics program. Our organization is called The
Ceramic Artists of San Diego, and we're a non-profit 401c-3 corporation, so
this event is educational and free to the public. Wanna COME???
At 10:05 PM 2/20/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Neal wrote:
> > Talk of a throwing contest reminds me of a time a few years
> > ago at the local arts center. A potter new to the center
> > (but obviously proficient) started throwing there on
> > Saturday mornings. One of the other regulars did not like
> > her or her attitude--but apparently liked her pots enough
> > to start imitating some of them. During one heated
> > discussion between the two, someone else pointed out,
> > "There's a reason pottery's not an Olympic sport."
> >
>....................
>
>Neal,
>
>In fact there is an international throwers competition in Faenza,
>Italy every year. I think that it must have started sometime after I
>left Italy for the last time in 1980. I get the impression that,
>although competive it remains friendly. Faenza is an ancient pottery
>center. It still has many potters, the Italian National Ceramics
>Museum, and a well known pottery school.
>
>http://www.estateceramica.com/mondial/regolamento.cfm
>
>Malcolm Schosha
>Brooklyn, NY
>
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