Lee love on tue 24 feb 04
Of course quality is an important issue. Many of us have been
deeply aware of this since we first read /Towards A Standard/ in Leach's
/A Potter's Book/. But we must recognize that there is more than one
way to approach quality and reducing things to regimented, quantitative,
statistics is not always the best way. Yes, this approach was
followed to great effect by McDonalds and other chain resturants that
followed its example. So did the gleaming stainless steel and white
tile interiors of White Castle. They made our mother's afraid to eat
at /Geasy Spoons /when we went on vaction in our childhood.
You can achieve quality without math. Folks have been making
pottery this way for most of our history. And too, it is troublesome
to see folks being made to think that the folks work, made with little
math, is going to kill you. Or that things fired in a large
/Uncontrollable/ wood kiln are not safe. You just need to use some
common sense. Much can be learned about this by looking at how these
things are dealt with in Japan.
If we don't keep the broad pitcure about /quality, /we will be
reduced to accepting "Ronald McDonald" glazes. Don't accept anybody
telling you /There is One True Way.
/Lee In Mashiko Lee@Mashiko.org http://Mashiko.us "With Humans it's
what's here (he points to his heart) that makes the difference. If you
don't have it in the heart, nothing you make will make a difference."
~~Bernard Leach~~ (As told to Dean Schwarz)
Ron Roy on wed 25 feb 04
Hi Lee,
I don't see the connection between quality and stirility - how would doing
the job right interfer with with how the ware looks?
Would that not depend on the skill of the maker?
RR
> Of course quality is an important issue. Many of us have been
>deeply aware of this since we first read /Towards A Standard/ in Leach's
>/A Potter's Book/. But we must recognize that there is more than one
>way to approach quality and reducing things to regimented, quantitative,
>statistics is not always the best way. Yes, this approach was
>followed to great effect by McDonalds and other chain resturants that
>followed its example. So did the gleaming stainless steel and white
>tile interiors of White Castle. They made our mother's afraid to eat
>at /Geasy Spoons /when we went on vaction in our childhood.
>
> You can achieve quality without math. Folks have been making
>pottery this way for most of our history. And too, it is troublesome
>to see folks being made to think that the folks work, made with little
>math, is going to kill you. Or that things fired in a large
>/Uncontrollable/ wood kiln are not safe. You just need to use some
>common sense. Much can be learned about this by looking at how these
>things are dealt with in Japan.
>
> If we don't keep the broad pitcure about /quality, /we will be
>reduced to accepting "Ronald McDonald" glazes. Don't accept anybody
>telling you /There is One True Way.
Ron Roy
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Brighton, Ontario
Canada
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