Joyce LEE on fri 6 aug 04
What fun to read all the passionate posts about blue ...... pro and
con! These are interspersed with the many, many opportunities
to help some billionaires' families in Nigeria ... and the TruthWillOut
posts that will never make it to the list but are entertaining and
scary, sometimes enlightening, for me to explore now&then.=20
Mortgages, Vegas trips, and
any number of other Not To Miss offers ... over&over&over..... all
via Clayart. Whatta world.
When I finally can manage my life again ... slowly getting
there..... I'll learn about my new digital camera and will
send pics of my blues to those who want them. I have
gorgeous blues over tenmoku ..... layered with shino with
and without soda ash..... some adding streaks to a salt glaze...
potters
do seem to like them so far. The only way the "public" will
purchase is if I remark (accidentally the first time) that these
...... and the shinos...... and the browns..... and the salts.....
are "Potters' Glazes"...... that " most non-potters seem to
have other preferences."
Most everytime one of the Unloved by the Public Pots sells
immediately following this statement... either to the person
whom I'm addressing or to another self-professed "looker" nearby.
Oddly enough, to me at least, my light blue celadon (that=20
does not craze; actually it's Tom Coleman's) when left=20
pathetically all by itself
is DeadDeadDead on my pots. So are my brighter cobalt
blues, though they're rhumbaing off the shelves compared
to the blue celadon. My new mentee, Diane, couldn't
understand what I meant by "dead"...... as in "not alive"......
until she picked up
the blue celadons ...... saying "I get it now...... dull.... though
blue is my favorite color." However, Diane has learned to love
shinos and tenmokus in the past few weeks so maybe I'm
influencing her tastes more than I'd like.
I DO know that Coleman's celadons are exquisite and I've
seen Elaine's carved wonders... on blue, too.
Tom's recipe for green celadon works great for me..
there's something about my pots that make them go
pffffftttt when they see the Big Blue C. as their destiny and they
never recover.
Anyway, I love all the Blue Posts ... the passions that are
expressed.... which is the best part of Clayart. After coming
in from several early morning hours in the studio where I
mixed ONE glaze ... drat, planned on three..... cleaned two
shelves.... pugged as much clay as PP would hold...and
managed to throw one sweet little round
pot (though it began as a tall cylinder... just overworked
the clay until it couldn't take it another second, collapsed
and died..... the little one was what was left.).. coming
in to my Prince Somebody's tea, a sparky fruit salad, and
more of empassioned blues posts..... is a neat treat.
Joyce
In the Mojave Desert of California where the "family"
room still sits pretty much empty awaiting decisions
from me about how to fill it after giving away all the
furniture ........ maybe I'll go back
to the orange crates and masses of cushions we
began with back in the mid fifties.
Christy Pines on fri 6 aug 04
PAINT IT BLUE, JOYCE!!! And fill it with pictures of gladiolas and calla
lillies and grannysmith apples and flox growing by the kiln shed in the
woods. It will be AMAZING!!
christy in connecticut, enjoying an amazingly comfortable august afternoon
cpines at ix.netcom.com
Joyce LEE wrote:
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>In the Mojave Desert of California where the "family"
>room still sits pretty much empty awaiting decisions
>from me about how to fill it after giving away all the
>furniture ........ maybe I'll go back
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ccpottery@BELLSOUTH.NET on sat 7 aug 04
Joyce wrote
'In the Mojave Desert of California where the "family"
room still sits pretty much empty awaiting decisions
from me about how to fill it after giving away all the
furniture'
This reminds me of a talk given by an 'imagination' guy
from Disney. ( from my previous life as a serious person )
He encouraged everyone to turn one room of their home
into an imagination area. Have a large desk with all kinds of
papers and drawing supplies .... have an easel set up with
papers, paints and canvas ready to use ... have a huge comfy
chair surrounded by books to inspire ... and if money allows,
a jacuzzi tub to lounge and dream in.
Chris Campbell - in North Carolina - he also mentioned that almost
everyone has a room in their home that is never used and available
... ironically named the living room.
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