bill edwards on sat 9 jul 05
I seen that post and almost feel out of my chair. With
the past experiences I have had with students this is
the very kind of thing some would try without even
thinking twice about it! People do these things.
Water being sprayed into a peep or any other scenario
like that isn't a good way to help teach those who
come here and just check in on occasion. Not only
that, it becomes a train where someone tells the next
person this neat trick and they pass it on down the
line till someone gets hurt and bad. Poor judgement
call on that.
Vince, thanks for clearing that up before someone got
hurt. Its akin to a student of mine that was outside
putting fire-crackers in clay and exploded them in
front of many small children, each child wanted a turn
until I caught them in the act. It's not sensible to
teach dangerous things when we are trying very hard
here to correct the already misundersood methods used
by many professional artists and those who invent
newer techniques.
Yes... there are people just dumb enough or not
thinking well who would attempt the impossible in all
things dangerous to see it done. You can take that to
the bank!
Vince:
know that this is just harmless joking, but now I'm
getting worried.
I
mean, there ARE novices out there that might not
realize that you are
joking. Yeah, okay, you could say "Come on, Vince, is
there actually
anyone
out there dumb enough to think it is okay to direct a
water hose into
the
spy hole on a kiln?" and the answer is, yes, there
are.
Bill Edwards
Edmar Studio and Gallery
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Taylor from Rockport on sun 10 jul 05
Vince!
What the hell are you gettin' all up in me for? Go chew on David Hendley.
He advocates HAND writing invoices and casual use of reduction paper for
copies! (Wink, wink, Prof. Vince). Can you imagine the finger and wrists
cramps that are going to result if people take David seriously?
And now an anouncement to all of us newbies out there who might find it
difficult to determine when the Mayor or the rabbit kiddith or speekith the
truff. NEVER SQUIRT WATER INTO THE PEEP HOLE OF A KILN AT TEMPERATURE IN
ORDER TO VIEW CONES. This is a very bad idea. As Lee will undoubtly
mention, the penultimate scene in the movie Fantastic 4 is an entertaining
place to learn this. Excellent pottery related movie.
In fact, now that I'm really thinking about it, having a kiln in our case is
a decidedly bad idea. Firing kilns takes a measure of savey that we just
might not possess. Better to leave such things to the professionals like
the burned up guy who made such great copper reds.
Okay all joking aside, Tony the real bologna speeks the ever lovin' truth
when he says "...CLayart advice. It is fast and it can be deadly." Tony,
man, you get me.
enough love,
Taylor, serious-about-that-last-part, Hendrix in Rockport TX USA (where
lives the dominant culture on the planet, hoo ya!)
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