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harry davis and art and stuff.

updated fri 26 aug 05

 

Pat Southwood on fri 26 aug 05


Hi all and Roly,

Re, Harry Davis:=20

Brill posting, thanks. It was lovely to read this.

Those who accuse academics of wannabe rusticia could also maybe wonder =
why that route was taken?

I pestered madly to be taken on as an apprentice at 15 with every =
pottery within striking distance to where I lived.

No joy, they could'nt afford it. - 1976

It got worse, democracy happenned. We endured the Eighties,=20

I went to evening classes for 10 yrs because it was the only option. I =
was very serious, most of them were not.

Bedsits and flats do not good studios make.

It's not about how you do it,=20

Pat Southwood.
pat@southwood4.fsnet.co.uk