clennell on wed 7 dec 05
for those interested in the boat form you can do no better than to look at
the boats of Canada's top woman clay boat builder
http://www.laurierolland.com/
She is married to a wooden boat builder and therefore the two of them really
know boats.
Sheila's foray into boats came as an vessel to symbolize "life's journey".
She was asked by a gallery to make something that spoke of peoples journey
thru life and this is what surfaced. Since she came from Scotland some 40
years ago on a boat, the boat was such an important memory. 2 weeks at high
sea on a cargo ship can make an imprint. Most of the immigrants to America
pre 70's probably have boat memories.
The boat form is such a beautifully thought out form.
I think a boat show would be an amazing show.
Cheers,
Tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King Street
Beamsville, Ontario
CANADA L0R 1B1
http://www.sourcherrypottery.com
dannon rhudy on thu 8 dec 05
> Sheila's foray into boats came as an vessel to symbolize "life's journey".
.............> The boat form is such a beautifully thought out form.
> I think a boat show would be an amazing show.......
Tony, a boat show would indeed be an amazing
show. It is in fact a beautifully thought out form,
heavily symbolic for a number of reasons. One of
my favorite "boats" is the roof of certain barns (brought
from Scandinavia, I think). T he one at Mel's farm is
simply a boat frame turned upside down. Strong for
all that snow, not to mention getting through the northern
seas.
Gotta think about a boat show. Maybe......
regards
Dannon Rhudy
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Marcia Selsor on thu 8 dec 05
I saw a modern church in Spain where the ceiling inside was like the
bottom hull of a boat. It was in a fishing village.
I don't know if it was symbolic of Christ as the fisherman and the
parish as the fish, or if it was a view of the fish that
provided their lively hood or if it was in recognition of lost souls.
I remember a ceramics show of boats about 20 years ago by a Bozeman
artist, Ellen Orkin. She used them as a metaphor for life's
transitions. Great show. Show is doing wonderful fiber sculptures now.
Boats can represent a lot of things.
Marcia Selsor in white Montana but it is suppose to warm up today to
above zero.
On Dec 8, 2005, at 7:10 AM, dannon rhudy wrote:
>> Sheila's foray into boats came as an vessel to symbolize "life's
>> journey".
> .............> The boat form is such a beautifully thought out form.
>> I think a boat show would be an amazing show.......
>
> Tony, a boat show would indeed be an amazing
> show. It is in fact a beautifully thought out form,
> heavily symbolic for a number of reasons. One of
> my favorite "boats" is the roof of certain barns (brought
> from Scandinavia, I think). T he one at Mel's farm is
> simply a boat frame turned upside down. Strong for
> all that snow, not to mention getting through the northern
> seas.
>
> Gotta think about a boat show. Maybe......
>
> regards
>
> Dannon Rhudy
>
>
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clennell on thu 8 dec 05
Sour Cherry Pottery
> Tony, a boat show would indeed be an amazing
> show. It is in fact a beautifully thought out form,
> heavily symbolic for a number of reasons. One of
> my favorite "boats" is the roof of certain barns (brought
> from Scandinavia, I think). T he one at Mel's farm is
> simply a boat frame turned upside down. Strong for
> all that snow, not to mention getting through the northern
> seas.
>
> Gotta think about a boat show. Maybe......
>
> regards
>
> Dannon: I will now start looking at roofs as upside down boats. I'll do it
when not driving. good way of seeing- upside down. thanks for that!
Cheers,
tony
Tony and Sheila Clennell
Sour Cherry Pottery
4545 King Street
Beamsville, Ontario
CANADA L0R 1B1
http://www.sourcherrypottery.com
lela martens on thu 8 dec 05
It`s interesting how `great` minds work together, or we have gotten to know
each other so well on this list..kismit? (sp?)
I have been pondering the idea for quite awhile myself.
In Denmark, most of the old churches have a model of a ship. Different forms
from different ages hanging over the pews to commemorate those who have died
at sea. Whether they were sailers, fishermen, Vikings, or someone who got
caught in a storm and went down.
My bud Ole took us to a naval museum that is there for that sole purpose.
The country is small and surrounded by seas. The reason it has had to defend
it`s territory so many times through the ages., competition through the ages
for trade routes.
I also love the shape of a well crafted canoe.
I remember an article about using tar paper to aid in the structure of
handbuilding so am thinking that may help me..Have to work out the pattern.
Hopefully I will have time to persue the mission after New Years.
Best wishes from Lela, on the prairie where it is warmer today, just at
freezing.
We don`t know a lot about boats here, but prairie farm boys are noted for
being great sailers if they have to got to sea..used to the expance of
space, the waves rippling like fields of wheat in a western wind.
>I saw a modern church in Spain where the ceiling inside was like the
>bottom hull of a boat. It was in a fishing village
>>>Sheila's foray into boats came as an vessel to symbolize "life's
>>>journey".
>>.............> The boat form is such a beautifully thought out form.
>>>I think a boat show would be an amazing show.......
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Lee Love on thu 8 dec 05
On 2005/12/08 8:19:25, clennell@sympatico.ca wrote:
> for those interested in the boat form you can do no better than to look at
> the boats of Canada's top woman clay boat builder
> http://www.laurierolland.com/
As they say, "What ever floats your boat!"
>.Most of the immigrants to
> America pre 70's probably have boat memories.
I made the trip on an airplane in '55. I was only 18 months old and
though I have some memories of Japan before the ride, I can't remember
that flight at all. Wasn't a fast flight, but ship travel is a better
way to shift rhythms from one place to another.
I have always enjoyed propeller driven aircraft. The designers were
still working with nature at the time instead of trying to dominate it.
One of my favorites, the DC 3 , was pictured in a Chuck Norris film I
could only bare to watch part of last night. The silhouette of the DC 3
was the best part of the film.
> The boat form is such a beautifully thought out form.
> I think a boat show would be an amazing show.
The boat shape is big in Minnesota (so are fish platters and baking
dishes. I have used "fish" from the begining. My zen name being Dairin,
"Big Fish" is my Blues translation.) Jeff Oestrich showed a boat being
built by his neighbor in Maine as a part of his workshop slides. He also
showed moss growing on stone walls from St. Ives. These related to his
sodafired greens.
ChrisCraft makes beautiful wooden boats in Michigan. My father always
complained about having to sell his Chris Craft boat in Michigan, when
he went off to Japan during the Korean war. Friends tape Antique Road
Show for us and the last one we watched included a trip to a Chris Craft
restorer. He explained that it cost less to restore an old one, than
have a new one built.
Jean's great grandfather was a Nova Scotia Ship captain. Sailed the
cape. Her grandfather made the trip once, with his mother when he as
little. When his father told him he was a man now, having turned 13, and
was coming to sail the cape again, he ran way from home and spent his
life as an earth hugger: as a Mounty and a Rail Road conductor.
Trains. Old trains! Now there's a mode of transportation for you! The
steam train still runs to Mashiko on the weekends and holidays. I used
to hear the America Queen's calliope from my St. Paul window. Now I hear
the whistle of the steam locomotive...
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rounded with a sleep."
--PROSPERO Tempest Shakespeare
The Chapel of Art on sat 10 dec 05
The winner of this year's Turner Prize (it's the
one Jason Perry won a couple of years ago)
entered "shed, ship, shed" or something to that
effect. He took down a shed, sailed up the river
Rhine in/on it, then reassembled it as a shed.
The design of the new Scottish Parliament was
based on an upturned boat hull... I have not seen
photos of it and any commentators I have heard
talking were more interested in it being
seriously over budget than in the merits of the
building, design, etc.
Those who are fussing about artists being paid
too much and being accorded too much approbation
by The Powers that be, will be pleased to hear
the Beck's (beer) Prize will be listening to the
public and including The People's Choice in the
equation for deciding the winner... It never
ceases to amaze me how artists are attacked for
being paid for their work... It must be the only
profession to be told they are being paid good
money for old rope, not just be the public but BY
THEIR PEERS and FELLOW ARTISTS!!!???
Janet
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>> Tony, a boat show would indeed be an amazing
>> show. It is in fact a beautifully thought out
form,
>> heavily symbolic for a number of reasons. One
of
>> my favorite "boats" is the roof of certain
barns (brought
>> from Scandinavia, I think). T he one at Mel's
farm is
>> simply a boat frame turned upside down.
Strong for
>> all that snow, not to mention getting through
the northern
>> seas.
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