clennell on mon 30 oct 06
I know how this GG thing is a tiresome subject on Clayart but I did an
experiment. I just finished my 7 week quarter with the students at Sheridan
and for the luv of Clayart I had two women with GG's. I encouraged them to
use them. They blushed and were embarassed to show their GG's but they did.
Here is my observation- GG's are like training wheels on a bike. You can
ride em, stop, keep your feet on the pedals and pick your nose and you will
not fall over. On a two wheeler if you stop and want to pick your nose you
have to put your feet down or you will fall and poke your eye out with the
finger that is up your nose.
One of the students claimed her trimming was still not great. I observed
that with the GG she could trim with one hand. The one hand that has the
trimming tool in it. I showed her how to steady her hand and what I call "be
sure to touch yourself" and even though using the GG use two hands to trim.
Her eyes light up. Her trimming was spot on. Use the GG is learn how to feel
center, operate the trimming tool and then learn to trim without the GG. I
don't think you'll ever find a need for it again.
Why, oh lord do I wade into this kind of ca-ca time and time again???
Best,
tony
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Beamsville, Ontario
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Mark Tigges on tue 31 oct 06
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 09:12:24PM -0500, clennell wrote:
> I know how this GG thing is a tiresome subject on Clayart but I did an
> experiment. I just finished my 7 week quarter with the students at Sheridan
> and for the luv of Clayart I had two women with GG's. I encouraged them to
> use them. They blushed and were embarassed to show their GG's but they did.
> Here is my observation- GG's are like training wheels on a bike. You can
> ride em, stop, keep your feet on the pedals and pick your nose and you will
> not fall over. On a two wheeler if you stop and want to pick your nose you
> have to put your feet down or you will fall and poke your eye out with the
> finger that is up your nose.
> One of the students claimed her trimming was still not great. I observed
> that with the GG she could trim with one hand. The one hand that has the
> trimming tool in it. I showed her how to steady her hand and what I call "be
> sure to touch yourself" and even though using the GG use two hands to trim.
> Her eyes light up. Her trimming was spot on. Use the GG is learn how to feel
> center, operate the trimming tool and then learn to trim without the GG. I
> don't think you'll ever find a need for it again.
> Why, oh lord do I wade into this kind of ca-ca time and time again???
The last time this discussion came around (it was centred (ha ha) on
tap-centring for the most part) I read every post offering advice on
how to tap centre. After watching staley at a seminar, it was
something I desperately wanted to learn. I couldn't do it after the
seminar, but he never mentioned how to do it. I read the posts here,
and it took me about 5 minutes. I trimmed twenty mugs doing it.
But I went back to the GG. It's faster and doesn't muck up the rims.
I can drill a hole with a half inch chuck with a big spade bit without
using a stability handle on the drill ... but it's MUCH easier if I
do.
It's a tool.
Somebody people prefer to stabilize the drill holding the body. I
would rather screw in the second handle.
Everybody is different. And I unashamedly love and use my GG.
Mark.
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Lee Love on tue 31 oct 06
On 10/31/06, clennell wrote:
>Use the GG is learn how to feel
> center, operate the trimming tool and then learn to trim without the GG. I
> don't think you'll ever find a need for it again.
> Why, oh lord do I wade into this kind of ca-ca time and time again???
I would learn to trim first without it, so you can do it. Pick
up the GG after you master trimming without.
Same with the wheel: learn on a kickwheel. Master that
before you go to the electric wheel. It is much easier to go from
the kick to the electric than it is from electric to kick, especially
the low momentum Korean type (I have yet to meet anybody who can use
the korean type unless they were forced to.) ;^) Except for maybe
Willem Gebben.
--
Lee in Mashiko, Japan
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"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
"When we all do better. We ALL do better." -Paul Wellstone
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