clennell on thu 9 nov 06
Hank wrote:
> Balto. I stayed with her the week before the conference. We saw her
> work at the woodfire exhibition that your friend bought a Boyden cup
> from, and she had a dozen of her woodfired 'heads' in the show that
> Kokis was in. Mary got her start in my PotShop in Venice CA in the
> early sixties. She worked at home in a dining room covered in clear 40
> mil plastic and brought her work to the PotShop to have me fire it. A
> great friend, indeed. In my opinion, Mary IS the Unknown Craftsman that
> Yanagi and Mel talk about. Her technique(hardly a big enough word for
> it) of hand-forming her bowls in dry fine sand is marvellous. The last
> time I was there, she had over four hundred of those large hand-formed
> bowls waiting to go into that all-devouring anagama, and I stopped
> counting the plates when I got over four hundred.
Hank: You probably told me about her but the name didn't twig as I have not
seen her work out there. Actually one of her heads was at the woodfire
conference but true to form for me I look mostly at what I'm attracted to.
I had limited time at her house and was so enthralled with the plates that I
didn't give the heads enough time. Now days later I remember seeing a
horizontal rib mark so putting 2 and 2 together I now figure the heads are
thrown. Hmmmmmmmmmm, very interesting!
I also got a small bottle that I found interesting. Thrown off the hump and
then placed on a tennis ball to make the bottom concave and them trimmed
quickly and surely with a coping saw. One could use a cheese cutter. It's a
heavy little sucker but I am enjoying fondling the aggressive trimming mark
while watching TV.
I also met your friend Ann Kenworthy. She accused me of drinking her portion
of the Pinot Noir you brought to Baltimore. She was one of the all stars in
the course that was managing some pretty handsome BIGWARE! One of us better
buy her a glass of grape as a reward.
I'd luv to spend a couple of weeks at Mary's during the firing. Doubt that
will ever happen- just never enough time and money.
Best,
Tony
Hank Murrow on thu 9 nov 06
On Nov 9, 2006, at 5:26 AM, clennell wrote:
> Hank wrote:
>
>> Balto. I stayed with her the week before the conference. We saw her
>> work at the woodfire exhibition that your friend bought a Boyden cup
>> from, and she had a dozen of her woodfired 'heads' in the show that
>> Kokis was in. Mary got her start in my PotShop in Venice CA in the
>> early sixties. She worked at home in a dining room covered in clear =
40
>> mil plastic and brought her work to the PotShop to have me fire it. A
>> great friend, indeed. In my opinion, Mary IS the Unknown Craftsman=20
>> that
>> Yanagi and Mel talk about. Her technique(hardly a big enough word for
>> it) of hand-forming her bowls in dry fine sand is marvellous. The =
last
>> time I was there, she had over four hundred of those large =
hand-formed
>> bowls waiting to go into that all-devouring anagama, and I stopped
>> counting the plates when I got over four hundred.
>
> Hank: You probably told me about her but the name didn't twig as I=20
> have not
> seen her work out there. Actually one of her heads was at the woodfire
> conference but true to form for me I look mostly at what I'm attracted=20=
> to.
> I had limited time at her house and was so enthralled with the plates=20=
> that I
> didn't give the heads enough time. Now days later I remember seeing a
> horizontal rib mark so putting 2 and 2 together I now figure the heads=20=
> are
> thrown. Hmmmmmmmmmm, very interesting!
RE; those heads....... last visit there were over a hundred of them=20
waiting to be loaded.
> I also got a small bottle that I found interesting. Thrown off the=20
> hump and
> then placed on a tennis ball to make the bottom concave and them=20
> trimmed
> quickly and surely with a coping saw. One could use a cheese cutter.=20=
> It's a
> heavy little sucker but I am enjoying fondling the aggressive trimming=20=
> mark
> while watching TV.
Mary's work cannot be really understood without a braille examination.
> I also met your friend Ann Kenworthy. She accused me of drinking her=20=
> portion
> of the Pinot Noir you brought to Baltimore.
Naaaah, I shared a bottle of that Scott Paul 'Mary's Cuv=E9e' with the=20=
Kenworthy's while I stayed there during NCECA. Ann hosted my workshop=20=
near Annapolis. Six new wineries have opened near Eugene since 2003.=20
The 2003 Pinot's have been marvellous.
She was one of the all stars in
> the course that was managing some pretty handsome BIGWARE! One of us=20=
> better
> buy her a glass of grape as a reward.
Next time I see her!
> I'd luv to spend a couple of weeks at Mary's during the firing. Doubt=20=
> that
> will ever happen- just never enough time and money.
Mary seems to prefer having her neighbors help her with the=20
firing......... I think that boy potters do too much arguing about how=20=
to fire, but if you get an invite.........jump on it.
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
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