primalmommy on tue 13 mar 07
A ceramic penis might well raise eyebrows more than images of breasts.
After all, breasts are a staple of American advertising, and upper
female nudities have long been sophisticated, painterly art-museum fare.
Most of those poor ancient statues' marble penises (penii?) broke off
somewhere over the centuries... 2d ones were painted over by historic
Jesse Helms types. But even with our puritan background, few are shocked
by breasts anymore. Breasts on European beaches in all shapes and sizes
are barely noteworthy, and anybody who grew up around nursing mamas
understands they're both "decorative" and "functional".
Me, I have seen so many phallic pots, zucchini-and-figs, sculptural
schlongs, and such like in the popular mags and posters that I consider
it a little clicheed. Unless there was something remarkable about one,
it would hardly distinguish itself from the rest (much less cause any
college kids I know to swoon or tsk. 'Course, I tend toward liberal-type
colleges.)
As a earthy-birthy granola mom, though, with a niche-market in specialty
women's pots, I have long been acquainted with a quiet but popular
underground of .. uhhh, "women's personal" art, craft and merchandise.
Not crocheted, but http://www.artgoddess.com/purses.htm carries "The
Velvet Vulva"... I've also seen big silk vulva pillows and tapestry
pieces devoted to the yoni. Jeff made a hilarious observation about the
pillow that I'll share in the clayart room if you ask... ;0)
A certain amount of anatomy just happens when we make pots. Center a
mound -- it's a breast! Top hand off center? There's a nipple! Cone
upward? It's a boy! Make a spout for your teapot, with a generosity
beneath the spout? It's a scrotum! Oops, did that thin walled bowl
collapse and fold inward? It's a girl again! Don't get me started on
pulling handles.
I can only imagine how many email accounts will filter this out... if
mayor mel doesn't blush pink and delete it first. It's all clay related,
though, right?
Maybe David Hendley needs a new purse...
Yours
Kelly in Ohio, up to no good.
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Beth Spindler on wed 14 mar 07
LOL LOL LOL Love this post Kelly!!
Clayarters, there is a potter in Louisville ( yes, NCECA headqtrs) who creates "women" jewerly. Email me offlist and I will give you studio name and address
Beth in VA
(blushing too much to post info here on the list!)
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From: primalmommy@MAIL2OHIO.COM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:53 AM
Subject: genitals and sofa art
A ceramic penis might well raise eyebrows more than images of breasts.
After all, breasts are a staple of American advertising, and upper
female nudities have long been sophisticated, painterly art-museum fare.
Most of those poor ancient statues' marble penises (penii?) broke off
somewhere over the centuries... 2d ones were painted over by historic
Jesse Helms types. But even with our puritan background, few are shocked
by breasts anymore. Breasts on European beaches in all shapes and sizes
are barely noteworthy, and anybody who grew up around nursing mamas
understands they're both "decorative" and "functional".
Me, I have seen so many phallic pots, zucchini-and-figs, sculptural
schlongs, and such like in the popular mags and posters that I consider
it a little clicheed. Unless there was something remarkable about one,
it would hardly distinguish itself from the rest (much less cause any
college kids I know to swoon or tsk. 'Course, I tend toward liberal-type
colleges.)
As a earthy-birthy granola mom, though, with a niche-market in specialty
women's pots, I have long been acquainted with a quiet but popular
underground of .. uhhh, "women's personal" art, craft and merchandise.
Not crocheted, but http://www.artgoddess.com/purses.htm carries "The
Velvet Vulva"... I've also seen big silk vulva pillows and tapestry
pieces devoted to the yoni. Jeff made a hilarious observation about the
pillow that I'll share in the clayart room if you ask... ;0)
A certain amount of anatomy just happens when we make pots. Center a
mound -- it's a breast! Top hand off center? There's a nipple! Cone
upward? It's a boy! Make a spout for your teapot, with a generosity
beneath the spout? It's a scrotum! Oops, did that thin walled bowl
collapse and fold inward? It's a girl again! Don't get me started on
pulling handles.
I can only imagine how many email accounts will filter this out... if
mayor mel doesn't blush pink and delete it first. It's all clay related,
though, right?
Maybe David Hendley needs a new purse...
Yours
Kelly in Ohio, up to no good.
http://www.primalpotter.com
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