jules on thu 26 jun 97
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Recently, someone questioned the way to sign pots - whether incribing on the
bottom or signing with a stain. I was taught in what I must assume is the
Japanese way - to design a stamp (mine has my initials smushed together in =
an
aesthetically-pleasing-sort-of-way). When I trim my pieces, I automatically=
put
this mark center bottom. I was taught to put it on the outside on the =
footring,
but repeated complaints from my husband made me reconsider and put it on the
bottom. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I think it works great and =
is
certainly much quicker than =22signing=22 by hand. Once you make your =
design, you
can take it to a stamp company and have it made up with nice clean edges and=
any
dimensions you like.
Bill Aycock on fri 27 jun 97
At 04:55 PM 6/26/97 EDT, Jules wrote (in part):
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much snipped--
> I was taught in what I must assume is the
>Japanese way - to design a stamp (
>. When I trim my pieces, I automatically put
>this mark center bottom. I was taught to put it on the outside on the
footring,---
Jules- seems right to me- Many years ago, I designed a stamp and cut it
into the end of a maple dowel. I have used it on ALL pots since. It is a
simple @ sign, and I had used it to initial drawings (engineering type) and
memos, etc, for many years.
However, the placement on pots is highly variable. On cups, or anything
with a handle, it is used to press the end of the handle to the body- On
lids, it is often used to press a small blob of clay into the inside. On
small bowls, I use a blob inside the foot; if the bowl is large enough, the
blob goes on the foot.
The location is chosen to be appropriate to the pot, to not intrude, and to
not interfere with use.
To me, this signet is a highly personal thing, used to proclaim my
association with the object.
Bill- pondering the meaning of Rain-rain-rain, on Persimmon Hill, but with
the irresistable urge to pass on a funny from his Daughter-
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>"The best way to do is to be." -- Lao Tzu
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>"To do is to be." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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>"To be is to do." -- Emanuel Kant
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>"Do be do be do." -- Frank Sinatra
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Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill --- Woodville, Alabama, US
--- (in the N.E. corner of the State)
also-- W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr baycock@hiwaay.net
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