Linda Mccaleb on tue 21 sep 10
=3DA0 I've been invited to join an art league. I went 2 years ago, and felt=
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ut of =3D0Aplace, I was the only potter. There was a whittler, but he was t=
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only other =3D0A3-d artist there. It was easy to get the others to have gu=
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t speakers on =3D0Apainting, but on pottery, I would have to go and search =
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Dallas for someone. =3D0AThe whittler never had a demo. I am a little shy =
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do a demo my self, and there =3D0Aseems to be nothing there for me to be i=
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olved in, even though my husband =3D0Ainsists I go. I just feel out of plac=
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I'm the youngest at 49, am the only =3D0Apotter, and am kind of left out i=
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the open away from everyone when there is a =3D0Abreak. I thought of taking=
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p acrylics to fit in. I used to do oils, and thought =3D0Athat a water clea=
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up will be an easier medium. But after buying 100 dollars =3D0Aworth of acr=
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ics and reading on it, I find that it dries in 5 minutes on the =3D0Apallet=
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that's terrible for=3DA0blending! So I got some CHEAP water color tubes, an=
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=3D0Aam going to try that to try the league again, that is unless someone k=
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ws =3D0Asomething about watercolor that is as bad as the acrylic problem. =
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=3D0A=3DA0 Any suggestions are appreciated. I'm not a very outgoing person.=
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n I was =3D0Aselling my wares, I could carry on a conversation, they wanted=
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hat I had, and =3D0Athere was something to talk about. Not so with the peop=
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in the league.=3D0A=3DA0=3DA0Thanks for your shoulder,=3D0A=3DA0 Linda=3D0=
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Pottery by John on tue 21 sep 10
Linda,
Have you thought about studying up on majolica? Some of those painters
might be able to help you out on color blending, painting technique, and th=
e
like, so you would have something to talk about and something to learn from
the painters. I done a faux majolica using a white glaze base and Mayco
Strokes and Coats to simulate paint with some nice results.
I think you can get an extender and/or a blender for the acrylics that give=
s
you a lot more working time on the palette so you don't have a bad
investment.
John Lowes
Sandy Springs, Georgia
http://wynhillpottery.weebly.com/
Robert Harris on tue 21 sep 10
I completely sympathise with your story. We have two "art things" in
our town. One is a "Fine Arts Association", which has lectures demos
etc once a month. As a young (under 40) potter, I felt completely out
of place in a group of painters and drawers who were almost all over
60. They all had their own little cliques and while moderately
friendly I definitely didn't fit in. While I quite enjoyed the demos
and lectures from a "all knowledge is interesting" point of view, I
have no desire to paint or draw, so I stopped going. They also
organised exhibits in various places round the city (libraries, city
hall, courts, coffee shops etc) they were only for 2-D art (or art
that could be hung at any rate).
The other is a guild (with a shop), it is juried (which may be a plus
or minus). While I have been encourage by several members to join, I
felt that they were also very cliquey, and frankly snooty about
everyone else. While competence in your craft is to be desired, that
doesn't mean that you're better than everyone else in any sense but
the explicit. And to be honest with you in some cases it probably just
means you've had more time to practice!
So in the end I've plowed my own furrow. I really didn't find anything
useful in either of these organisations. To great extent I think this
was due to my youth - and a little bit due to the fact I'm a
functional potter.
Robert
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Linda Mccaleb wr=
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ote:
> =3DA0 I've been invited to join an art league. I went 2 years ago, and fe=
lt=3D
out of
> place, I was the only potter. There was a whittler, but he was the only o=
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ther
> 3-d artist there. It was easy to get the others to have guest speakers on
> painting, but on pottery, I would have to go and search in Dallas for som=
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eone.
> The whittler never had a demo. I am a little shy to do a demo my self, an=
=3D
d there
> seems to be nothing there for me to be involved in, even though my husban=
=3D
d
> insists I go. I just feel out of place, I'm the youngest at 49, am the on=
=3D
ly
> potter, and am kind of left out in the open away from everyone when there=
=3D
is a
> break. I thought of taking up acrylics to fit in. I used to do oils, and =
=3D
thought
> that a water clean up will be an easier medium. But after buying 100 doll=
=3D
ars
> worth of acrylics and reading on it, I find that it dries in 5 minutes on=
=3D
the
> pallet, that's terrible for=3DA0blending! So I got some CHEAP water color=
t=3D
ubes, and
> am going to try that to try the league again, that is unless someone know=
=3D
s
> something about watercolor that is as bad as the acrylic problem.
>
> =3DA0 Any suggestions are appreciated. I'm not a very outgoing person. Wh=
en=3D
I was
> selling my wares, I could carry on a conversation, they wanted what I had=
=3D
, and
> there was something to talk about. Not so with the people in the league.
> =3DA0=3DA0Thanks for your shoulder,
> =3DA0 Linda
>
>
>
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