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clay, water, and business

updated sat 21 may 11

 

Dinah Snipes Steveni on fri 20 may 11


Hi Clayart

Here's one to think about, http://monarchartstudio.com/Artists/Arun%20Sharm=
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a/arunsharmacatalo.html The Artist's Statement gave me pause for thought. =
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And some fun postings came to mind which have been flying around lately on =
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Installation Art.

There's also a mention of an installation of clay panels erected along on a=
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surf line with pix of their degradation in Susan Peterson's book. Some of =
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you probably have that fine book. I used it as reference some months ago wh=
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en a poster had a query about recipe for making underglaze pencils/crayons.=
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Another link which will be useful for some Listers is http://artbusiness.co=
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m. You can print out any number of topics ex "You Can't Sell Your Art Until=
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You Learn How to Sell It", to "Your Artist Statement: Explaining the Unexp=
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lainable", "How to Get a First Show with an Art Gallery -- What Galleries L=
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ook for in Artists". Some great tips and cautions too -- for instance, amon=
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sgst the bullet points,as regards your opening reception..."Sobriety's Good=
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". Very enjoyable reading. Many chuckles and I's been there for sure and go=
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t the T-shirt sort of moments. Maybe other Listers can share their "go-to" =
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places for common sense.=3D20

In the final cut for ICF Mino, Japan. Just handed over piece to the shippin=
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g company yesterday. Artechseattle picked it up on their shuttle run from V=
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ancouver back to Seattle. Kind of like sending kiddie off to first day of s=
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chool. Pix of piece and some thoughts on the blog. Always appreciate commen=
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ts and views. Now, bear in mind this is an example of what I call Wow!Pots,=
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and I sit at the wheel and make work-a-day pots too for upcoming Farmers M=
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arket on a Saturday like a lot of us do. For those of you able to get there=
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, I'm (sole potter)in a 4-person show at Insights Gallery in Anacortes, WA.=
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The link to seeing the work on-line is www.insightsgallery.com. Sorry this=
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has been a me-me-me posting. Proud of my work ethic. I think it is a resid=
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ue of teaching for so many years. Most of you know what I mean. Not sure so=
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me days where it all leads to but it makes me happy, and keen to face the d=
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ay's challenges. Now... en avant a la jardin. It's been sunny up here in th=
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e top left corner for a couple of days. Musn't waste opportunities....

Dinah
Mount Vernon, WA.=3D20
www.dinahsnipessteveni.com
www.dinahsnipessteveni.wordpress.com

"To obtain a certain thing, you have to become a certain person."
Zen Buddhist saying

Gower on sat 21 may 11


thanks for the links Dinah - especially art business
kind regards Debby
-----Original Message-----
From: Dinah Snipes Steveni
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:18 AM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Clay, Water, and Business

Hi Clayart

Here's one to think about,
http://monarchartstudio.com/Artists/Arun%20Sharma/arunsharmacatalo.html Th=
e
Artist's Statement gave me pause for thought. And some fun postings came to
mind which have been flying around lately on Installation Art.

There's also a mention of an installation of clay panels erected along on a
surf line with pix of their degradation in Susan Peterson's book. Some of
you probably have that fine book. I used it as reference some months ago
when a poster had a query about recipe for making underglaze
pencils/crayons.

Another link which will be useful for some Listers is
http://artbusiness.com. You can print out any number of topics ex "You Can'=
t
Sell Your Art Until You Learn How to Sell It", to "Your Artist Statement:
Explaining the Unexplainable", "How to Get a First Show with an Art
Gallery -- What Galleries Look for in Artists". Some great tips and caution=
s
too -- for instance, amonsgst the bullet points,as regards your opening
reception..."Sobriety's Good". Very enjoyable reading. Many chuckles and I'=
s
been there for sure and got the T-shirt sort of moments. Maybe other Lister=
s
can share their "go-to" places for common sense.

In the final cut for ICF Mino, Japan. Just handed over piece to the shippin=
g
company yesterday. Artechseattle picked it up on their shuttle run from
Vancouver back to Seattle. Kind of like sending kiddie off to first day of
school. Pix of piece and some thoughts on the blog. Always appreciate
comments and views. Now, bear in mind this is an example of what I call
Wow!Pots, and I sit at the wheel and make work-a-day pots too for upcoming
Farmers Market on a Saturday like a lot of us do. For those of you able to
get there, I'm (sole potter)in a 4-person show at Insights Gallery in
Anacortes, WA. The link to seeing the work on-line is
www.insightsgallery.com. Sorry this has been a me-me-me posting. Proud of m=
y
work ethic. I think it is a residue of teaching for so many years. Most of
you know what I mean. Not sure some days where it all leads to but it makes
me happy, and keen to face the day's challenges. Now... en avant a la
jardin. It's been sunny up here in the top left corner for a couple of days=
.
Musn't waste opportunities....

Dinah
Mount Vernon, WA.
www.dinahsnipessteveni.com
www.dinahsnipessteveni.wordpress.com

"To obtain a certain thing, you have to become a certain person."
Zen Buddhist saying