Rimas VisGirda on mon 19 mar 12
There are galleries and there are galleries. I'm not so sure that everyone =
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is turning away from woodfired work. I stopped in at the Northern Clay Cent=
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er within the past year and believe saw=3DA0 woodfired work... What amazes =
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is the diversity and competence of available work, check out the range of =
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artists at the Schaller Gallery in Michigan:=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.schallerga=
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y.com/artists.php=3D0A=3D0AWhat I have noticed in the past few years is not=
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decline of woodfire but the escalation of decoration, both by image transf=
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er processes and plain old drawing, BUT just because it's possible to stick=
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a leaf image on the side of a pot doesn't mean it makes it attractive, it'=
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s how many and WHERE you stick them that can make something attractive or a=
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ppealing, or not. The variety and range of design principles found in the S=
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challer Gallery stable is astounding... Then there's Charlie Cummings Galle=
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ry in Florida, Mudfire Gallery outside of Atlanta, AKAR in Iowa... and I'm =
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sure there are more. Minnesota is not the only State that represents a rang=
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e of proficient potters. -Rimas=3D0A
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