Bonita Cohn on thu 17 feb 00
>Neriage, nerikomi, colored clay, applique, agateware,
millefiore<
Why not call it marbling?
I learned this technique as neriage, and employ it in my work occasionally. I
can't stand when it is pronounced as if it rhymes with garage. My Japanese
friend sez it is pronounced: neh-ree-ahh-gee.
Since I am not Japanese, and work in the USA, I labeI my pieces as: "marbled
colored clay"--or marbled inlay, etc.
I make the colored clay as a white slip with color added, and dry it to
workable stage on fabric on plaster.
Bonita in marbelous San Francisco, trying to be as politically correct as one
can in this world. Imagine --being PC on a Mac!
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Eydie DeVincenzi on fri 18 feb 00
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=3E=3ENeriage, nerikomi, colored clay, applique, agateware, millefiore=3C
Why not call it marbling?=3C=3C
This is my opinion, of course:
=231: we should respect and acknowledge the source of our knowledge.
Information is an evolutionary process. Not understanding where a thought
comes from stifles the full measure of possibilities for the future of the
idea. Understanding where an idea comes from and how it evolved to its
current form adds a level of understanding to the process which then allows
it to keep evolving in its different directions.
Example: Bill Gates certainly didn't invent computer processing. Gates's
Windows concept is only one branch (a twig, I hope)(sorry for the =
dig=3Cg=3E)=3B
other branches include UNIX, JAVA, etc. To NOT see the bigger picture of
the computer evolution is to think that COMPUTER=3DWINDOWS ... and that =
would
surely stifle future creative thought. Just think of your grandchildren
still having to doubleclick pesky icons and continually upgrading software
in order to communicate with the world=21
=232, our species understands, learns, and communicates with labels and
symbols. The better we understand those labels, the more precise and
accurate our communication.
Example: I want to communicate with other people about the process of
coloring clay that I use. I have been telling people that I do nerikome
(which I understood to be the process of coloring claybodies and forming
pieces via handbuilding). So when I say to people that I do nerikome, they
automatically know that my pieces are HANDBUILT. Well, now we are being
told that NERIAGE may be the process that defines handbuilding the piece.
To me it is important because I do not use the wheel and it is important
that people know that about my work.
So, thank you Aiko for starting this thread and please thank Mr and Mrs
Ogata for wanting to communicate with us here in the USA about terminology.
Eydie DeVincenzi
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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