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jurying and pots not made by the artist: slipcast

updated wed 3 may 00

 

Nina Jones on tue 2 may 00

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=22Nina. . . . but a figurine cast from a commercial mold, no matter how
brilliantly decorated, does not warrant the adjective =22handmade.=22 This =
isn't a
debate about which is the more virtuous technique, it's about definitions. =
I've
seen china painting that I liked better than many handmade pieces I've seen,=
but
the object on which the china painter developed her imagery was not =
handmade.=22

It seems as if the debate has wondered into that egg-shell ridden territory.
But, for the record, the above claim seems to have been attributed to me, =
and I
never said any such thing. In my post I discussed, a little, the =
differences
between hand-building and slip-casting (and a bit more of my personal =
history
than I'm sure some of you wanted to know). I never said one was synonymous =
for
the other.

Nina D. Jones
Southside Chicago
=40 njones=40winston.com