Marcia Selsor on sun 21 may 00
Dear Ivor,
Since the sixties I have often thought that our choices to live by
selling pottery or art in a modern society is possible only because of
the affluence of our economy. We don't take pots to market by mule or
carts. We don't mix clay in basins and dry it in the sun as is still
done for half their clay by my potter friends in Spain . We are lucky to
be able to do what we want because of the society we live in and its weal=
th.
Marci in Montana
iandol wrote:
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> I suppose that by extending the hand made issue to it=92s logical absur=
dity, most of the clay art community would be unable to function if it al=
l boiled down to hand work only. The Hey Mate, get out your pick and shov=
el to mine your own dirt, get your feet in the clarts type attitude seems=
to be a bit short sighted.
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> Ivor. Thinking we may all be industrialised artistic designing capitali=
sts
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Marcia Selsor
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