mel jacobson on sun 27 aug 00
one of the biggest drawbacks to having a kickwheel in your
studio is.....it takes up so much space..and then think of a
lockerbie, it is like having a train engine parked in your studio.
what i like most about the brent model c, was they just tuck
in against any blank wall.
i keep a brent semi hidden just under a low table as my second
wheel...used to keep a leech type, but man, it was always in the
way, and a ton to move.
in my teaching i was always looking for better ways to arrange
the 25 or so wheels that i had. so, i built a low wall, four feet high
right down the center of the room and put a t on the end...placed
the pug mill at the end of the t and placed 8 wheels on each side
of the wall....facing the wall. kids could have privacy, and would
not see the kid on the other side of the wall...and, really cut out
the gab and throwing bits of clay at each other.
the primary reason for isolation is that new potters feel intimidated
and to let them feel alone, helps them not be embarrassed.
i have always felt that a young potter facing a wall is a happy potter.
my seniors would opt to drag wheels to the window area of the
pottery room. they just lined them up so they could see outside.
you could tell the confident potters as they would come away from
the wall.
i like my wheel looking out my big studio window. but, my back
is to the room...and i am isolated. of course i sit in the traditional
japanese slot...with tools and ware boards all around me. a place for
everything, and all in its place. i compare a potters area to a surgical
suite....all lined up in triplicate.
mel
FROM MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA, USA
http://www.pclink.com/melpots (website)
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