Gayle Bair on sat 28 oct 00
Do you recall the hilarious thread that deteriorated quickly
about uncles who wouldn't take their medication (lithium).
The suggestion was to gift them with lithium leaching mugs.
It then deteriorated into my suggestion of a diet mug with a
hole in the bottom.
I said I would make some. Well I did. I took them to a sale
and couldn't sell them....I just couldn't do it! I wound up
placing them on the floor. A few people saw them and laughed
but I just felt uncomfortable. I took them home and smashed them.
I feel better about them now as they are now part of my mosaic pieces.
I did ride the fountain wave. Now I really like making fountains.
They were a great challenge.
I am now making sand "Zen" gardens. It is a great draw to the table
and people really like the "Please Touch" sign.
I don't make mugs although people have asked for them. I don't like to make
them.
I figure if I am going to have to make handles I might as well make a tea
pot...
so I do. Don't ask me to explain that... I can't! Yesterday I smashed 4
mugs because I didn't like them.
If I am in a market that wants mugs I am willing to suffer the consequences.
You are so right Tony. People always go to my passionate pieces.
Simple... clean... and comfortable (sometimes). I am getting pretty
good at turning off the brain.... perhaps because it is shrinking!
Lastly, I am so excited. I got a Olympus digital camera (3030).
I love it. We took our first shots tonight. Now I have to wade through the
directions and figure out what I am doing! I hope to have a web site soon.
Gayle Bair- used to be a good speller but now must rely
on spell check
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the Mayor wrote:
take the two full time potters on this list that we know so
well, david hendley and tony/sheila clennell, and ask them
if they do gadget pots. i do not think so. the work of both
of those potteries is based on class, elegance, and a strict
allegiance to form and function. i know for a fact that neither
of them jump on new band wagons each year...searching for
sellable items. searching for great work, yes, but sellable
tricks, never.
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Dear Mayor- You're right, I don't, but I have. I have tried to make knicky
nackies- potpourri pots, garlic pots, bread warmers, cups for people with
big noses, heart ashtrays, incense burners, and assorted gadget pots. They
have always failed miserably. We don't use this kind of stuff in our own
house and therefore we felt like frauds making it. It's funny how pople can
sniff out the stuff I have made with my heart and the stuff I made with my
brain. My brain has always been the enemy.
Usually when we get low on money my brain takes over. This is not good!
Right now in the studio we have some very fine pots. In fact business has
been so good that next Sunday our Butler arrives . Her name is Ruth. I hope
she can serve coffee.
Make from the heart and beware of the brain.
Cheers,
Tony
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