mel jacobson on fri 23 mar 01
two things:
many glaze names have old history attached to them.
such as:
ka kee, or kakhi, that americans think is a
color of `gap` pants. tan.
the japanese word ka kee means persimmon. a wonderful
fruit the color of brown/red. words and glaze names do not
travel very well either.
i had a perfect example hit me in the face yesterday.
went past a small gift shop...the window was full of fountains..
local i would guess.
bowls with pie crust wave edges, the inner fountains were
large penis shapes....and i mean real penis shapes....that
ugly spiral throwing of a real amateur. sharlene just gasped
in horror....`is that what i think it is?, my god, how awful`.
and they were awful. made our faces red, not the penis, the
pots.
all were glazed in a rich `floating blue`. 100 bucks each.
bet they sell.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
L. P. Skeen on fri 23 mar 01
> bowls with pie crust wave edges, the inner fountains were
> large penis shapes....and i mean real penis shapes.
mel,
you haven't lived til you've thrown a penis ON PURPOSE at your local
community center pottery studio, where everybody sees everyTHING that comes
thru.
My friend Jeff wanted that shape for his cremation urn. I made a tall
cylinder w/ appropriate shaped flare at top, and a bowl w/ no foot ring
turned upside down on top. When Jeff dies, the bowl will either be fired in
place (w/ him inside) or glued down.
Scene from community center when I was trimming said piece:
Older guy throwing at standing wheel: "Did you mean for that to look like
a..."
Me, interrupting: "Yup. Customer asked for it."
Older guy makes face and walks away shaking head.
L
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