Gary Navarre on tue 14 sep 04
Hay Mel and Crew,
I'd been having this problem throwing taller. Part way up the pull
a ripple would appear out of nowhere and I had to do some
fiddling to cover it up. Somewhere along the way I found out about
how meditators just sit and watch their breath so I thought I'd try
some. Not much happened at first so I waited and watched. After
quite some time (years) I was throwing and found myself watching
my breath instead of the clay and pulled a nice tall even cylinder.
Then I noticed if I start an inhale at the time I start the pull and
finish the pull at the top of the breath there are no wavers in the piece.
Also for taller forms I will slowly rise up off the seat with my knees
as I make the pull. That way the arms and hands remain steady and
my legs do the work. Might be a little slow but it gets the job done.
That just sitting stuff is another story though, I can manage about a
dozen breaths and I'm off visualizing some nuance of brick laying
for the kiln and what not and leave the breath to breath itself.
Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Norway, Michigan, U.S.A.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:08 PM
Subject: throwing/part 2 (long)
> i love the analogy of shooting a gun. it is all in the breathing.
> no one ever wants to hear that. breathing? it is all about aiming.
> not. breathing. tom turner can shoot the eye out of a termite
> at 500 yards. breathing. (and great shells/bullets) he makes
> his own. that makes me smile.
>
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