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kiln work and the master's work was: outsourcing a giant order

updated fri 22 dec 06

 

Lee Love on fri 22 dec 06


On 12/21/06, Larry Kruzan wrote:

> I wonder how many people proudly own Leach pottery that was really thrown by
> "trainees"?

Not any that know anything about their pottery. The kiln work
was stamped one way and his personal work another.

Here in Japan, work made at a workshop under the direction of
the artist is not simply "work done by trainees." There are high
standards and things are not fired that don't meet these standards.

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Lee in Mashiko, Japan
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
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