Ann Testa on wed 7 mar 07
I starting reading Clayart before I moved back to California at the end of
1994. My studio partner in Maryland got me interested in it & ironically she
hasn't read it for years. In the course of the move I stopped Clayart only
to have it mysteriously reappear on Halloween 1995. I've been here ever since
. . . . I sometimes wonder why certain people whose emails I have enjoyed
disappear. I don't post often, but I do enjoy the dialogue.
Ann Testa
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Ric Swenson on wed 7 mar 07
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came to my house to> set me up and plug me in.> > I went to the Fort Worth=
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a suit. i didn't know him and he didn't> know me . he was talking to the o=
ther person , who I> think was Feriz Delkic.> he did however take time to g=
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stephani stephenson on wed 7 mar 07
i think i first posted in 1997 , who knows what my
email was at that time..posted from montana.
i had just bought my first computer and remember the
text printout from compuserve, then found Lycos and
alta vista and of course AOL seemed like a cadillac...
and making one little line drawing on my computer
filled up a whole floppy disc....and i had a nice
friendly local little ISP that came to my house to
set me up and plug me in.
I went to the Fort Worth NCECA. flew standbye and
shared a room with Marcia and Louana Lackey and i
can't remember the name of the 4th person....
i remember marcia told me all about the clayart room.
so i went there and there were 2 people in the room.
One was an outgoing broad faced man with whitish hair
and wearing a suit. i didn't know him and he didn't
know me . he was talking to the other person , who I
think was Feriz Delkic.
he did however take time to give me a big hello and
say welcome to the clayart room and he gave me a black
and green ITC pen.
by the way. if you can believe it i still have that
pen and i still use it and it has NEVER gone dry...it
is so weird, especially as i lose pens all the time.
but i still have and use the ITC pen.
well, hmmm, mel doesn't remember me from then but i do
remember him!
anyway i was shy, if you can believe it, so i said
thanks for the pen and
bye . i didn't really know anyone else at all, except
Marcia, and Noel Osheroff from UO who gave a
presentation that year and probably i saw George Kokis
too, one of my teachers and Rudy Autio, who i sold art
supplies to at the UM bookstore where i worked at the
time
.i think i went to every session . went to see all of
the exhibits,went on the bus tour to the cotton mill
studios which was fun...
then left early AM to catch a standby flight back to
Montana.
Stephani Stephenson
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June Perry on thu 8 mar 07
I checked the link Lee posted and the earliest clayart message from me was
February 1996.
It was fun to see some of the early posters.
Regards,
June
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Paul Lewing on fri 9 mar 07
On Mar 9, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Sherry Wells wrote:
I can relate to what Mel said about walking around NCECA and not
knowing anyone, yet knowing there are a lot of folks from clayart there.
I can too. I've been on Clayart since before we could all meet in
one room for breakfast. I had been going to NCECA for years before
that and, like Mel, was frustrated knowing there were other studio
artists like me wandering around, but having no way to connect with
them, except when NCECA would happen to have a discussion group for
us (which wasn't often).
My wife got me a modem one year for Christmas, specifically so I
could join Clayart, and wouldn't have to have friends post questions
for me any more. After about a week, I was telling her how much I
loved Clayart, and she said, "Of course you do- it's NCECA every
day". That was such a perfect description of it that for years after
that, Joe Molinaro used that to describe Clayart. It's true- all the
joy, excitement, frustration, and nonsense that is concentrated into
a few days at NCECA happen all year long here.
I must say that Clayart and NCECA have been very good for each
other. Clayart has probably done more to increase buzz and
attendance for NCECA than anything else in the last 10 years. And
that contact with the academic point of view has broadened the
horizons of a lot of people on Clayart. And nothing has made NCECA
more fun and more rewarding, and contributed more to the feeling that
potters are one big family, than the Clayart room at NCECA. We, and
NCECA, owe Mel a huge thanks for making than happen in the first
place. And we owe a huge thanks to ACerS and ITC (am I forgetting
anybody? if so, please jump in) for picking up the tab now.
See y'all soon in Louisville.
Paul Lewing
www.paullewingtile.com
Billie Mitchell on fri 9 mar 07
even though i am not a frequent poster i have been reading
clayart since aournd 1997 or 1998. i was one of those lurkers
who read but didnt dare to post in the beginnning. i have
found that the people on clayart step up and beyond to help
their fellow potters. they have alway rallied behind someone
who has trouble or is ill.. thats what has made clayart so wonderful
place to be. i have seen potters come and go on clayart but somehow
they always find a way to come back.. i have seen it in several of
the posts lately.
i remember after reading clayart for some time i was so excited
when someone asked for a glaze recipe.. i didnt have the
knowledge to contribute much and there was finally something
that i could add to the wonderful group.
when i first found it online i went all the way back to the beginning
and read every post that had been posted. that challenge took me
several weeks to do as that was back when they charged you for
how much time you spent online so my time was limited. i also
printed off alot of great knowledge from alot of great potters.
i still have that notebook stuck in a book shelf. i guess i need to
go back and read who all was writing into clayart at the time..
who gave the wonderful glaze recipes and how to's and help.
see you all at nceca!
billie mitchell
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Sherry Wells on fri 9 mar 07
When I first joined Clayart when I when back to college in 1997 and had
computer access thru them. I when to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I
joined up on Thursday and when I went to school on Tuesday I could not
access my email due to the amount of posts I had, it clogged up the college
system and they had to delete my account so I could access it again. I
don't post much to the list, but do send comments off-list and read on a
regular basis. I have learned much over the last 10 years! Talk to me at
NCECA, I can relate to what Mel said about walking around NCECA and not
knowing anyone, yet knowing there are a lot of folks from clayart there.
Trying to be more brave and approach folks.
Sherry Wells
Free Flight Pottery
NW Montana
Bacia Edelman on sun 11 mar 07
Hi, all: Which year was the Rochester NCECA? Short of writing a post to
Richard
Burkett for the date it started, the yr. before Rochester, we assembled for
breakfast.
Suzanne Wolfe and I talked about getting to know some of the others on the
new list.
I got the hotel restaurant to give us some long tables at the back and
there were about
20 of us. I have snapshots somewhere of the group around the tables.
At that same NCECA, I believe, Joe Molinaro and Richard had a room for us
to learn
"etiquette" for the list. They gave us handouts. I only remember: Using
capital letters
was like SHOUTING and not advisable.
The next yr. Paula Sibrack Marion arranged a room for a Clayart breakfast;
that is where I met Russel to
whom I had written once or twice. Who is Russel Fouts, I asked, looking
around the table. He rushed over and
hugged me and we have been strong friends ever since.
Getting a Clayart room and then a suite from our benefactors is thanks to
mel who took over
the list when Joe and his wife, Mary, became overwhelmed and Joe was going
to South
America again for the summer. And thanks to Joyce and all the others who
sub for mel.
I read the list when I can and ignore it when pressures are great. It has
been my community to
a great extent. It has helped me through deaths, that of my husband and
then Ababi's,
about whom several of us corresponded trying to get a website of his work
and writings
in his memory. Oddly, I had visited him in Israel the April before he died
and
noticed that his hands were shaking badly and wondered how he could have worked
in clay. He didn't any more, I realized later.
Clayart helped me when I busted my kneecap
and I learned how to use the hospital computer and found posts even from
Alisa in
Denmark. A best memory of that: Russel phoned the hospital long distance
just as
my surgeon was walking in for a checkup. I said: Sorry, I have an
international call
and could you please return later? He didn't, but I think he was impressed.
I could list so many other memorable stories but had better look in on my
chores and
packing for the trip to Louisville and looking forward to seeing roommate
marta (!!!) and
so many other good friends and meeting some of you newbies!
Bacia
Bacia Edelman
Madison, Wisconsin
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Darlene Yarnetsky-Mudcat Pottery on mon 12 mar 07
The memory wheels are churning, but slowly. I remember Abibi's
posts, an endless discussion on terra sig (and being disappointed to
learn it was only used on low fired pots - I was such a newbie :) )
indecipherable glaze discussions, lee in a pig's eye - (didn't
realize that was the same you - lee love!) and Richard Burkett who I
finally got the hyperglaze program from - and who has always
patiently answered my questions. There were always recipes with
tantalizing names as well, more than I ever had time to test. Clayart
amazed me from day one.
When my husband first got on the internet he used a free service that
was dial-up and text only. I was amazed at the hours he would spend
just reading all that text! Could not imagine the fascination. No
one we knew had email then, and it was before ebay was a household
word. Our computer was small, black and white, immobile and SLOW!
But then Jerry talked about finding a clay group and signed me up. I
was clueless what he was talking about, but was soon fascinated by
the endless discussions, though too shy to comment or ask a question
for eons. I think we finally jumped in to ask about whether or not
to have a studio cat despite our allergies. Anyone remember that?
Some great stories followed on studio companions!
Over the years, I have learned much from fellow clayarters, and have
participated on and off as time (and access to the computer (husband
just finished grad school) permits. I try to tell as many potters I
meet as I can, as clayart is a wonderful community.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane everyone! Wish I could recall
more....
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