Comments on: Learning http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/ a potter's life Mon, 14 May 2012 21:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: MaryWitzl http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13681 MaryWitzl Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:40:45 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13681 Ages ago, I used to do pottery and I found it a challenge to get the glaze on thin enough. And the exact same thing happened to my pots too: the glaze would run like crazy and fuse my mugs and vases to the floor of the kiln. Even if we managed to prise them off, they were ruined, the vitrified glaze being glass-sharp... But I also remember firing a perfectly unremarkable looking piece once in a blue moon and finding it had turned into a butterfly overnight. I'll bet you get that happening a lot too! Ages ago, I used to do pottery and I found it a challenge to get the glaze on thin enough. And the exact same thing happened to my pots too: the glaze would run like crazy and fuse my mugs and vases to the floor of the kiln. Even if we managed to prise them off, they were ruined, the vitrified glaze being glass-sharp… But I also remember firing a perfectly unremarkable looking piece once in a blue moon and finding it had turned into a butterfly overnight. I’ll bet you get that happening a lot too!

]]> By: Cat B http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13527 Cat B Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:19:06 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13527 Oh, that's funny! Can you tell I'm not a detail-oriented person? Do hope you can chip them off!! Oh, that’s funny! Can you tell I’m not a detail-oriented person? Do hope you can chip them off!!

]]> By: Jodi Anderson http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13475 Jodi Anderson Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:10:36 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13475 I am so amazed by your craft. I was bumping around your shop, I think, trying to see if you made vase-type utensil holders (for the kitchen). I've been watching for one at the thrift shop, but so far ... nothing that I like. I'd love to purchase something handmade. I am so amazed by your craft.

I was bumping around your shop, I think, trying to see if you made vase-type utensil holders (for the kitchen). I’ve been watching for one at the thrift shop, but so far … nothing that I like. I’d love to purchase something handmade.

]]> By: Eryl Shields http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13446 Eryl Shields Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:32:15 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13446 I'm so used to things not turning out the way I've anticipated that I've stopped anticipating. These days I more kinda hope, and look forward to seeing what comes of my actions. The only problem with this is that if I have to work with other people my lack of 'end product vision' drives them nuts. I rather like the idea of hanging those shelves on a wall as an art-work. I’m so used to things not turning out the way I’ve anticipated that I’ve stopped anticipating. These days I more kinda hope, and look forward to seeing what comes of my actions. The only problem with this is that if I have to work with other people my lack of ‘end product vision’ drives them nuts.

I rather like the idea of hanging those shelves on a wall as an art-work.

]]> By: fromskilledhands http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13443 fromskilledhands Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:54:17 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13443 They are beautiful---and stuck to the shelves which are leaning against the wall :-) They are beautiful—and stuck to the shelves which are leaning against the wall :-)

]]> By: Cat B http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13440 Cat B Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:15:19 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13440 Well, they look great to me! Well, they look great to me!

]]> By: Laura/centerdownhome http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13426 Laura/centerdownhome Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:55:07 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13426 Oh, I'd like to write a pertinent comment, but you have me thinking now -- about accidents in life, in art. About process and "doing it right", about being in the moment and flow. And about me and how careful I am to avoid mistakes, which can really bind up my artwork, stall my life. :/ I'll be thinking about it all day. :) Oh, I’d like to write a pertinent comment, but you have me thinking now — about accidents in life, in art. About process and “doing it right”, about being in the moment and flow. And about me and how careful I am to avoid mistakes, which can really bind up my artwork, stall my life. :/

I’ll be thinking about it all day. :)

]]> By: fromskilledhands http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13424 fromskilledhands Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:01:29 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13424 I think so, Kim. Differences are to be celebrated and therin lies the magic---the variation in glaze or form that give the piece character and feeling. Is it like that for you in your photography? I think so, Kim. Differences are to be celebrated and therin lies the magic—the variation in glaze or form that give the piece character and feeling. Is it like that for you in your photography?

]]> By: Kim Ayres http://fromskilledhands.com/2009/01/23/learning/comment-page-1/#comment-13423 Kim Ayres Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:42:26 +0000 http://fromskilledhands.com/?p=641#comment-13423 Is it the Japanese that in pottery have a word, or concept, for the "happy accident"? I think it's about the idea that no matter how strictly we follow the rules, there are always minor differences, and it is here the magic truly lies. It is to be celebrated, rather than seen as a failing. Is it the Japanese that in pottery have a word, or concept, for the “happy accident”? I think it’s about the idea that no matter how strictly we follow the rules, there are always minor differences, and it is here the magic truly lies. It is to be celebrated, rather than seen as a failing.

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