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Re: Listen To Your Work

JudyShreve — Sun, 15 May 2016 11:26:24 -0000

When it happens to me -- I call it painting with my head instead of my heart.

Re: S a w d u s t & D i r t: La Mesa @ NCECA pt 1

JudyShreve — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:38:09 -0000

Just a couple of thoughts -- have you considered all the folks taught to make (just) pots at the community center level? -- and lots of them taught very well I might add -- but this idea of being able to get 'schooled' outside of the university maybe has forced academia to rise above the city art centers. I have always thought we were diluting the success of the serious functional potter with all the 'hobby' potters who now enter and get into shows.

I will admit that I studied english while in college and only found clay afterwards - at workshops and community art centers. But without us wanting to learn where would all the 'serious' college educated ceramists teach? There are only so many professorships out there.

I wish that there were a measuring stick to measure good craft. Maybe because craftsmen have been hollering for recognition as artists, that we now see functional work that doesn't function. I think we need to honor the craftsman - acknowledge that he brings beauty in function and separate the folks who just glaze a lump of clay and call it an 'art bowl.' If functional pottery were given the same merit and status as 'art' maybe colleges would honor it as a course of study.

Re: Chicks and Marriage

JudyShreve — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:56:43 -0000

Happy Anniversary to you guys! Enjoy your evening. Love the chicks! Lillian's quite the photographer.

Re: Unplugged and Revving It Up

JudyShreve — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:59:04 -0000

I'll check out your work at Signature -- my favorite place to go drool!

Re: Save The DATE!!

JudyShreve — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:19:06 -0000

Oh I would love to come -- but let's see -- oh I will be in France on that day ! Boy that was fun to say. I'm so excited about my vacation . . .
But I hope you have a fabulous sale!!

Re: This Week's Poll: Online?

JudyShreve — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:13:07 -0000

I know this conversation is days ago - but I read something this morning that I thought would add to it. It's posted on Connie Norman's blog (http://connienorman.com/blog). It's from an interview with Jeff Campana -- in his words --

My former teacher Tim Mather used to say “the best way to ensure that you never find your style is to go looking for it.” My advice is to try to follow your own aesthetic compass. Stop looking at other artists, stop looking at source material, stop looking at what’s going on in the art world. Just look really hard at your own work, and pay attention to what you, not anyone else, think about it. Be Specific. I don’t have a single image in my studio, and don’t ever look at pots with the intention of getting ideas from them. When you take the other people out of it, then it starts to become your own."

Re: This Week's Poll: Online?

JudyShreve — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:23:13 -0000

Carter - you make some very valid points and I agree with you -- but I don't think there is a cure for artistic schizophrenia! lol

My discussion with my friends the other day was mostly dealing with new potters. Being able to see all the great work online can be intimidating as well as inspiring. I think we fail to remember - sometimes - that what's posted is an artist's best work. What's not available is the ideas that didn't work, or the glaze disasters, the kiln overfires -- so it can be misleading. We start to not believe in our own ability to reach that level of work.

Some blogs talk about process & that helps keep it real. There's been lots of discussion lately on copying & when it's okay to copy or is it okay to copy. Can you copy and then change it up some & call it your own design? There are so many workshops with artists teaching their techniques -- so many directions to go with clay -- if you have the slightest difficulty in focussing - you can get lost.

I would hate to be in my studio by myself day -in & day - out. I count on the interaction of my potter friends - real & virtual -- & seeing their work - listening to their struggles & triumphs. But sometimes I need to shut it all out & concentrate on my direction - my work.

Re: This Week's Poll: Online?

JudyShreve — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:48:01 -0000

My Iphone is my music in my studio - & it makes a noise when I get an email -- it's so annoying that I can't ignore it! lol

I was talking with group of potters the other day about the web influence -- while it can be an amazing wealth of information -- it's also too much information. It doesn't just keep us distracted - but it can also keep us from making our own work -- our own style. We now get to see so many pots -- that it's even more difficult to follow your own voice -- it's hard to even hear your own voice with all the distraction.

Re: Tools

JudyShreve — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:41:16 -0000

okay - I kept waiting for the tool to load -- duh! Happy hands are the best!

Re: The Brandon Challenge vol 2

JudyShreve — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:43:05 -0000

Mark Shapiro?

Re: Monday Message

JudyShreve — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:29:04 -0000

I need this sign in my studio!! What is it about this time of year?

Re: Clearing Up

JudyShreve — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:33:05 -0000

Great photo -- hope your cold is clearing up too!

Re: The Brandon Challenge

JudyShreve — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23:33 -0000

I responded on fb -- but now my curiosity is getting the best of me -- don't think it's Michael Simon -- I'm still sticking with Rankin & Ruggles.

Re: Prosperos 2010

JudyShreve — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:01:02 -0000

Happy New Year to all the Kline family!

Re: Finally, Images for Blogger

JudyShreve — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:55:09 -0000

Some great pots -- love the bird plate!

Re: Boo Hoo and The Effects of Pottery on Hamsters

JudyShreve — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:20:57 -0000

I love how you keep it real -- don't we all have days like that?! - the 'what was I thinking' kinda days! Love the hamsters on Ron's pots -

Re: Reprint from the Pondering Potter and Beyond

JudyShreve — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:55:58 -0000

Lived in WV for a long time - worked at Dept. of Culture & History -- the museum featured HLC with an exhibit -- great to work with those guys - the 'wall of china' was amazing.

Re: Show Setup

JudyShreve — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:27:55 -0000

Looks good - hope sales are hot! Should be those are some sweet pots . .

Re: A Sampling

JudyShreve — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:49:09 -0000

Oh WOW -- nice!

Re: Waxing Moon, Waxing Pots

JudyShreve — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:39:29 -0000

These are looking great -- you've gotten into that 'painting' mode pretty quickly! I love the hollow rim bowls.
That's a great tip using the fiber for stacking -- and also the green scrubby -- I use that one a lot. Hard to believe it's time to fire the wood stove already -- but fall is feeling welcome this year after all the wet rains.

Re: Meltdown

JudyShreve — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:53:52 -0000

I hate when that happens -- good for you for just 'getting on with it.' It seems the rain has caused lots of problems for a lot of folks. Hope the sun is shining on you soon.

Re: ETSY Online Kiln Opening Today

JudyShreve — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:20:00 -0000

What a great idea to have your kiln opening sale at Etsy! Sure hope the pots fly off the shelf.

Re: Grouping

JudyShreve — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:04:50 -0000

these look great!

Re: FW: Set Up For 'Cousins'

JudyShreve — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:05:41 -0000

Hope you have a great turnout & good sales! Wish I could come . . .

Re: Goblets and Rhododendron

JudyShreve — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:52:02 -0000

Your goblets are gorgeous. If I were to order goblets I wouldn't want them to match so after drinking a few winefulls (is that a word?) I would know which one is mine because it would be slightly different.

The canoe trip sounds like just what I need . . .