Clay action...

Some potters do things together...

At a Clay Club meeting, 2015, at John Britt's studio, I'm in the brown shirt with yellow purse.  We're considering test tiles showing results of different formulas for glazes.  That's John's specialty, and we learned a lot. Going to one of his workshops or reading his books would be even more information! But the Clay Club still is meeting once a month somewhere in western North Carolina.

 Fine balancing act between Cindi and Charles, with Barbara watching...glazing a large platter!

Oh yes, another famous potter, Picasso.

Don Reitz, a potter master who died in 2014.  I saw one of his pots at the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, FL last month!

I love reading the few potters blogs that are left.  We're a dying breed I think.  Here's a few of my favorite links in case you're in the mood to learn how we tick.

NC Clay Club

Blue Starr Gallery 

Patricia Griffin Ceramics

Future Relics Pottery

NCECA (National Council on the Education for Ceramic Arts) Blog

Ceramic Artists Now 

Tony Clennell

John Baumman 

Meesh's Pottery 

WhyNot Pottery

The Smart Cat

and more that will appear in the right column of my blog!

I'm missing some of my old time favorites, people must have found a new/different way of sharing.  I'm sad, because I like this meme.  But I admit many of the same folks now post over on Facebook, and they are my friends there as well.  However, I just cut back on using Facebook because of it's editorial limitations.

I'm linking to Sepia Saturday this week, because out of all those young caddies, how many of them might become masters at anything....and yet, it's possible!

The caddies and Caddy Master.

Thanks for stopping by, and please feel free to comment.  I'm getting a bit lonesome here in blogland!

Today's quote:

Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence, yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY

 

Reflections in St. Pete FL

Some forced cherry blossoms in St. Petersburg FL (or perhaps they were actually blooming someplace in Feb!) I had thought they were quince.

A building within reflective glass of another building in downtown St. Petersburg, FL.

The corner of Second and Second, even got to name a business the same.

Weekend Reflections

Today's quote:

People decide to live their truth, even when doing so isn’t simple. Each and every one of them had the courage to say – this is who I am even if you’ll crucify me for it. Just like Jesus did.”  Cheryl Strayed from Tiny Beautiful Things

Water Vessel

For the month of March, I'm sharing some of my favorite things at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, FL.

Not easy to find, the owl

Thus I learn a lot about women's activities...hauling water in artistic vessels, having fans for cooling oneself, and a vessel especially for ritual libations. (I wonder whether they were wine or not.) And a kalathos was a basket for wool.  I loved reading there might have been a mystery cult associated with "the distant city of Athens"...with the owl as its symbol!

I apologize for not getting the date and place for this piece.  Maybe I should go back just to see it!

Today's Quote:

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

Vaclav Havel