tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post1524624950465923518..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: Kiln Building in 1990 -A pictorial essay.soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-67038416417819556352010-02-17T08:57:42.482-06:002010-02-17T08:57:42.482-06:00I could do with some!
Getting my workshop going ag...I could do with some!<br />Getting my workshop going again and learning how to fire a gas kiln whilst getting the jobcentre to believe that I AM looking for a job in the rapidly shrinking jobmarket is not easy!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-52276091053874434532010-02-15T17:53:23.800-06:002010-02-15T17:53:23.800-06:00gz. -I'm not sure which year it was... Ha. I d...gz. -I'm not sure which year it was... Ha. I did something really stupid just then. I called up a pic on my computer and checked properties! Of course, in the olden days, when we had 35mm film, mr Kodak didn't record what date and time and camera settings were used on every image...<br />But, for your input to the potters camp at Aber, I thank you. I do know what goes into such events, having been involved in those same days with organising the Northern Potters Camp at Bretton Hall, and in running other shows. <br />The ticket-paying visitor often seems to think these things happen by magic, they don't see the work that goes on months before, or after, or during, or realise that you spent half the night working.<br />So here's a belated thanks. Have a bowlful of good karma!soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-7402812903443793772010-02-15T17:41:08.356-06:002010-02-15T17:41:08.356-06:00Jim, it's a long story, if I had a time-machin...Jim, it's a long story, if I had a time-machine, maybe I'd go back and call tails instead of heads in a few places.<br />But then... Maybe I would not have experienced some of the good things, met some of the good friends.<br />If I'd stayed potting all that time, might I be burning out with it now? As it is, I'm re-lighting the flame, loving to see all the things that have happened whilst I've been away!soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-49482875181391913692010-02-15T09:38:11.585-06:002010-02-15T09:38:11.585-06:00I came via Matt Grimmit's blog, I think.
If t...I came via Matt Grimmit's blog, I think.<br /><br />If that was 1987 that was the second festival at Aber (and the third one, the first being at Newport, Gwent)<br />I had the dubious privilege of being the treasurer for the first one at Aber.<br />That was a job and a half!!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-66253411590038698502010-02-15T09:12:25.381-06:002010-02-15T09:12:25.381-06:00love the step by step photographs... someday maybe...love the step by step photographs... someday maybe i'll tackle that. the picture of you're getting out of pottery is becoming more clear. nothing like the government for extracting the soul out of something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-14903460139763196662010-02-14T16:11:55.935-06:002010-02-14T16:11:55.935-06:00Descartes: You have it there in a nutshell. To be ...Descartes: You have it there in a nutshell. To be successful you have to be good at self-promotion and business.<br />I hated all that, just wanted to make pots. If I had the resources, I'd just make pots and leave them by the roadside for people to take or leave, as they wished.<br />No more of that trying to set a value. Trying to explain why my stuff costs more than something plooted out by a machine.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-86041365200708057102010-02-14T16:07:23.929-06:002010-02-14T16:07:23.929-06:00gz: that was Aber, back in ooh'86? 87?
Some of...gz: that was Aber, back in ooh'86? 87?<br />Some of the students who'd got a free pass as volunteer workers mysteriously evaporated once they were on site, I'd gone as a ticket holder, but I'm an easy touch, so I said "gimme a job", and Paul Soldner said<br />"Over here".<br />It was memorable. I met some wonderful and inspiring people, had a great time, and came back with a vanful of goodies. <br /><br />How did you find your way to this blog? Didja google Aber, or something?soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-63828077624541252972010-02-14T15:47:44.109-06:002010-02-14T15:47:44.109-06:00The Wife had a brief fling with pottery and she ev...The Wife had a brief fling with pottery and she even did bit of that whole Raku thing-wonderfully scary bit of business that.<br /><br />The only other potter I know also gave it up after a moderate amount of success due to varied and sundry financial annoyances. <br /><br />If only there were some way to be an artist without all that bother of being a business person as well.Descarteshttp://www.ifyouwriteit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-77784714831952695032010-02-14T15:37:58.563-06:002010-02-14T15:37:58.563-06:00It is good to know that materials do get used afte...It is good to know that materials do get used after Aber. Lucky you with a van!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.com