[Clayart] Clayart Digest, Vol 87, Issue 6
Mitch Levison
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Sun Feb 5 19:04:47 UTC 2023
How inspiring to hear about Colleen. Thanks Mel.
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> 1. Re: Clayart Digest, Vol 87, Issue 5 (bill geisinger)
> 2. Th Pucker Gallery (Michael)
> 3. Re: february blues (Gail Dapogny)
> 4. pictures from Vince (Gregg Lindsley)
> 5. Re: Th Pucker Gallery (Sue Cline)
> 6. Gail/Colleen/long story (mel jacobson)
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> From: bill geisinger <billgeisinger at gmail.com>
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> Good to see those kilns again! It is fun to remember them with the anticipation of a firing and all that is involved.
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>> 1. PICS of your firing (Michael)
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>> From: Michael <clayart at earthlink.net>
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>> Subject: [Clayart] PICS of your firing
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>> Carolyn, I would love to see some pictures of this firing! Mike Gordon
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>> I hope that Gregg Lindsley is monitoring Clayart. A few weeks ago I
>> mentioned some East Asian kilns in reference to Mel's question about early
>> use of kiln shelves. Gregg asked if I could share some of those images, and
>> I am sorry it took so long. Go to https://www.vincepitelka.com/ephemera/ to
>> see the images. Click on any one of them to see a larger view, and click on
>> the little icon in the upper right to see a further enlargement. You'll
>> need to click on that same icon to return to the normal enlargement or the
>> selection.
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>> - Vince
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> From: Michael <clayart at earthlink.net>
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> www.puckergallery.com
> click on upcoming exhibitions
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> "The Beauty of Use"
> Yoshinori Hagiwara
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> From: Gail Dapogny <gdapogny at umich.edu>
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> Mel, please remind us of who and what Coleen is.
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>> On Jan 31, 2023, at 10:11 PM, mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com> wrote:
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>> ?It is that time again. it was -26F this morning. all of my
>> ceramic, pottery equipment is frozen solid. we have had so
>> much snow that three of our kiln covers have cracked rafters
>> and are falling in. No kilns hurt. I did put some 3/4 inch
>> pipe from concrete floor to rafters above my small stoneware.
>> It does help the blues crash in on me. But, it is winter and
>> things happen. I am snug in my house, and all is well. And we are a bit
>> concerned about flooding this spring. My house is 12 feet above the
>> flood plain. No worries for me.
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>> I am full go in a new book.(about a hundred hours) the title is: "Letters to Colleen".
>> the books direction is all the stories and adventures I have had
>> in my life and have chatted with Colleen about, she has done the
>> same and her stories are included. About 70% of the book is clay
>> related. The book is not going to be for sale. Most of my older pals
>> on clayart know the stories already.
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>> This book is electronic and will be put away for my GreatGreatGrandson
>> to read when he is 35. His name is Melvin. A brand new "good" thumb drive, wrapped
>> in water proof plastic and at the bottom of my fireproof safe.
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>> A great cure for the blues is sitting at a computer and writing your own
>> story for your future family. it is the story of your life. And many forget
>> that it is important. If nothing else, write the story of your clay life, how it
>> started, how you love it. It will give future people a glimpse as to your value as
>> an artist/craftsperson. Memorize that all the text messages and emails will be
>> flushing down the electronic hole.
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>> It is like saving some of your best work for your future family, not born yet.
>> They deserve to know you had great value and you were not marching down to the
>> cliff with the lemmings in 2023.
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>> You are part of that valued gang of men and women potters that goes back thousands of
>> years..Those that solved the problems. Earth,Fire and Water. The clay vessel.
>> Love to all, mel
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>> website: www.melpots.com
>> www.melpots.com/CLAYART.HTML
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> From: Gregg Lindsley <gerrg42 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Clayart] pictures from Vince
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> Thanks Vince! those are some spectacular pictures. Such work!
> I do monitor Clayart regularly, soit was good to spot your pics.
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> From: Sue Cline <scline0149 at gmail.com>
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> I am excited to view the entire exhibit. Pucker generally creates a video tour.
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> Sue Cline
> Cincinnati, OH, USA
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>> On Feb 4, 2023, at 5:33 PM, Michael <clayart at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> www.puckergallery.com
>> click on upcoming exhibitions
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>> "The Beauty of Use"
>> Yoshinori Hagiwara
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> From: mel jacobson <melpots at mail.com>
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> Subject: [Clayart] Gail/Colleen/long story
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> Colleen came to me 11 years ago. She was a drop out of college
> and almost ready to do herself in.
> Her family was dear friends, all from Hopkins and her grandpa
> taught with me. She refused to do vagina pots and obscene art with metaphore.
> they would not let her do wheel work as it was vo-tech. A painting teacher
> was not appropriate. She was pissed.
>
> She packed up and went home. went to her room and would not come out.
> they took her to a psychiatrist and they were all worried.
> Grandpa said. "Just give her to Mel, he will find a way."
> they came to my living room Colleen, and her Dad.
>
> I finally said in a loud voice. "Colleen, what do you want?"
> She looked at me and said. "I wanna make pots on a wheel, paint and draw
> like you do!"
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> I wanted an 18 year old girl in my studio esp with `issues` like the plague.
> So I tested her after showing her some simple problems on the wheel.
> her pots were as good as mine. She was a natural, and the best student I have
> ever had. I kept her. My wife monitored us in the studio. And Colleen bonded
> with Sharlene. She found what she was seeking. Honest hard work, a place to be herself
> and people around her that thought they way she did. She is a person of value.
>
> She became a lovely, talented, ideal craftswomen. As I live here in the woods in Wisconsin
> she runs our pottery in Minnetonka. Her presence is perfect.
> You will have to read the book, at least the first 25 pages. It is her story and then I use
> the theme of her story and her life next to me, and that is a vehicle for me to write my own
> story of my life as a potter, telling all the stories that Colleen lived with.
>
> I dedicated the book to my new great great grandson, Melvin Richards, age 1
> I hope he reads this book at 35, and will have comparisons to his own life. good or bad.
> A thumb drive with the book on it, will be placed in a water proof container and be buried at
> the bottom of my fire proof safe. I tell people that at 88 I want all issues taken care of.
> I want to leave things to my grandchildren..good pots, paintings and an attitude of hard work, dedication
> to helping others and find contentment in their own life. If you do not write the stories in your own
> hand, they will never know what value came from our being.
>
> It is poetic that Colleen's college was the UofM, Duluth. The board of regents dropped the entire art
> curriculum, fired all the profs and kept three on hand to teach "recreational art." At the time
> I was quoted as saying "they committed suicide and were to dumb to know why." As tenured professors
> they had the right to demand obscene "smart" art. And the board of regents had the right to drop the program.
>
> Collen and I went back to college. The U of M, main campus/ She majored in art, with a clay specialty.
> We used the "British Method". Making fun of them without them knowing. She was armed with a great many tools
> and confidence. She was the star of the art department. She went to school with no tatoos, no piercing, wore
> good make-up and made the best stuff you ever saw. She made a family portrait. Hand built and she asked the
> prof what clay to use for hand building and he said. "clay is clay, use whatever we have in boxes". Her print teacher'
> told the kids to go to u-tube and they would find out how to print. He never gave a demo.
> Her Portrait was a group of slab pots 4 feet tall. And we came up with the idea of cheo.pets. Grass and plant
> life coming out of their heads. Colleen and her mom wrote the most hilarous paper I have ever read. Then she told
> the prof she wanted to "salt fire her family". He said the kiln was broken and did work. So, without direction
> or professional guidance she fired the salt kiln to perfection. I talked to through the firing with phones. She
> added about 15 lbs of salt. The used one cup. She fired to cone 11, they fired to cone 9. It was said that she fixed
> the salt kiln. Her family went on boxes into the main lobby of the Warren MacKenzie memorial building, and not teachers throwing.
> mel I will put a picture on the clayart website, Colleen's family, salt glaze, cone 11.
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