I continue to develop my creative soul. I have veered far, far away from the Greek ceramics angle, or the Asian ceramics angle (though Ms. Gergely is not abreast), and toward the Avalon ceramics angle, which is as follows. (See Coda, below.)
I am making three series of pieces for the art show. The first one comprises the eggs which have already been described in detail in the annals of this blog. As the show will revive around raising funds for Japan post-earthquake, I am going to call that series Hatching Hope. Thus far, the Hatching series is composed of fourteen eggs of varying sizes. I am going to leave it at that for the moment because I have yet to make the other series.
The second series will be called Planting Hope, and will consist of flower pots in traditional shapes. These should go faster because I do not intend to burnish them. I hope to end up with at least ten good-sized (final height >8 in.) pots. I may need to make more than that if some break.
The third series is to be called Illuminating Hope and will be made up of ~10 small (<5 in. ht) lanterns. I have made a lantern in my previous Artistic career and it is bitchin', and it also took me about a week to complete, so the lanterns in the Illumination series are going to be much smaller and much less complex. I will take the wrong end of a pencil, and a miniature star cookie cutter (or maybe something else), and make aesthetically pleasing cutouts in the wall of a small piece, approximately the shape of my eggs from the Hatching Hope series. Note that this third series is entirely conceptual at the moment and I do not know if I shall have time to make it at all, but I would like to. Three is such a nice round number.
Coda: I like original stuff, you know? I mean, the Greeks did what they did, and did it well, but they did it a damn long time ago, and there is certainly wisdom to be gleaned from it, but wouldn't you rather see new, never-before-seen-or-thought-of, pulled-from-the-virgin-shores-of-my-imagination Art?
I am making three series of pieces for the art show. The first one comprises the eggs which have already been described in detail in the annals of this blog. As the show will revive around raising funds for Japan post-earthquake, I am going to call that series Hatching Hope. Thus far, the Hatching series is composed of fourteen eggs of varying sizes. I am going to leave it at that for the moment because I have yet to make the other series.
The second series will be called Planting Hope, and will consist of flower pots in traditional shapes. These should go faster because I do not intend to burnish them. I hope to end up with at least ten good-sized (final height >8 in.) pots. I may need to make more than that if some break.
The third series is to be called Illuminating Hope and will be made up of ~10 small (<5 in. ht) lanterns. I have made a lantern in my previous Artistic career and it is bitchin', and it also took me about a week to complete, so the lanterns in the Illumination series are going to be much smaller and much less complex. I will take the wrong end of a pencil, and a miniature star cookie cutter (or maybe something else), and make aesthetically pleasing cutouts in the wall of a small piece, approximately the shape of my eggs from the Hatching Hope series. Note that this third series is entirely conceptual at the moment and I do not know if I shall have time to make it at all, but I would like to. Three is such a nice round number.
Coda: I like original stuff, you know? I mean, the Greeks did what they did, and did it well, but they did it a damn long time ago, and there is certainly wisdom to be gleaned from it, but wouldn't you rather see new, never-before-seen-or-thought-of, pulled-from-the-virgin-shores-of-my-imagination Art?
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