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| Nickname - Message |
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| vai It would be useful to see a little more of Edmund de Waal's
quoted statement. Is he advocating that we (but who?) become more and more
insular, more and more provincial, self absorbed in the contemplation of
our own belly button? |
| lnt hello this is a test form Aberystwyth |
| lnt vai are you live? |
| lnt bye |
| Jeffrey Testing |
| Graham Graham signing in at 1000BST Friday |
| Graham Welcome to the first live debate to be hosted by
Interpreting Ceramics. |
| Graham This debate will last for one week. |
| Graham Our first debate is timed to coincide with the Potters
Festival at Aberystwyth happening this weekend |
| Graham We want to know what YOU think the present role and
function of festivals and fairs like this is. |
| Jeffrey Graham, This is Jeff at Cardiff, just about to leave
for Aberystwyth, will contact you again when I get there. |
| Graham You can leave your comments and respond to points made
by other here at any time during the week. |
| Graham Please do drop in on Saturday between 1400 and 1600BST
though, when we hope to have a community discussing these issues live in
this space! |
| Graham Do take a moment to read what has been said previously
by checking out the 'previously discussed material' button on the welcome
page to see how far the conversation has got so far! |
| Graham Do check out also the 'Some comments to start the
debate' section. |
| Graham We look forward to hearing from you here! |
| moira Hello here I am hello Graham from Aberystwyth |
| nigel hi jeff |
| Jeff This is Jeff just arrived in Aberystwyth |
| nigel this is Nigel I am already here |
| Liz What do we think of it so far?? |
| Liz this is a really good do!! |
| liz something |
| natasha hello from natasha at Aber festival |
| jnybravo hi natasha |
| jnybravo i am in usa, north carolina |
| jnybravo tiny town of saxapahaw |
| natasha are you a potter? |
| jnybravo a newbie |
| jnybravo just started about a year ago after having a
stroke |
| jnybravo trying to learn |
| jnybravo loving the journey |
| natasha i'm kinda new to ceramics about four years now I make
figurative work |
| jnybravo ok, thats great, i have tried a couple pieces of small
sculpture |
| natasha i'm lucky enough to be working on a practice based PhD
at the moment in Cardiff, Wales |
| jnybravo enjoying the festival? |
| jnybravo sounds interesting. where is home |
| natasha yes i haven't been before people are beginning to
arrive and the excitments growing! |
| natasha Home will be cardiff from October onwards - just got a
post teaching at the art college |
| jnybravo cool, sounds like your art career is off to a good
start |
| natasha things are beginning to begin! How about you, can you
do your ceramics full time? |
| jnybravo i can when health permits, i make use of all the
quality time i have to work on my throwing skills |
| natasha is the ceramics helping your co ordination ? |
| jnybravo yes, seems to be |
| jnybravo helping, i have gotten most of everything back with
exception of my balance, which is atrocious |
| natasha thats wonderful - ceramics is an incredible material
isn't it |
| jnybravo i dont like to throw sitting so i raised my wheel and
moved it so i can lean against the wall |
| jnybravo no more back aches! |
| jnybravo yes its wonderful |
| jnybravo the possibilities are endless |
| jnybravo then after the piece is made, you start creating again
with the glazes |
| jnybravo just wonderful |
| jnybravo what type of clay do you use? |
| natasha in my work im trying to integrate the surface and form
of the figure - surface can add a totally new dimension |
| natasha I use st Thomas mainly - i want to learn more about
different firings but there so much to it |
| jnybravo i know, sometimes i dont end up with what i intend to
make, but i am never disapointed with the end result |
| natasha always leads to new things... |
| jnybravo to create something that may be around for thousands
of years |
| jnybravo its difficult to put the feelings into words |
| jnybravo hi jeff, welcome |
| Jeff Thanks for your welcome. I am here at Aberystwyth too and
looking forward to the weekend |
| jnybravo i could not be there in person but i am there in
spirit |
| jnybravo have fun natasha, enjoy the conference, i know you
will. i will be back shortly |
| jnybravo jeff, where is home |
| jnybravo i am in north carolina, usa |
| Jeff I am glad of the opportunity to talk to you. I am the
editor of Interpreting Ceramics and I have been worrying in case nobody
joined our discussion. Home for me is Bridgend, South Wales. |
| jnybravo ok, are you the nice person thats been sending the
emails posts reeminding us of the chat? |
| Jeff That's me! |
| jnybravo bounces around the channel. |
| jnybravo great, nice to chat with you.....sorry to run out
right now jeff, but i really must go for a while, i'll be back |
| Jeff Bye for now |
| jnybravo good luck with your teaching natasha |
| jnybravo later |
| natasha hello from Aber festival |
| Graham Hi folks...Graham signing in |
| Graham How is Aber Going? |
| natasha its growing |
| Graham In what way? |
| natasha people - sorry its growing with people and
excitment |
| Graham Sounds good...I was wondering (not having been to
it) |
| natasha first time for me too |
| Graham Whether it was mainly about potters talking to potters
or |
| Graham Potters talking to the public |
| Graham or a bit of both? |
| Jeff Graham, everything is fine and the technology is working.
We have made contact with someone in North Caro;ina |
| natasha don't know yet will report back |
| Graham Jeff that sounds good..NC is a great place for
traditional pottery |
| Graham A good place to see dozens of potters living and
working. |
| Graham Jeff - did you see my questions to Nat? What do you
think of Aber this year? |
| Graham Sorry about that...got cut off by my ISP |
| Graham Anyway folks, I am going to sign off for a while
now...enjoy the Festival! |
| natasha Bye graham from us all at Aber |
| jnybravo heeeelllooo........anybody out there? |
| jnybravo ooook......c u soon |
| sc hohoho |
| RichardGS For some time I have been struggling with the dealing
with the difference between functional pottery and ceramic sculpture been
grouped together |
| RichardGS by convenience and not for any esthetic
rationale. |
| natasha hello from Aber festival |
| natasha Billy Adams has juct given the most entertaining
demonstration - wonderfull stuff!! |
| Jeff Hello everyone, this is Jeff at Aberystwyth on Saturday
morning. I am looking forward to meeting up with you this afternoon at
1400 hrs British Summer Time. Until then, I am going to spend sometime
seeing what is going on here. Speak to you later. |
| Hello hello |
| Penny Hello |
| natasha Hello from Aber festival |
| LindaA Ceramics is a fortunate field. There is an interesting
amount of technique and process to be learned, but also significant
intellectual challenge in making work that speaks to other people of the
artists values. Fine Arts (with a big A Art) looks down on crafts as a
field of mindless techies in love with their materials, while Art deals
with ideas as the primary concern. But I think they do |
| LindaA But I think they dont get it. Technique and process lets
us do shop talk, socialize, learn from each other. We can do this w/o the
past cloak of trade secrecy because the value in the work is in the
personal artistic decisions in the work that give it meaning, not the tech
details. Its the live decisions of the artist, not the secret yellow glaze
that make the work have value. |
| LindaA All the process talk makes clay people a strong
community of networkers. The pottery fairs are an excuse to get together,
learn some things, but most of all exercise community and get invigorated
by the diversity and strength of the field, make new contacts. |
| LindaA Painters and sculptors dont have this in the same way.
Clay requires early on that you share equipment, and it socializes the
people who follow it. In the U.S. the National Council on Education for
the Ceramic Arts has done important work in helping advance the state of
ceramics education through group work and networking. |
| LindaA Wish I was at the festival! |
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