Chris Campbell Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be sculptural or functional? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artpottery Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be decorative or functional? Why? No question I would want to be porcelain sculpture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuma Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be decorative or functional? Why? Both. I think that clay affords more than just one purpose owing to its plastic character. I am a Libra, thus balance and more than one view is fun for me. I would be a sculptural vase with faces and forms from several views. The figures hold the flowers and fruits of the garden in the vase, and also provide a metaphor for the fruition of actions. Mary Anne Lisney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonpots Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Ooohhhh.....I would definitely be sculptural. As a retired RN, I have been way to functional all of my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Well, I would have to be beautiful and functional - lovely to handle and look at and a joy to use. I would probably take myself to the desert island! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azjoe Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 One of the things that gives me considerable pleasure in life is helping others... so I guess I'd be more happy as a functional piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Altmann Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I would be as beautiful as the most glorious vase from the Ming dynasty, so that those who get great pleasure from looking at me will wonder how the potter could have sculptured anything so beautiful. And I would be as functional as the hands of that potter, so that those fortunate enough to watch me working at my wheel will be in awe of the beautiful, fluid dance of my two hands as I make this vase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overglazed Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Functional for sure - I'd want to be usefull/used. I'm purpose driven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Oka Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I would be like the earthenware of Veuve Perrin functional but too beautiful to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paula Patton Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Functional for sure, I've never been one to stand around and look pretty without something to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I would not care to define myself in this manner. It is sort of like asking for "race". Race should not matter. I'm ceramic, born of clay. best, ................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Moreno Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Hi everybody: I'll be functional, I always want to make things that can serve/help people, in some way is my mission in life. Greetings from Colombia, South America, Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meggie Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I would be a piece of decorative pottery because I see myself as decorative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marciab Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be decorative or functional? Why? I would be a functional very sculptural teapot. I would also have an amazing intricate carved design. As a perfect plus unlike every single coffee pot we have owned my spout would not drip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayfolk Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I would be functional, useful, because a functional piece can also be sculptural and stand on its own as an interesting, beautiful and thought-provoking statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfarerotuerto Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 In all of this, let's remember that sculpture has a function - to be seen, and sometimes to be enjoyed! And if it's ugly or degenerate (in whose eyes?) it's at the very least educational. John Klure, Riverside, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 After sitting on my rear for too long not doing much with a broken ankle I would want to be a coffee addict's favorite cup/mug ! Color me functional ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecheesepottery Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 There is beauty in all things clay... so I'd choose to be a beautiful piece serving both form and function that would never get hidden away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace Pottery Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I would be a beautiful piece of functional stoneware, that mellows with age. Pottery can be sculptural and functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RjM Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be decorative or functional? Why? Without a doubt, I would be both for the sheer enjoyment of beauty and intrigue that comes with sculpture yet to be pratical in my function of everyday life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEP Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Definitely functional. I like the idea of being useful, but really my reasons are more selfish than noble, it's just that I would get really bored if I had nothing to do. Mea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I was going to post something here about how I hope this isn't the beginning of a series of incredibly silly questions, but decided not to offend anyone by doing so. jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I was going to post something here about how I hope this isn't the beginning of a series of incredibly silly questions, but decided not to offend anyone by doing so. jim Jim, Nope.... the existing question pool ranges all over the place from mainly for fun to serious. Ceramists come from all sorts of "directions" in what they find engaging and useful....... so it will vary a lot from time to time deliberately. And what some people find "unnecessary" as to a discussion, others will find that valuable stuff comes out of it. And vice versa. As I have mentioned in my Facebook postings linking to these questions........... if you have suggestions for possible questions please privately email them to me. We might already have it on the "list", and that will help maybe "push" it to the top choice. I'll get whatever you send into the "loop" with the other Board members and if it is one we think will "work", you will likely see it turn up eventually. best, .....................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowes Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Functional, because decorative just doesn't suit my visage any longer ;-) I would prefer to be a treasured everyday use piece, with some chipped edges and a nice matte glaze outside and something shiny for the liner. That may not be decorative, but it sure is a beautiful thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Thanks for the great responses to our first question! We are looking forward to reading what our Forum friends have to say this week. Don't be shy, we all want to hear from you. What is your take on this next question ... If you were a piece of pottery, would you be decorative or functional? Why? This is a tough one, but I would be functional-function so well that I am never left on a shelf. So pleasing to use that my value becomes priceless, too much to lose, and too much not to use. I would be ingeniously useful, so that one thinks of why I am the way I am, and why it pleases one to use me. I would hopefully cause the owner to be more cognizant of whom they are and why they exist when relating to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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