Rae Reich Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 Throwing! Ah, zen, M.C.Richards, yes! up to the point where I need to be critical, then, "it's a bxxch" All else is handwork/handbuilding (conscious) and the Stones, blues, jazz, eclecticism (Nigel Kennedy plays Hendrix and The Doors on violin). I do love Lennon & Harrison & Donovan & Marvin Gaye too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 pres, please name another movie in which pottery is even mentioned. you might not like it but it gave lots of would-be potters the impetus to start. Please tell me I am not the only one who pays disproportionate attention to the pots in The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings and netflix's Marco Polo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 I throw pots, I handbuild creepy animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 pres, please name another movie in which pottery is even mentioned. you might not like it but it gave lots of would-be potters the impetus to start. Please tell me I am not the only one who pays disproportionate attention to the pots in The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings and netflix's Marco Polo? You are not. I kept looking at the wares in Game of Thrones, thinking, "Hmmm, I wonder what kind of clay body that is?..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 well, of course we all look at the background pots and any that come forward during any movie or TV show, i mean what movie that has FEATURED making pottery as part of the story. used to love watching oprah when she had the set with all the pots. who made them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRankin Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 The show Madam Secretary has a lot of pots on her shelves and I also think of the clay body and who made them. I tried to research how they choose pots to display but didn't get very far. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 maybe bought at oprah's yard sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Eberhardt Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Piffle to both! Give me the Moody Blues any day of the week! Currently, I'm a thrower, but I hope to get in to hand building, someday soon. They have a wonderful class at the local guild, and once the dust settles from day to day life, I think I'll give it a go. So many choices...... I know I'll never master any of them. I have more years behind me than I have left ahead of me, sorry to say. But, any time spent in the studio is heaven on earth to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae Reich Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 pres, please name another movie in which pottery is even mentioned. you might not like it but it gave lots of would-be potters the impetus to start. Please tell me I am not the only one who pays disproportionate attention to the pots in The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings and netflix's Marco Polo? You are not. I kept looking at the wares in Game of Thrones, thinking, "Hmmm, I wonder what kind of clay body that is?..." Star Trek: The Next Generation has all kinds of interesting ceramics, dinnerware and sculptural. Klingon flagons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thank you all for your inputs! Like many of you, I'am going back and forth too, sometimes throwing, sometimes (much more often) hand building. And what Marcia said: a combination of those two techniques. When I'am back in Switzerland, in June, I'll try a combination of casting and hand building. Maybe Elaine is right and hand building needs more patience than throwing? But then again, I remember how much patience I needed until I could center on the wheel. Really sad is when the health is getting in the way, like Judy (welcome Judy!) experienced. Mostly it's not either/or for many potters but working with different techniques. Music: Neil: Nice try! You almost got me changing my technique style... But I'm too old for throwing with a partner... You can't always get what you want... Elaine: Enjoy the Stones in Ohio! Benzine: I can get no satisfaction from your question about the music groups (giggle) MarkC: unfortunately your avatar is blank..... It's all over now...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 OK, so it only gets worse, as Naked Gun 2 1/2 weeks had a Nielson spoof of Ghost throwing scene. Then there is the little know Japanese film from 50's that I saw in Hawaii growing up Ugetsu. All in all, not much out there. However, when Ghost came out the snickers and the jokes, the explanations to questions and so many other things went on and on every time I demonstrated it was a bit frustrating. No no one missed that film, and all wanted the erotic experience, and yet none could have understood the true eroticism of the wheel. Kind of soured the movie for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Then there is the little know Japanese film from 50's that I saw in Hawaii growing up Ugetsu. I show "Ugetsu Monogatari" in my History of Japanese Ceramics class. That is a GREAT film for potters. Potters as the protagonists. Very accurate sets and lots of great background images. Japanese language, with subtitles. Not sure if Steven Branfman's Potters Shop bookstore handles it or not. A number of times when I have been living in Japan for a few months I have found there are sometimes routine TV show drama programs that feature potters as the main characters. I remember one not long ago where the "crisis" the potter was experiencing was that the clay body and glazes were weeping..... and a huge career making commission hung in the balance. Much angst, testing, and travel to consult with other masters to solve the issue was involved. (Only in Japan!) best, ....................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 that story line would only work in the usa if the protagonist was a pitcher and the leather cover on the ball caused an allergy and a beautiful woman found a way to save the pitcher after agonizing pain for the pitcher and lots of love scenes having nothing to do with anything. pottery??wassat?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I showed Ugetsu to my classes as well. Love the movie. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Slab work comes easier to me. But I do throw a lot of pieces...into the recycle bucket. Jed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc McMillan Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm a thrower, while listening to the Beatles. But, I'd like to incorporate more handbuilding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Jed: you are too funny.... Marc: well that is a forthright answer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Back in the day: Phil Ochs, Cream, Edith Piaf, New Jersey do-wop, Baroque trumpet - hand building. In between--bits of most everything world-wide, except anything that makes the ears bleed or is utterly rageful Sorta-kinda now: Lindsey Stirling, Turkish Groove (don't ask, just a pleasant passing fancy), music referenced in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series - hand building & wheel (toe in the water stage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtRoads Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 100% hand building using slabs. Rarely listen to music these days but watch something on Netflix, HBO Go, or cable recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypotterlady Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Definitely throwing and (trimming)!! From my first experience in college ('69) until 10 min. ago when I just finished trimming and pulling handles for mugs, I've been obsessed with throwing. Now that I have finished trimming, I get to do my 2nd most favorite thing: carving or sgraffito. Ah the bliss!! I have done some hand-built, and have enjoyed it, but it doesn't satisfy me on the same level as throwing. Also my customers are way more attracted to my thrown work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surubee Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 About 90 percent of my work is thrown and trimmed on the wheel, though sometimes carved and altered, too. I find it easy and satisfying in a way that I just do not ever feel about hand building. Pretty much the only time I do hand building is when I am showing someone else how to make something - then when I'm done, I go back to my wheel. Beatles, Stones, Classic Rock and Classical - all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted June 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I love all your answers and especially, that most of you refered also to the music you like (or liked in the past)! A short time ago my niece held her earphones to MY ear and I had for a few seconds to listen to a very loud Taylor Swift..... awwwwww, not my piece of cake at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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