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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Bysmerian in QotW: Where does one draw the line between deciding what is a second and what is OK to represent your name?
For me it is not pride or ego ... it is in my nature. I simply cannot sell a pot I believe to be a ‘second’ at any price.
I have learned that for me ... a ‘second’ is a second before bisque. Nothing in a firing is going to save it. No glaze or decoration is going to do magic. No raku voodoo is going to hide it. So I don’t bisque it. No piece is so precious it cannot be made again.
Set your own standards on what is a second for you, then live with it.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Babs in QotW: Where does one draw the line between deciding what is a second and what is OK to represent your name?
For me it is not pride or ego ... it is in my nature. I simply cannot sell a pot I believe to be a ‘second’ at any price.
I have learned that for me ... a ‘second’ is a second before bisque. Nothing in a firing is going to save it. No glaze or decoration is going to do magic. No raku voodoo is going to hide it. So I don’t bisque it. No piece is so precious it cannot be made again.
Set your own standards on what is a second for you, then live with it.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Magnolia Mud Research in QotW: Where does one draw the line between deciding what is a second and what is OK to represent your name?
For me it is not pride or ego ... it is in my nature. I simply cannot sell a pot I believe to be a ‘second’ at any price.
I have learned that for me ... a ‘second’ is a second before bisque. Nothing in a firing is going to save it. No glaze or decoration is going to do magic. No raku voodoo is going to hide it. So I don’t bisque it. No piece is so precious it cannot be made again.
Set your own standards on what is a second for you, then live with it.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Pres in QotW: Where does one draw the line between deciding what is a second and what is OK to represent your name?
For me it is not pride or ego ... it is in my nature. I simply cannot sell a pot I believe to be a ‘second’ at any price.
I have learned that for me ... a ‘second’ is a second before bisque. Nothing in a firing is going to save it. No glaze or decoration is going to do magic. No raku voodoo is going to hide it. So I don’t bisque it. No piece is so precious it cannot be made again.
Set your own standards on what is a second for you, then live with it.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Pres in QotW: Where does one draw the line between deciding what is a second and what is OK to represent your name?
Well, it depends. Are you going for a single sale or a repeat customer?
It’s bad enough when your early ‘good’ work comes back to haunt you ... cannot imagine how horrible it would be to meet a second in the hands of a potter I admire.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from SydneyGee in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
I'd like to see people choose one form ... Bowl, mug, vase, container, casserole ... And execute the form several times using different techniques ... Throwing, coiling, soft slab building, firm slab building, slump molds, hump mods, pinching, free form ... Whatever. Just test how many ways you can get to where you are going.
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Chris Campbell reacted to glazenerd in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
I second Chris's idea.
Nerd
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Chris Campbell reacted to Pres in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
Or even using the same technique/process in different ways to arrive at the same form. Ex. bowl thrown upside down and right side up, thrown with texture applied before shaping, thrown with texture after shaping, Thrown with double walls, thrown with colored combinations of clay, Thrown in multiple parts, Other variations I am sure are possible.
best,
Pres
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Jo-Ann in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
I'd like to see people choose one form ... Bowl, mug, vase, container, casserole ... And execute the form several times using different techniques ... Throwing, coiling, soft slab building, firm slab building, slump molds, hump mods, pinching, free form ... Whatever. Just test how many ways you can get to where you are going.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from LeeU in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
I'd like to see people choose one form ... Bowl, mug, vase, container, casserole ... And execute the form several times using different techniques ... Throwing, coiling, soft slab building, firm slab building, slump molds, hump mods, pinching, free form ... Whatever. Just test how many ways you can get to where you are going.
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Chris Campbell got a reaction from Babs in Submit Your Community Challenge Ideas
I'd like to see people choose one form ... Bowl, mug, vase, container, casserole ... And execute the form several times using different techniques ... Throwing, coiling, soft slab building, firm slab building, slump molds, hump mods, pinching, free form ... Whatever. Just test how many ways you can get to where you are going.