tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post1028509833184209974..comments2024-03-22T17:41:17.625+13:00Comments on Peter's Pottery: Geese, Spoonbills, Greek pots, Fermentation, and Firing!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-81232863713698971822014-07-08T18:53:37.971+12:002014-07-08T18:53:37.971+12:00Hi Patti,
Lovely to hear from you. "Romance&q...Hi Patti,<br />Lovely to hear from you. "Romance", I must do something to keep that alive... we mustn't let this potter get too electrical or unromantic!! I have been thinking quite a bit lately about the wood fired kiln, so I will do my best to wake it from its long sleep in a week or two! I should fire a love heart in it, just for you!! :)<br /><br />Hi Anna,<br />Interesting that you haven't seen the spoonbills for a while. I always think of Australia when I see the spoonbills here, as I think that the ones in NZ actually migrated here from your country. I'll have to look up the straw necked ones that you mention. <br /><br />Hi Meredith,<br />Good to hear from you. Thank you so much for your encouragement!<br /><br />Hi Melissa,<br />I remember talking to a potter who had been making pots for 30 or more years, and him saying how he always looked forward to going to his studio, as there was always something new to learn, Now that I am potting, I can really understand what he meant!<br /><br />Hi Linda,<br />It has been fun doing the stylized handles. The pots really asked for them when I was making them, and didn't feel complete without them!<br />I must have a look online too, and see if someone has filmed spoonbills in flight, it is a magnificent sight.<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-66608102724735272682014-07-08T03:24:36.927+12:002014-07-08T03:24:36.927+12:00Oh I am liking the stylized handles on the vases e...Oh I am liking the stylized handles on the vases especially the large one in the last photo group, how wonderful to see the spoonbills, never saw white ones only the roseate in florida. Like Patti I'll have to google their flight as well.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-90626554414787025402014-07-07T08:30:55.167+12:002014-07-07T08:30:55.167+12:00Thanks for the explanation of how you made the vas...Thanks for the explanation of how you made the vases. There's always lots to learn!Melissa Rohrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483066813883556359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-46073112399677649342014-07-07T05:54:39.475+12:002014-07-07T05:54:39.475+12:00Those vases are fabulous. It's great to read y...Those vases are fabulous. It's great to read you again.<br />cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-4292306013348046092014-07-07T00:58:15.805+12:002014-07-07T00:58:15.805+12:00Great post, looking forward to seeing the glazed r...Great post, looking forward to seeing the glazed results of your Greek vases. Its ages since I've seen any spoonbill ibis here in Oz, the Strawnecked are everywhere and have adapted to city life. I've seen geese gone feral along the rivers in Nthn NSW..Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620588456375419442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-76464607629684564852014-07-07T00:34:33.557+12:002014-07-07T00:34:33.557+12:00Lucky you to get to see spoonbills. I will have to...Lucky you to get to see spoonbills. I will have to Google their flight. You have made me curious. <br />LOVE those pots. Just amazing and different from the norm. <br />Kind of miss the romance of you tending the wood fired kiln but know the electric must be so much easier. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-6176304422241796332014-07-07T00:11:40.312+12:002014-07-07T00:11:40.312+12:00Hi Teresa,
Really lovely to hear from you. Thank y...Hi Teresa,<br />Really lovely to hear from you. Thank you for the encouragement regarding the writing..., I was fairly tired when I wrote this one, so I wasn't too sure if I was even making sense! The sense of kinship with those who came before is a special and wonderful part of working with clay, and I also found it whilst painting, especially when I went through a period of making my own paint. I wonder if you have a sense of those who came before when you are writing?<br /><br />Hello Anonymous,<br />How nice that the mention of spoonbills brought back such a lovely memory. I suspect that memories are often better than photos, although photos can be handy to trigger them. Of course I was camera-less on the evening when I actually got close enough to a spoonbill to have taken a good photo! And then I saw it lift off into the last of the light against a backdrop of vast, stormy grey-blue sky.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-34981650180538751702014-07-06T17:00:43.148+12:002014-07-06T17:00:43.148+12:00Lovely post Peter. The section about spoonbills ev...Lovely post Peter. The section about spoonbills evoked an Aaah! moment of my own, seeing them caught by the rays of setting Sun as they flew to roost in the nearby trees. Unforgettable!<br /> There seems to be no end to an imaginative potter's innovative progress!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-65417940442099122472014-07-06T10:23:36.151+12:002014-07-06T10:23:36.151+12:00Peter, This is such a wonderful post, beautifully ...Peter, This is such a wonderful post, beautifully written. I love the bit of humor involving the spoonbills and would so love to see them in flight. <br /><br />Your talk of time travel as it relates to pottery and the kinship you feel with those who came before is such a lovely thought, and fills me with a reassuring sense of the continuity of life as expressed in our creative lives.<br /><br />I so enjoyed reading this ...Teresa Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05495114564099989481noreply@blogger.com