tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post7553867808610644446..comments2024-03-22T17:41:17.625+13:00Comments on Peter's Pottery: Unpacking the wood fired kiln...and sorting it all out!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-48983937151773944312009-06-25T02:35:34.224+12:002009-06-25T02:35:34.224+12:00What a wonderful collection of gorgeous pieces! I&...What a wonderful collection of gorgeous pieces! I'm having a hard time with the 10th commandment (thou shalt not covet)when I look at them.<br /><br />I'm late getting around to commenting, as I have been truly "laid low" with something influenza-like since Sunday afternoon (it's now Wednesday here.) Did your comment on my H14 hybrid lily (H1N1) have an influence on the influenza? LOL<br /><br />I see you have yet another post with lots of photos. I'm popping over there immediately.Pat - Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623638376731374600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-88245809740638836392009-06-23T06:01:26.959+12:002009-06-23T06:01:26.959+12:00Hi Kitty,
Postage... drives me nuts, but it would ...Hi Kitty,<br />Postage... drives me nuts, but it would be so much fun if you were able to visit and deal with postage that way! Do please include us on your itinerary!<br /><br />Hi Becky, thanks so much for that. I must admit that I would probably be just as happy writing as getting my hands in the mud.., but, in a different sort of a way. Working with clay on the wheel, when it is going right, can be pleasurable in a similar way to a satisfying yawn and stretch (I mean that in a really positive way). It is an expression of living, of tactile self, of humanity, of service and kindness too. Working with words and music, deals with the vulnerable soul. It can bring happiness like a dancing Mayfly over water, and move one to tears. Maybe I need to play with mud in order to have anything to write about!!?<br /><br />Goodness, did I just say all that! It is rather early in the morning (having had a rather restless night), and the gray cells have not gained all their daily inhibitions!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-16790015009087200462009-06-23T02:29:24.363+12:002009-06-23T02:29:24.363+12:00Peter! Congratulations! The results are simply gor...Peter! Congratulations! The results are simply gorgeous! I love the way you write; you're as gifted a story-teller as you are an artist! May your sales be many!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437041218959982478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-71705534414904535002009-06-22T23:09:07.295+12:002009-06-22T23:09:07.295+12:00Postage is a tricky one, it would have to go to UK...Postage is a tricky one, it would have to go to UK I think. Planning a NZ trip for next year so maybe I should just come and pick it up!Kitty Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079093101323521539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-79522172547676891102009-06-22T21:34:06.924+12:002009-06-22T21:34:06.924+12:00Hi Judy, Patti, and Linda, thanks for your continu...Hi Judy, Patti, and Linda, thanks for your continuing encouragement and support, I really do appreciate it, and often wish there wasn't quite so much ocean between us. Thanks for putting my comment on your blog Patti, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and really nice of you to feature it like that. <br /><br />Whew, it has been a busy day. We got home from Dunedin just before 9pm with some left over sandwiches and sausage rolls that were left over from the opening of the exhibition, and Laura is falling asleep in the chair. The morning was spent pricing and packing pots, well over 100 of them, to take to the exhibition. Afternoon was setting things up, and evening... the opening. <br /><br />The exhibition looks good from the street, and, with a mixture of paintings, sculpture, and my pots, there is a lot for people to look at when they get brave enough to enter the gallery door. I met some really nice people at the opening, some who are studying at the University here, and some lovely friends bought pots and bowls. I think there will be more sales in the week, but always hard to judge. My work completely filled three tables that were joined end to end and measured a total of 9 metres in length. I kept thinking, "how many people did all this??" <br /><br />I took the camera with me to the exhibition, but foolishly forgot to take any pictures, so will try to do some later in the week (on Thursday and Friday) when I go in to demonstrate how I make pots on the wheel.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-12581150824365401572009-06-22T02:59:11.553+12:002009-06-22T02:59:11.553+12:00Oh Peter, once again you have some wonderful pots....Oh Peter, once again you have some wonderful pots. The copper reds are lucious, some have a creamy look and others more of a magenta tone. I really both handleless jugs especially the multi-colored one, very nice indeed. You favorite jar is a gem.<br /><br />I see so many other wonderful looking pots in your load, you are truly amazing in your firings.<br /><br />I was laughing so at your description of the botoxed potters in front of the copper red filled kiln. Good luck getting organized for your show.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-5343418196135575532009-06-22T01:05:53.634+12:002009-06-22T01:05:53.634+12:00I am always amazed at what comes out of the kiln c...I am always amazed at what comes out of the kiln compared to what went in. Being a non potter, this is just short of magic to me.<br />Wonderful results.<br />I know your exhibition will go beautifully. Sorry but I won't be in the neighborhood.<br />I loved your comment yesterday so much that I made it part of my post today. You are as adept with words as you are with clay. Thanks Peter.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-27963750146478288132009-06-21T23:23:28.992+12:002009-06-21T23:23:28.992+12:00Peter - it looks like a brilliant firing! Those co...Peter - it looks like a brilliant firing! Those copper reds are luscious. Good luck with your exhibition -- you didn't leave yourself much time for the sorting - ha!Judy Shrevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817638135856406785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-13164147391111514012009-06-21T21:35:49.633+12:002009-06-21T21:35:49.633+12:00Just checked the time in Spain, it's 11.31am o...Just checked the time in Spain, it's 11.31am on Sunday. Much better, I was worried about you working late into the night! I really don't understand the time that Google add to the blog postings. Google time is probably arrived at in a hermetically sealed bunker somewhere that is full of strange whirring technical gizmos manned by pale young things of 10 years old wearing laboratory coats<br />!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-43351368804617372972009-06-21T21:30:24.830+12:002009-06-21T21:30:24.830+12:00Hi Kitty,
Is it really 2.11 am in Spain? You are ...Hi Kitty,<br />Is it really 2.11 am in Spain? You are lucky having met Michael Cardew. Amazingly there are a couple that live near here that met up with him in Africa many years ago and have a lovely collection of traditional African pots. I had the great joy of having a few hours fondling their collection a year or two ago. Just magical! <br /><br />If you really would like one of the bowls, we can attempt to send one to you. Still not sure about this posting overseas thing, but it is a skill that I will have to learn in order to survive (splendid isolation is all very well, but there aren't enough people here to really keep body and soul together as a potter..., especially one of the wood fired variety)! I really must organize a simple web page with photos of my work and sizes and prices, etc.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078608554226394069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580639918656230427.post-62236488182107918322009-06-21T21:11:45.654+12:002009-06-21T21:11:45.654+12:00It looks like a really good firing; I would love o...It looks like a really good firing; I would love one of those bowls. I think you are a pioneer potter too, I once met Michael Cardew at Winchcombe, and it was the most amazing moment that nearly went wrong. He was completely magical and like a wizard in one moment he was there and the next gone, he played his recorder. I will post about it one day, it is a good story that I had forgotten about until now.Kitty Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079093101323521539noreply@blogger.com