November 9, 2009
I think a user's awareness of the intended function adds to the piece and further communicates with the user what I was thinking, but it doesn't have to be important for the pot to be enjoyed. There are some pots I make, particularly the baking dishes, that are intended to move from oven to table (utility to presentation) in a way that I think truly enhances them and adds another level of information/communication with the user. But, it doesn't bother me if someone prefers to enjoy a piece for simply its visual aspects; that's a lovely compliment all on its own.Already Registered? Please sign in.
September 29, 2008
Even though I don't spend as much time in the studio as I think I should, it's easy to have my brain stuck there, thinking about what needs done—how dry those mugs have become, how to fire the fountain I made with my nephew (hoping his five-year-old glaze job won't ruin my shelves). There are about a million things like this that I'm sure we all deal with. But it's nice get out of my own studio (and out of my own head) to check out what's going on in other peoples' studios. The great thing about putting this little feature together is that I don't have to go to all of their studios (though that could be ...
