Monthly Archives: August 2014

Letter to a young potter

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Carter Gillies

“So I only made one piece I liked in my pottery class & I’m pretty sure I put it on my cars roof and drove home. Hum…So much for that one.” This popped up in my fb feed from a … Continue reading →

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Asking ‘better’ questions about Art

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Carter Gillies

“Have you seen the movie Ghost? Is that local clay? Is the furnace your kiln? What kind of paint do we use. Do you do this all day?”— Typical questions to the artist from visitors at the pottery studio of … Continue reading →

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Repost: The aerobic exaggeration of ‘Carpe Diem’

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Carter Gillies

I can’t help but think of the film Dead Poets Society when I hear the phrase ‘Carpe Diem’, a film that examines the conditions of life and ends in suicide. Robin Williams helped stick seizing the day cleanly in my … Continue reading →

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Art and Exhibition

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Carter Gillies

Do you exhibit your art? Are you an ‘art’ exhibition-ist? Are you, in fact, an exhibitionist? Does exhibition live comfortably in your psyche, in your soul? Is putting yourself out there for public consumption nothing awkward, nothing against your normal … Continue reading →

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“Some days you are the puppet, and some days you are the hand”

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Carter Gillies

I wish I had thought of that myself, but credit goes to ‘The Clay Professor’, Steve Hansen, for at least first sharing it on the internet if not coming up with it himself. And it seems right, doesn’t it? Some … Continue reading →

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