Catching up.

02/07/2010 in Uncategorized | 7 comments

No potting since Thursday.  I met up with my clay pals, Julie, Amy, and Jen on Friday for a bit.  We talked about what each of us has been working on.  It’s good to have this stable, local base of potter friends who I can get together with for support and encouragement.

Sarah and I have been painting our upstairs all weekend.  We are practically finished. Just a bit of touch up to do.

I’ve been thinking about my influences.  Most of them are potters or historic pottery, esp. Oribe ware and English Slipware.  But I also try to look at other things.  Recently I’ve been looking at woodblock prints.    Here is one by the famous Japanese printmaker, Shiko Munakata.

I’d like to do a post this week on something I’ve been struggling w. regarding influences and where my current work is going.  Until then I’d like to recommend this post by Kristen Kieffer.  It’s titled ‘Signature Style’ and Kristen did an ace job writing it.  Be sure to visit the comments there too, because there’s lots of good insight there too.

Well that’s all for now.  I’m off to do some cooking at a Super Bowl party.  I don’t care too much about the game, but I’ll help keep some folks fed so they can make it through the big game.

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  1. Steven’s avatar

    Steven on 02/07/2010 at 3:31 pm

    Hey Man –
    thanks for stopping by – i replied to your comment on my blog – but thought i’d pop in here too.
    thanks for linky to Kristen’s thoughts!
    I’m off to make a bunch of pizzas for the game myself.
    much more of a cook than a fan.

  2. zygote’s avatar

    zygote on 02/07/2010 at 5:21 pm

    I’ve been finding myself pulled towards developing more complex narratives on my surfaces too. Been wading through the old woodblocks as well. I love the deceptively simplistic subtractive approach of many masters of the time. Lately been looking at Mark Severin’s woodcuts ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Severin ). Quite a bit of his prints are rather exotic, all the more fun…
    Guess it’s time to learn something new.

  3. Judy Shreve’s avatar

    Judy Shreve on 02/07/2010 at 5:24 pm

    Ron — hey – Kristen’s blog on style is great. I remember reading it when she first posted it – but I’m headed over to read it again.
    I didn’t answer a question you asked on my blog the other day. The clear over the terra sig doesn’t change the color much at all — nothing like how clear makes underglazes pop. I’m still finding that Ron Meyers clear works best for me. I just tested another clear from Val Cushings book — VC5000. It’s an odd one — almost feels like you’ve poured water on a box of baking soda.
    Your friends are lucky to have a chef for their game – lol!

  4. Anna Branner’s avatar

    Anna Branner on 02/07/2010 at 5:42 pm

    Fun that you are looking in the direction of the style of woodcuts. I actually started there by taking a printmaking class. Then seeing your work I have been playing on combining the two.

  5. gary rith’s avatar

    gary rith on 02/07/2010 at 5:49 pm

    My man, nows your CHANCE to make it circle of 5 and add ME or make it circle of 6 and add GOTTUSO TOO! Shoot, think of what you’ve been missing but what you will gain! (after all, I have a gold lame jacket, yes I do…)

  6. brandon phillips’s avatar

    brandon phillips on 02/07/2010 at 9:10 pm

    if you ever want a guest potter from texas, let me know. we always enjoy vacations that pay for themselves. never been to the carolinas, that’d be fun.

  7. ron’s avatar

    ron on 02/08/2010 at 10:43 am

    Thanks everyone for your comments.
    Judy, that’s good to know. I haven’t given up trying the sig yet.
    Ha, Gary we would love to have you and Jim and Brandon as well as others. Maybe that can happen in the near future!