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Thread #55402   Message #860421
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
07-Jan-03 - 01:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: How Many 'Catters Do Visual Art?
Subject: BS: How Many 'Catters Do Visual Art?
Okay, we pretty much all do music, but how many 'Catters do something in the way of the visual arts? Dabble on oils? Shoot up some rolls with the old Nikon? Get wild with Photoshop? I know we've got a few potters and a couple of wood turners and some jewelers and leather workers and several great instrument builders. I could mention a few specific names, but let's just let everybody speak for themselves. So, check on in, tell us what you do and if you've got any pics on the net post a link to 'em.

I guess I'll have to go first:

I'm one of the potters. I've been working in clay for about ten years now: Eight as a hobby and about two years as a livelihood. My wife and I work together, which has been an interesting exercise in the art of compromise, if nothing else. We sell mostly through regional arts and crafts shows. We use a variety of techniques including wheel-throwing, slab-building and coil-building. We make functional ware like bowls and mugs, but also totally non-functional things like ceramic mandala wall hangings and the weird faces that I keep affixing to the trees on our property to scare the Jehovah's Witnesses away. For those to whom it means anything, we fire at cone 6 in an electric kiln.

Here's a link to some pickies on a friend's website. Click Here

Bruce