Re: Judges Comments

i agree annemarie.  14 years ago i made a particular vase "in my early days"
which some judges aparently  would consider "blah" because i had no resume to
provide with the piece or a wordy story behind it.  

one day i was trying to copy the vase in my workshop - and broke it.  to this
day i have not achieved another piece with the feel, color, shape, lightness,
sound as that one piece i made as a beginer.  

steve




>Subject: Re: Judges Comments
>From: "annemarie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Date: 11/9/2003 3:59 PM Pacific Standard Time
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>> i think the exact opposite.  i think that work is completely tied to the
>> creator of the piece, and that the merit of the work rests in the hands of
>> its maker.  if a pot had a life of its own, as you say, and should stand
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>> its own merit, then any old manufactured piece would do.  when i make a
>> piece, i converse with it.  sometimes i find myself planning one kind of
>> glaze for it, and it will "ask" for something completely different.  my
>> ability to shape the pot, then listen to what it says as a piece of
>artwork
>> is all based in the artist's skill.
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>> i love knowing what is behind a piece of work, whether it is a painting, a
>> novel, a sculpture.  sometimes knowing the artist's story makes the
>> difference in whether or not i like it.  the same thing could be true of
>> judges and shows.
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>I think perhaps you missunderstood me to a degree.  I agree that work is
>tied to the creator of the piece.  That is essential for it to be good, to
>feel the hand of the potter/sculptor, to maybe understand where they were
>coming from, for it to evoke a response, of awe, of wonder, of pleasure or
>even sometimes pain or disgust.  That is what art is IMO it needs to evoke a
>response.
>However that should show in the piece, not in the paper accompanying it.  If
>the person has a degree, or not, whether they are already established
>artistis or not, should not be the what is taken into account when judging a
>piece.  It is whether the piece itself conveys the artist.  Understanding
>the artist can sometimes be of help especially if the piece is depicting
>pain, or just the life of the creator.  Umm such a big and complicated
>topic.
>There is also always going to personal choice and what appeals to one judge
>is not going to appeal to another, that is life and we all have to live with
>it.
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steve graber