I was buzzing down the Internet highway going about 90 in a 55 mile zone.
With a monitor from the old days.
I already had one monitor brake down this year and was trying not to buy another one.
We pulled out one from the old days we had in reserve and it worked.
What the hey- I could use that one and I was.
Mark's new monitor, just 2 years, crapped out just before Christmas.
Ha, I thought I am going to keep on trucking on this old one and not replace mine yet.
He tried to get me to order one with his and I scoffed, " this one is working just fine."
There I was, making a left turn from the center lane, pulling all the information together for the Clay and Blogs show and what should happen?
The screen started dancing big black lines vertically and making a noise like a rusted out old washing machine.
What the ......
Darn.
So I had to order a new monitor, which should be in Monday.
I had to pay more for mine than Mark did because he got in on Christmas sales with free shipping.
That should teach me not to be so cheap.
Meanwhile, Mark, who is the nice guy, has let me plug up to his when I need to.
So I am still sorting some information and should have things for this pulled together soon.
In the studio we are playing with setting tiles.
I had two tiles, one a set of 4 and the other a set of two, I made before the fire, that I was going to set two years ago.
Mark had a set of 4 tiles he wanted to set.
This seemed like a good time to see how best to do this.
We played with that and then I glued pendants and earrings.
The wheels are calling us back and we hope to have some warmer weather in the next week or so.
More on the show and more on pots next week.
I like to play it a bit slow in January.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Clay and Blogs:telling a story
Two years ago I was planning a show with a friend who is a collector.
We had planned to pull together a show from the two prospectives of the makers and buyers or collectors.
Her life became very busy and we had a fire.
This put any thought of the show down in the depths of my brain.
Anytime it popped up I shoved it back down.
Sleep, I can't think about you now.
As last year came together and my brain was waking up, the show for October 2010 popped back up.
I called my friend and she decided she would like to opt out.
At this point I keep mulling things over and what I kept coming back to is that I wanted to put together a show about potters/clay workers who blog.
For me during the ups and downs and trials of the fire I found great strength through writing about what we were going through.
But what pulled it all together for me was the commets back from the readers.
The positive reinforcement that I needed was out there.
The first commet back was so startling I about fell off my chair.
It's like I was floating in outer space and a voice rang out.
I was not alone.
I was also touched at how sharing the potters were.
They were willing to share what they have learned and encourage other potters to step out and try new things.
I found that different potters blog for different reasons.
The blogs run from very personal to very business.
But none of them are without that personal element.
The blogs are like daily or weekly diaries into the life of a potter.
Some make me laugh and some make me think.
But what I found was a real connection between me and what was being written.
Anyway, I called the arts council and asked could I do a show about clay and blogs.
They loved the idea and I just needed to start the process.
Here is what I did.
I wanted to start with potters in Seagrove first.
I wrote an email telling them what I was planning and then I asked them for a name of a blogger/ potter they read.
It snow balled.
The suggestions bounced all over from state to state and up to Canada and out to Australia.
I emailed these potters and asked and they said yes.
So to date we are about 35 potters with a few more asks out there.
The show should be fun and interesting as it all pulls together.
I'll keep you posted as it goes along.
Here is the title:
Clay and Blogs: Telling a Story.
Opening reception will be held at the Campbell House in Moore county from 6-8 pm
October 1st, 2010
Exhibition comes down on November 1st, 2010.
It should be fun and exciting.
More later.
We had planned to pull together a show from the two prospectives of the makers and buyers or collectors.
Her life became very busy and we had a fire.
This put any thought of the show down in the depths of my brain.
Anytime it popped up I shoved it back down.
Sleep, I can't think about you now.
As last year came together and my brain was waking up, the show for October 2010 popped back up.
I called my friend and she decided she would like to opt out.
At this point I keep mulling things over and what I kept coming back to is that I wanted to put together a show about potters/clay workers who blog.
For me during the ups and downs and trials of the fire I found great strength through writing about what we were going through.
But what pulled it all together for me was the commets back from the readers.
The positive reinforcement that I needed was out there.
The first commet back was so startling I about fell off my chair.
It's like I was floating in outer space and a voice rang out.
I was not alone.
I was also touched at how sharing the potters were.
They were willing to share what they have learned and encourage other potters to step out and try new things.
I found that different potters blog for different reasons.
The blogs run from very personal to very business.
But none of them are without that personal element.
The blogs are like daily or weekly diaries into the life of a potter.
Some make me laugh and some make me think.
But what I found was a real connection between me and what was being written.
Anyway, I called the arts council and asked could I do a show about clay and blogs.
They loved the idea and I just needed to start the process.
Here is what I did.
I wanted to start with potters in Seagrove first.
I wrote an email telling them what I was planning and then I asked them for a name of a blogger/ potter they read.
It snow balled.
The suggestions bounced all over from state to state and up to Canada and out to Australia.
I emailed these potters and asked and they said yes.
So to date we are about 35 potters with a few more asks out there.
The show should be fun and interesting as it all pulls together.
I'll keep you posted as it goes along.
Here is the title:
Clay and Blogs: Telling a Story.
Opening reception will be held at the Campbell House in Moore county from 6-8 pm
October 1st, 2010
Exhibition comes down on November 1st, 2010.
It should be fun and exciting.
More later.
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