tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post4830896406765424141..comments2023-03-30T11:00:35.192-04:00Comments on Alex Solla Pottery - formerly Cold Springs Studio Pottery: Enough hockey, MORE POTTERY!Alex Sollahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12222528761667893874noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-72726283879256331162009-03-02T09:10:00.000-05:002009-03-02T09:10:00.000-05:00Howdy Eva-By all means, feel free to use any comme...Howdy Eva-<BR/><BR/>By all means, feel free to use any comments from our blog. If it can help anyone in your guild, go for it!<BR/><BR/>Next week I am hoping to add some more to the topic as we start talking about feet that fail. Whether for design reasons, functional reasons, or just dichotomies... we'll be dissecting feet. Should be fun!Alex Sollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222528761667893874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-60806683487555560062009-03-02T08:47:00.000-05:002009-03-02T08:47:00.000-05:00Hi Alex - realy like your comments on feet - I thi...Hi Alex - realy like your comments on feet - I think I will print them out and put them up at our Guild, if that is OK with you. I think you can usually tell if a person has had formal pottery training by their feet and rims. Both tend to be weak, especially the feet. As one who is primarily self taught I am trying hard to make good feet.<BR/>Eva Gallagher Deep River, Ontario<BR/>http://stevenhilljourneyworkshopjuly2008.blogspot.com/Newfoundout Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962914877696149188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-13076779380656889282009-02-22T12:59:00.000-05:002009-02-22T12:59:00.000-05:00We too did an empty bowls even here in Ithaca last...We too did an empty bowls even here in Ithaca last fall. It was amazing how everyone just jumped ship once the bowls were thrown. Cary Joseph was in charge of the event, and he ended up trimming bowls for the better part of a day. I dont think we came ANYWHERE near 350 bowls. That is a great turnout!Alex Sollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222528761667893874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-14905831703257842682009-02-22T12:49:00.000-05:002009-02-22T12:49:00.000-05:00I had an instructive experience the other week. A ...I had an instructive experience the other week. A bunch of us, professional potters and students, had gotten together to throw 350 bowls as a donation to the 'empty bowls' fundraiser for our local food bank. We had all donated our time to throw the bowls, but few of the professionals had the time to come back and trim them. The result was that no single pot ended up with the particular foot the artist might have intended on his/her own. What a revelation such an exercise is! It is amazing how an artist's formula usually says more about the underlying preconceptions than the range of what actually works. But of course the artist usually has proprietary responsibility for what decisions get made, so it is no wonder it usually reflects a narrow range. Nothing wrong with that, just interesting. (The last wedding I went to was on a beach in Jamaica and I was barefoot. I was also the best man!)carter gillieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744265678233135968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-85670392151714994622009-02-20T12:58:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:58:00.000-05:00Afternoon Jim-Finding the right foot for the pot i...Afternoon Jim-<BR/><BR/>Finding the right foot for the pot is tough. Sometimes I suggest that folks find a foot they enjoy making, and then learn to make pots that fit that foot. I also love showing students pots upside down. Sometimes they think the pot is just great till it gets flipped over. Then they are either pleasantly surprised or grossed out, or disappointed. <BR/><BR/>Whereabouts in upstate did you grow up? If you find yourself back up this way, stop in. We'd love to visit a spell.Alex Sollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222528761667893874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438064050104926157.post-39259858863567875132009-02-20T12:41:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:41:00.000-05:00Hi Alex,I often think I spend too much time trimmi...Hi Alex,<BR/>I often think I spend too much time trimming feet but I still go ahead because the right choice is the right choice. Although there is always the issue of stability, a smaller foot seems to help a bowl defy gravity in a way and I love that look. The foot in the picture you posted seems to be absolutely the right foot for that pot(but what do I know?). BTW... I grew up there in upstate New York.<BR/>JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com