Good Day to All,

from time to time,I get requests for information on
how to do Pottery or where to study Fine Art,so in
response to a request from yesterday's e-mails,here
goes.

I learnt pottery as a hands on skill under two potters.
Clay was dug from the ground,cleaned and prepared
for use.Because I did O'level Chemistry [anyone in
England around the age of 40 will know about this],my
books on Pottery were on glazes and clays as science sees
it.I am afraid I didn't buy any -How to books-and actually
don't have much faith in these types of books.

Additionally,I chose to specialise in Functional Egyptian
Paste and Functional Low Fired Vitreous Wares [ 983 deg.C and
under].Making my own glazes and enamels from scratch,
oxides,bi-carbs and so on.So if you see me making remarks
about buying Bonsai pots,it's because I have a simple view
of Bonsai/Penjing,for me the tree is all,so a quietly designed
pot is more than sufficient.Plus,I have no desire to surround
myself with myself.

If your interested in Pottery,please go here,
http://www.escribe.com/art/clay/

you can chat with these Professional Potters.I do not sell
my work,just give them away and consider myself an amateur
potter.

You can subscribe to the list here,
http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/

Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached
at .

Mel is a very experienced,talented,mature professional potter.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----


As to Fine Art,my training was in Florence,Italy and was more
or less along the lines of an apprenticeship,drawing was on a
daily basis,Monday to Friday from 8 to 12 with 20 minutes for
drawing and 15 minutes for the model to rest.The same pose
lasted for the week or a month.Painting was the same.For us
the idea is good craft and hopefully as the mind matures,it
may become Art.
It's an Old Master to French Academic training technique,
now called - Sight-Size.

I also hand mull my oil paints and prepare my own canvas
panels.

The back up Memory training came later.[Lecoq De Boisbaudran]

If your interested in studying Fine Art please go here and ask -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cowdisley/

Moderated by Virgil Elliot,a very stable,intelligent and capable
painter.

I hope this will all help anyone needing information.
Khaimraj
[ West Indies/Caribbean,
the drier lands.]

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++

Thanks for the bio. As you probably already know, I subscribe to Clayart
also and have learned a lot there.
However, I might add a warning, (I guess,) to those thinking of subscibing.
You will get about FOUR TIMES the emails as you do from IBC!! and spam
will, of course, increases along with it.
Regards,
Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio
http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com
Specializing in power wood carving tools.
Yakimono no Kokoro bonsai pottery of hand-built stoneware

----- Original Message -----
From: "Khaimraj Seepersad" Subject: [IBC] If you want to learn to do pottery


Good Day to All,
You can subscribe to the list here,
http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/

Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached
at .

Mel is a very experienced,talented,mature professional potter.

************************************************** ******************************
++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++
************************************************** ******************************
-- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ --
+++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++