tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2866377857730194436..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Master Craftsman - Korean PotteryTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-51394006912033982212016-10-21T13:00:39.385-04:002016-10-21T13:00:39.385-04:00They've got some of that pale green pottery at...They've got some of that pale green pottery at the local Korean market. It really caught my eye and I was really excited about it and then I saw the prices. I had to admit that they were surely worth what they were asking but it was still a bit much for me.<br /><br />Lots of places have the traditional pueblo pottery here for the tourists. Both the red and the black clay. That's not the least bit cheap either. There are cheap pots but they're cheap pots and gimicky Southwest designs.<br />Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311191981918160095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52568010873058581902016-10-21T09:58:48.838-04:002016-10-21T09:58:48.838-04:00Lee Kang-hyo is a funny guy - he works hard, he re...Lee Kang-hyo is a funny guy - he works hard, he really puts himself into his work. And he has a sense of humor.<br /><br />I liked both videos - the brilliant complexity of the work in the first video contrasts nicely with the freer style work in the second. The gallery of his work at the end of the second video is a nice summation of how work goes - sometimes a piece will strike you positively, sometimes they are a swing and a miss. But he keeps working, keeps putting himself out there, and by golly, when it's good, it is very good.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-2227647683520383352016-10-21T09:37:50.394-04:002016-10-21T09:37:50.394-04:00All I remember from pottery class is you've go...All I remember from pottery class is you've got to get the air bubbles out of it explodes in the kiln, which I thought was cool.<br /><br />Most students did an ashtray.<br /><br />Everybody does a lanyard at camp.<br /><br />These are skills that stay with you throughout life.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-70517165768222249112016-10-21T09:33:05.305-04:002016-10-21T09:33:05.305-04:00My bride was into pottery. We had a wheel, kiln, e...My bride was into pottery. We had a wheel, kiln, etc. in our basement. I learned the kiln emits vapors that are really bad for furnaces. She got tired of throwing pots and we got rid of the fucking kiln. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-26985915666968155372016-10-21T01:21:58.716-04:002016-10-21T01:21:58.716-04:00I lol'ed at the guys dancing only because it w...I lol'ed at the guys dancing only because it was so impromptu and sort of yielded his intent of the kind of spirit that lurked within his body and what he wanted to do. Some people are masters at things they don't like to do. Some yearn to be nothing the world expects them to be, but we all have our little roles to play after all.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-40624586156529851372016-10-20T21:33:00.656-04:002016-10-20T21:33:00.656-04:00When I first started working in my current line of...When I first started working in my current line of work I used to talk with a potter who had trained with Korean potters. She taught me that a bowl or a cup, like a story, has to have a beginning, a middle and an end - the lip, the body of the vessel and a foot.<br /><br />I don't always do that, as I am an American, and much prefer our aesthetics. Less of a mover, more of a Shaker, that's what I am talkin' about.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-51562297210819675052016-10-20T21:29:47.035-04:002016-10-20T21:29:47.035-04:00As I was watching the film about the Korean potter...As I was watching the film about the Korean potter, his autobiography as you put it, a quote from Henry Miller kept insisting on itself in my head: <i>Every man is working out his destiny in his own way</i>. That's what I remembered of the quote, but I knew there was more to it so I looked it up: <i>Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient</i>. Frankly, I could do without <i>except by being kind, generous, and patient,</i> which strikes me as boilerplate. <i>Every man is working out his own destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help</i>. That rings true.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.com