Still getting notes together for my ideas on an artists statement. the challenge when I was in college was getting my notes stretched out enough to fill the length requirements, now it is in compressing about 50-100 pages of notes into a brief artist statement. though my research i have gotten a more in depth idea of how technology and craft interact with each other.

One of the things that interested me in my research was finding out that many sculptors were done in stages. the bulk of the work was done by one group, and the artist would come in later and shape the defining details. Yet, the work as a whole is still fully belongs to the artist. Trying this in back to pottery, where does the potter transform the piece of clay into their finished idea?

Towards this idea, I built a centering arm and made two sets of pots, one fully made by hand processes and the other made with clay made and opened with a centering arm. I finished them up to look as identical as possible, and realized that I could not readily tell the difference that introducing the machine had made. I now believe that there are two sets of processes that are involved in making a piece of art: extrinsic steps done merely out of necessity, and the intrinsic steps that are used to define a piece and give it meaning. what exactly those processes are are hard to define and will vary form person to person, and piece to piece. One must neglect to develop the extrinsic process because they reveal new creative options to explore to the attentive craftsman.

Departing from that, I looks like I have visitors. I’d like to say thank you for your visit, try not to mind the posting neglect to much and feel free to enjoy the galleries.