Zebra teapot, second to last chapter. It is extremely satisfying, sitting there painting a zebra.
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- gary rith
- Gary Rith is a full-time studio potter and also an instructor of pottery at Cornell University's Pot Shop. Gary started learning pottery in 1983. In 1985 he served as an apprentice to Dean White of Deansboro, NY and earned a bachelor's degree in art from Bennington College in 1987. He has been a full-time sculptor and potter since 1997. Gary started his business in New Hamspshire, where he was selected as a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 2004 and in 2005 was named one of New Hampshire's Emerging Ceramics Artists. He moved to the Ithaca, NY area in 2006, near where he grew up, and is happily making pots and sculpture in a purple house on Fall Creek. Gary likes to laugh, and his first goal is to have fun making pots.
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9 comments:
Would that be your teapot for the competition in Chicago?
Are you excited? Do you get the butterfly nerves when you do that stuff? I do. I mean, I'm not entering that contest, but you know any contest I enter where your talent is on display - gets me all nervy.
Can't wait to see it fired.
Thanks Mags. The thing is, you DO have to get your nerve up. I have been rejected from some competitions, accepted by some, and INVITED to others (the best type, where they contact you because they WANT you!) Yes, this is for Chicago, and the show is just so good I have to try. I have good potential entries. The problem is the expense: 25 bucks application, 7 bucks slide film, ten bucks or whatever developing slide film, suddenly the whole thing is 50 bucks to enter. So, I am careful.
The boost, potentially, is being seen and recruited by other galleries, resulting in sales.
Have you entered this one before, Gary? Are there different categories or do googly-eyed creations compete with the standard artsy stuff?
This one says 'fun and funky teapots encouraged to apply'.
That's me!
OH, forgot to say, I have been to this show as a visitor but not winner--amazing pieces, just beautiful, bright and fun from around the world. The whole galery is like that all year, and generates excitement and interest in the winter doldrums with this thing,for 18 years.
You're gonna rock their world!
Thanks! Little prayers are being said to the appropriate ceramics gods.
good luck, gary. kiss ass!
p.s. how about a photo of your ceramic gods
That's the secret, Big D, they're BUILT IN.
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