Well, Lucia, thank you, NOT. At the time I was a prep school teacher and coach and had to look mature and tidy. Now I am a grungy artist who looks and acts immature and untidy.
Last time Alan saw a pic of me and the stache, he said 'HOMBRE!' which is understandable. We did the gawdamn Mr Chips thing for a few years, which was fun for awhile and exhausting after that, but I had to look older than 15 and I hoped the 'stache helped, plus dress in a jacket and tie everyday. I taught English skills and pottery, in a jacket and tie.
C'mon, that's not the whole story. You wore a plaid shirt, tweed jacket, corduroy trousers (gotta get texture in there), argyle socks since there weren't enough patterns yet and the tie with 4 Snoopies throwing a fit over his tennis serve. Shoes had vibram soles and raised stitching.
Well, as the missus says, I enjoyed mixing patterns, but you know, that jacket wasn't nearly as LOUD as it looks in this picture, and my 'stache was NOT greasy and reminiscent of banana republic dictators or car salesmen, used or otherwise.
Well my first impression was along the lines of Greg's film noir. Weird. Or, you look like you're going to break out in song in one of those early 1900 high pitched voices singing about love.
hey maggie, think Dudley Doright! (pardon spelling)=) All he needs is a canoe, mountains in background, Mrs Pottersblog with parasol and he can woo and sing love melodies all day!.. "I am calling youuuuuooooouuuuuooo oooo uuuu....."
I love the 'stache! Did you wax it or just wax poetic??!!!
My husband has a thick red beard and stache and I've never really seen his whole face! My dad used to call him, Grizzly Adams in the 70's! Now as a health care person, he's trimmed up a bit and reminds me of the Smith Brothers Cough drops guys!
As my old pal Gordo says:
"You want plain, old pots or plates? Go see the other guys. You want whimsy and creativity? Gary's the man!"
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my pots are lead-free, microwaveable and dishwasher safe, just don't drop them!
Mary Lee got her pots and says: "Love 'em both......I'm also much relieved to find that both pieces are useable in any of the traditional manners, micro, dishwasher, etc., something I'd wondered about.
I'm truly delighted ....the glaze is so very much nicer in person. Photos do not do it justice, alas! "
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.
"he’s about as opposite as you can get to no-hope useless self-employed twits." John Bailey------
"Met Gary today... By the way, Gary is spectacular" Brodie
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From Quebec, Mags gets excited:
GUESS WHAT? My pots arrived! Oh my GOD! They are beautiful and you are soooooooooo sweet
another happy pig lover wrote:
Thank you so much for the prompt delivery...... I LOVE it!!! This day has been very stressful, and your package certainly brightened it. :-) (Sometimes all ya need is a couple of pigs!)
These will be favorites.
Thanks again, M.P.
When Mona opened up her box of pots she said:
I went all gooshy 'cause they're absolutely amazing! The pigs are gosh-darned cute, and the glaze-work is gorgeous! I can't keep my hands off them! Seriously! I keep finding excuses to walk by them .....
Lucia has something to say:
Gary -
You're awesome.
The vase is beautiful!! It's even more lovely than it looked in the photo. And the surprise, I laughed so loud at its cuteness that a co-worker came in and asked what was so funny. Thank you so much! I felt just like it was Christmas here in the office this morning, and I'm smiling. Wooooohooo!!! You're excellent.
--Lucia
E.S. sez:
The package made it in excellent condition! I absolutely loved them. I almost couldn't part with the pig mug, but I gave it to my coworker for her birthday who is in love with pigs.
and more happy customers say:
"Gary, my pots arrived! They're beautiful just as I expected
I just wanted to thank you ever so much...adorable." Maggie
19 comments:
I'm sorry. I'm sorry! The mustache made me laugh so hard I had to spit water out of my mouth.
Mrs. P, on the other end, is classic and timeless.
I'm.. ummm...speechless! =) (I keep thinking shades of film noir too...what's up with that?)
Well, Lucia, thank you, NOT.
At the time I was a prep school teacher and coach and had to look mature and tidy. Now I am a grungy artist who looks and acts immature and untidy.
Actually, isn't less mature and tidy better? Really?
BTW, you were dead off on that comment on my blog, but I bet other people woulda been dead off in the same way, had I not commented...twice.
You look like the Bolivian Minister of Transportation, circa 1948, which as we all know is very high praise.
yep can def see you in that mode as a prep school teacher. the 'stache makes it so.
Last time Alan saw a pic of me and the stache, he said 'HOMBRE!' which is understandable.
We did the gawdamn Mr Chips thing for a few years, which was fun for awhile and exhausting after that, but I had to look older than 15 and I hoped the 'stache helped, plus dress in a jacket and tie everyday. I taught English skills and pottery, in a jacket and tie.
C'mon, that's not the whole story. You wore a plaid shirt, tweed jacket, corduroy trousers (gotta get texture in there), argyle socks since there weren't enough patterns yet and the tie with 4 Snoopies throwing a fit over his tennis serve.
Shoes had vibram soles and raised stitching.
OMG! I'm with Lucia on the 'stache. Unfortunately, the first impression in this house (B & I both) was "used car salesman" ... LOL
Sorry. snicker
Well, as the missus says, I enjoyed mixing patterns, but you know, that jacket wasn't nearly as LOUD as it looks in this picture, and my 'stache was NOT greasy and reminiscent of banana republic dictators or car salesmen, used or otherwise.
Oh, well, then! :-D
If it survived nine more years were you into Burt Reynolds or Tom Selleck territory?
Sellck was my hero. Then in 2003 my 'stache was so big it turned into a butterfly and flew away.
A big, black, hair butterfly ... :-)
Well my first impression was along the lines of Greg's film noir. Weird. Or, you look like you're going to break out in song in one of those early 1900 high pitched voices singing about love.
hey maggie, think Dudley Doright! (pardon spelling)=) All he needs is a canoe, mountains in background, Mrs Pottersblog with parasol and he can woo and sing love melodies all day!.. "I am calling youuuuuooooouuuuuooo oooo uuuu....."
For the record, I like you clean-shaven best, but the Don Johnson look is also good.
ignore Greg, and thanks Mona
I love the 'stache! Did you wax it or just wax poetic??!!!
My husband has a thick red beard and stache and I've never really seen his whole face! My dad used to call him, Grizzly Adams in the 70's! Now as a health care person, he's trimmed up a bit and reminds me of the Smith Brothers Cough drops guys!
no wax, just it was young then---it got big and bushy as the ears went on
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