(pots by Gary Rith) ...I get a lot of work done. Today gotta finish these plus glaze a load and fire the kiln again...stinking hot outside, unimaginably hot in the studio. Sure its a dry heat, but yesterday it was 111 in the studio, and today...?
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I'm glad you have dry heat...as opposed to the dry heaves which are even worse than the hot, sticky heat we have here...where the humidex or whatever it is called will put us around 110 degrees... But I think you should go fill a kiddie pool and lay down in it. Or find some really good A/C and chill out that way. Heat exhaustion is a bad thing. (I know, I've had it!)
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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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------
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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
5 comments:
I'm glad you have dry heat...as opposed to the dry heaves which are even worse than the hot, sticky heat we have here...where the humidex or whatever it is called will put us around 110 degrees...
But I think you should go fill a kiddie pool and lay down in it. Or find some really good A/C and chill out that way. Heat exhaustion is a bad thing. (I know, I've had it!)
the basement is cool and I may spend time there later!
I'm jealous. Dry heat? Not here. Temp hovered just below 90F with 85% humidity where we were yesterday. Bleah.
the kiln warms up the whole studio to an unbearable degree, dry heat or wet heat: it is hot!
But aren't you glad you live in these modern times and have an electric kiln that looks after itself?
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