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Pottery - Art or Craft?

"Women potters are used to being dismissed, people assume they do it as a hobby in the garden shed. It's a bit better now but still, being a potter is percieved as an amateur kind of occupation, its almost a joke- especially in the world of serious money."
~Janice Tchalenko-1992

posted by searchin

I think one problem lies with the definition of the word "ceramics." Many times when I tell folks I am a ceramist or work in the ceramic field, they immediately jump to the conclusion that I pour and paint those cute 'ceramic' molds. I then have to explain that I start with a lump of clay. Sometimes, they understand...

posted by claycarole
over 2 years ago

as recent as 1992!! Sheesh! Our local tv station advertised a one hour special on the "how tos" of pottery - they had a gal on for a whole hour that did nothing but make animals and stuff out of MOLDS and she went on to explain the most important part was smoothing out the lines, so that it looked like a real sculpture. I found it insulting and wrote the station - response was - what people could do at home):