Xtra News wrote:
What do you all think of this article?? Be really interested to hear, do
you like his work. I love it, but it sure is controversial. I listened to
him give a talk a couple months ago. A very interesting man.
Anyway here is the article
http://nzpotters.com/FeatureArticles/GraysonPerry.cfm

I, for one, don't want to be an artist, i am a craftsperson. (there is
no real good word in english for what i am, in german it is Handwerker,
- handworker doesn't mean anything, handyman is something else.) I
thrive to make good pottery, not art. One definition i thought about,
(which doesn't work for everything either) is, - art represents
something else, craft represents itself. If i paint a picture, make a
sculpture, it will be the picture of something, a sculpture of
something. If i make a teapot, it will be a teapot, if i make a mug, it
will be a mug. Of course then you get potters who make frogs for the
garden, are they artists?
For me, the piece i produce should fulfill the function for which it is
made in the first place, when it is beautiful on top of it, great. If i
make a teapot, it should be good to hold, pour well, the lid shouldn't
fall off when you pour...... whether it is pleasing is up to the eye of
the beholder.

Monika



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