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Land Rover Commercial
Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along
the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously expensive land rover someday. When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? Since I do ceramics only for enjoyment, perhaps I should not be so critical - Mike |
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MIKandCOL wrote: Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously expensive land rover someday. When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? Since I do ceramics only for enjoyment, perhaps I should not be so critical - Mike Not a very good commercial in my opinion, since it implies, people who don't make big bugs don't even have to consider it. (I haven't seen it though, since i live in Austria) Monika -- Monika Schleidt www.schleidt.org/mskeramik (If you wish to send me a mail, please leave out the number after my name!) |
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In article ,
MIKandCOL wrote: When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? When I was in college, we art majors were called "cutty pasties" by the rest of the population. When people would ask us what we planned to do after we graduated, we'd joke that we were going to be waiters or dishwashers. The sad thing is that the placement office at my college only had one recruiter looking for art majors, and they were offering just barely above minimum wage. So, when I graduated, I became (you guessed it) a waitress. I went to secretarial school after getting my BFA so I could be assured of a regular wage job. I'm still working in an office 25 years later, and doing ceramics and stained glass on the side to keep sane. Yes, this is the way society in america views the arts in general. Just look at the art programs in the schools. They've all been decimated because they're looked at as extraneous and unnecessary. Doesn't matter to me. I'd rather be surrounded by paintings, stained glass and pottery that I've made than be surrounded by a Land Rover. Deb R. |
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In article lekom.at,
Monika Schleidt wrote: Not a very good commercial in my opinion, since it implies, people who don't make big bugs don't even have to consider it. (I haven't seen it though, since i live in Austria) Eew--I *hate* big bugs! ;-) Deb R. |
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Yeah... I continue on making pottery and selling it... Last year my sales fell to
$18,000 from $22,000. And that is gross sales... not profit... At 56, I am loosing capital making pottery. My kilns are old, my kiln shelves are old and warped... The dough/clay mixer came off a wwII destroyer that was commissioned in 1942. My car is in the shop again and so is the truck... I can do some things, but not automatic transmissions or rebuilding an 80's style carburetor with electronic ignition... The wife left me 15 years ago. I used to substitute teach for extra $, but those jobs went out with Pete Wilson let alone Arnold... and so the news get worse and I wonder just how I will sell enough pots this year to make a living. My writes hurt, there is a pain in one of my back teeth that means its got to come out because I really don't have $2500 for a root canal to save it and no I don't want to pay it off on time... hell I am debt free!! Ok so now what am I grateful for... Gratitude list... I make a living making functional ceramics. Its the greatest feeling in the world to see a teapot pour correctly with a beautiful crackle glaze. Its an amazing experience to see a copper red stream from bottom of a large vase and run to just the catch step of the foot... better yet to have a rutile blue and a cobalt glaze with dolomite matrix flowing over that... I am in love with this craft and have been for 30 plus years. On March 15, I celebrated 30 years of owning a street vending license. It was the end of tyranny. I am grateful for working 60 to 80 hours a week at something I love instead of something I hate or living with some who just needs to spend more and more and more.... No, I don't have a house or a new SUV or Bambi or Rayban sun glasses.. my health insurance sucks, and instead of a gym membership, I wedge clay... I am grateful for arms that are still strong and a mind that is calculating and planning. I hope some how to continue to do that in this age of $450k median homes, $30k cars, $20k state school tuition. I am grateful to go to 12 step meetings at least twice a week... I am grateful for the friends that I have made thru making and selling pottery.... I am grateful to have made and sold over 150,000 pieces of pottery in 34 years.... There... keep your land rover.... Russ Andavall www.firegodarts.com MIKandCOL wrote: Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously expensive land rover someday. When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? Since I do ceramics only for enjoyment, perhaps I should not be so critical - Mike |
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When i think of "land Rover" i think of a tank driven by semidetached people
with semi detached lives, who never go off road (even when my clapped out ford escort estate is coming the other way and the road is two narrow to pass, i get to be the one off the road, cos the landy doesnt want to get it's paint dirty...)... Sometimes with bull bars so's they can tell you how big their ego is (need bull bars to move the bull**** that surrounds them....)...And then i go to me shed and the wheel of my pots goes round and round and i drift away to a place where all is centred and still.... Dunno where it is but it's just down the soul road from the place i go when i surf..... No i don't need a landy, and strangely enuff i don't need 50k a year, i have a place to live, food to eat, a lady who loves me two grown kids who i'm proud of, and a daft dog, i guess the advert isn't aimed at me after all...Happy folk don't need someting in a box or on four wheels to replace the dreams they had when they were young...I LOVE BEING A POTTER... (even when it's 4 in the morning and the f£$"ing cones WON'T go down......) Hugz Eddie wrote in message ... Yeah... I continue on making pottery and selling it... Last year my sales fell to $18,000 from $22,000. And that is gross sales... not profit... At 56, I am loosing capital making pottery. My kilns are old, my kiln shelves are old and warped... The dough/clay mixer came off a wwII destroyer that was commissioned in 1942. My car is in the shop again and so is the truck... I can do some things, but not automatic transmissions or rebuilding an 80's style carburetor with electronic ignition... The wife left me 15 years ago. I used to substitute teach for extra $, but those jobs went out with Pete Wilson let alone Arnold... and so the news get worse and I wonder just how I will sell enough pots this year to make a living. My writes hurt, there is a pain in one of my back teeth that means its got to come out because I really don't have $2500 for a root canal to save it and no I don't want to pay it off on time... hell I am debt free!! Ok so now what am I grateful for... Gratitude list... I make a living making functional ceramics. Its the greatest feeling in the world to see a teapot pour correctly with a beautiful crackle glaze. Its an amazing experience to see a copper red stream from bottom of a large vase and run to just the catch step of the foot... better yet to have a rutile blue and a cobalt glaze with dolomite matrix flowing over that... I am in love with this craft and have been for 30 plus years. On March 15, I celebrated 30 years of owning a street vending license. It was the end of tyranny. I am grateful for working 60 to 80 hours a week at something I love instead of something I hate or living with some who just needs to spend more and more and more.... No, I don't have a house or a new SUV or Bambi or Rayban sun glasses.. my health insurance sucks, and instead of a gym membership, I wedge clay... I am grateful for arms that are still strong and a mind that is calculating and planning. I hope some how to continue to do that in this age of $450k median homes, $30k cars, $20k state school tuition. I am grateful to go to 12 step meetings at least twice a week... I am grateful for the friends that I have made thru making and selling pottery.... I am grateful to have made and sold over 150,000 pieces of pottery in 34 years.... There... keep your land rover.... Russ Andavall www.firegodarts.com MIKandCOL wrote: Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously expensive land rover someday. When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? Since I do ceramics only for enjoyment, perhaps I should not be so critical - Mike |
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I think the point of the ad is that potting doesn't make enough money to buy
the Land Rover. The ad guy falls in love with the car and decides he needs a career that makes more money. Not a very effective ad in that it says the car is too damned expensive for ordinary folk. I know that I couldn't make a living potting - it is just a fabulous hobby for me. I couldn't even afford a Lada with the money I would earn from potting. To all those of you who manage to do so, I have great admiration and respect for you. I am even a teensy bit jealous of you. There are a lot of things more important in this life that being able to buy an environment killing monstrosity with leather seats. Fiona (who supports her pottery addiction by her criminal defence law practice) |
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Interestingly enough I posted a an ealier message looking to contact any
potters out there who were grossing more than $50,000 a year to discuss business plans etc.. $50,000 gross would be the minimum to make a full time living. I have not had a reply. snip You might have done better on Clayart--this is "rec." crafts.pottery after all... But as you can see from a couple other posts, a few of us full time ceramicists don't feel we have to make $50,000/year from our profession. Learning to live on less was part and parcel of the "back to the earth movement," which dragged a lot of us boomers into it. I've been a professional potter for 28 years and never have figured out what a business plan is. But I bought my home and pottery sales place (one and the same) with pottery sales money, and raised a family as sole income provider for quite a while. Like Russell, I never liked going into debt (although it probably would've helped at times). And while the Land Rover commercial makers sneer at the pottery career, those of us who think the Land Rover an abomination ironically sneer back at their stupidity. $50,000 sales per year fit with Land Rovers. "Why do you labor for that which does not satisfy?" Brad Sondahl -- For original art, music, pottery, and literature, visit my homepage http://sondahl.com To reply to me directly, don't forget to take out the "garbage" from my address. |
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"Monika Schleidt" wrote in message y.telekom.at... MIKandCOL wrote: Have you seen the land rover commercial where a couple guys are walking along the road hitchiking? One of the guys says his goal in life is to work with ceramics and pottery. A land rover picks them up and suddenly the guy changes his mind, thinking he would like to have a luxurious and obviously expensive land rover someday. When I first saw this I was offended that the land rover company would put down people with an interest in ceramics, but then I must admit that only a minority of people make their living this way. I used to joke in college that I was taking "underwater basketweaving" meaning some degrees are essentially useless in the real world. Is this the way society in america views ceramics? Since I do ceramics only for enjoyment, perhaps I should not be so critical - Mike Not a very good commercial in my opinion, since it implies, people who don't make big bugs don't even have to consider it. (I haven't seen it though, since i live in Austria) Monika -- Monika Schleidt www.schleidt.org/mskeramik (If you wish to send me a mail, please leave out the number after my name!) Only those who make lots of money can afford Land Rovers. If I had that kind of money it would not be my choice of vehicle anyway even if I was going off road. |
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