I just came across this fabulous picture on the Northern Clay Center website, and could not resist re-posting it here. Patty Warashina and Warren Mackenzie (and a fellow named Don, apparently) are together for what seems to be a Regis Master Lecture event. This is sort of a universes collide image for me, as I have always thought about Patty and Warren with different parts of my brain.
I love that this reminds me of how intimate the ceramics world actually is. Work from all over the spectrum gets quashed together all the time in this wonderfully productive way. And I love that Ron Meyers’ stand in between them.
What do you think Patty and Warren would say to each other about Ron’s pots? Should we invent a dialogue?
PW:
WM:
PW:
WM:
Maybe we need potter-turned-animator Tim Foss to get things rolling…
January 12, 2012 at 7:01 pm
I saw this picture too and it struck a similar chord with me–kind of two different worlds spliced together.
PW: “I like ‘em but would love to see them bigger and maybe with even more color?! More sculptural perhaps?”
January 13, 2012 at 9:47 am
Actually thinking about this I really have no idea what Patty would say about Ron’s work. I would bet that WM likes it, I am sure he does, but PW? Tough call. Maybe she’s asking for a glass of wine in this pic, seems most likely.
January 20, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Hi Sequoia, Well, why not ask Warren, or Patty? BTW, the other fellow – isn’t that Rob Silberman, the writer?
I’m getting ready to read Extra/Ordinary.
January 22, 2012 at 7:06 am
I took the bait, Sequoia. As the potter turned animator, I think my best guess is that Patti is probably saying the work doesn’t tell enough of a story and Warren is sitting there thinking the lip doesn’t resolve. Patti secretly wants a martini and Warren is secretly conjuring up a new hotdish recipe.