Midwest Potters: Warren MacKenzie, Jeff Oestreich, Clary Illian, CROSSROADS episode

[@mikeu5380]

Hello from Japan. So happy to see Leach-sensei's legacy so alive in the the US! In fact, his grandson Simon Leach offers an excellent series of instructional videos on his KZbin channel. And so it goes on... ; )

[@PaulCarterArt]

Great time capsule of the art of hand made. Thanks you sharing the journey for all generations

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

Just simply amazing

[@newearthclaypottery]

lovely; thank you all

[@rstubee1]

Beautiful pots by excellent three wonderful potters, wonderful pots, enjoyed it a lot. Thank you.

[@michelemurphy3541]

Beautiful 💫

[@uglymeanandnasty]

such deep, profound thoughts from incredible artists who have devoted their lives to a craft.

[@louiskatzclay]

This is really a lot of fun to watch. I like to hear the voices and see old friends, clayers.

[@Lawman212]

A wonderful episode. It gave me many artists to research and learn from.

[@Honesty001]

Masterpiece

[@Honesty001]

After two years I got like comment on my comment

[@hammoussiu.c.w8816]

This art artisan very interesting

[@Critter145]

Crafts, ie hard-skills, will become important again when foreign mass-production goods no longer price out domestic work.

[@lamodernista]

Is that a young Peter Voulkos in those photos of Hamada and Leach?

[@craftinamerica]

Good eye!

[@ArtGardens]

'Afordable to all '" Thats so great but unfortunately pots from Richard Batterham are now unafordable here in the UK as the so called "Celerbrity world " are breaking the market sadly.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Yep, sadly once the “collectors” get hold everything is priced beyond the everyday person. Recognition is a double edged sword, it means a steadier income for the potter but for the rest of us we can’t afford the pots anymore…

[@peeweepabalate302]

Bgm?

[@hojoinhisarcher]

jan 23

[@sidilicious11]

I grew up eating off of Leach standard wear. Lucky me.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

Oh man, I sucked up as much as I could in the late ‘70’s when I was learning studio and production pottery about all these people from all the ceramics books, magazines and journals I could find!! Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Michael Cardew, McKenzie, Oestreich, Illian, we’re my pottery gurus!!! I photocopied their work and pasted them around my studio as examples to strive for!! I “retired” from pottery decades ago… I miss those days..the making of the pots, not the business part (I burned out from the business part, that and not having a studio anymore)… 0:47 … I visited the Leach Pottery in January 1977 and stayed in a B&B right on the harbors edge (iirc it was 6 pounds for the night…unbelievable!!) 3:34 … I bought an oatmeal glaze cereal bowl (like the #10 in the photo), it was stolen when I got back to the states 😢 4:05 .. OMG! I bought one of those lidded soup bowls.. still have it, we use it as a sugar bowl… also bought a temokku glazed lidded pitcher…use it occasionally so as to reduce the chance of breaking it!! 16:32 .. I have to say I like Clary’s earlier work than these… they’re very creative and fun but I just prefer the earlier over the latter… 1:17 … I hated electric wheels so I built my own kickwheel modeled after the triangular frame of the English type… I could give away my entire studio but I will never part with that wheel!! ❤❤❤ Thank you for posting the video!!! It was too short!!!

[@spudpud-T67]

Loving the accident and coaxing it into being. To be the conduit and not the controller.

[@Pherine1]

Excellent