"If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange these apples, then you and I will still each have one apple.
But if you have an idea and I have an idea -- and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."
-- George Bernard Shaw
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I am grateful for information about ceramics, design and ideas from generous and creative sources that feed my curiosity for learning more. The following are among my favorites.
On Line
In Person
In Print
On Line
- ClayArt - http://lists.clayartworld.com - A fabulous English language email forum for potters and ceramicists moderated by Mel Jacobson with participation by 3,000+ artists worldwide and a great archive for research.
- Robert Genn Twice-Weekly Letter - http://www.thepainterskeys.com - A free, illustrated newsletter for painters and other artists about the creative life .
- A-Word-A-Day - www.wordsmith.org - A free daily source about words, literature and ideas that reaches more than a million linguaphiles in at least 200 countries.
- Ceramics Arts Daily - http://ceramicartsdaily.org - A free newsletter with articles and video clips about ceramic techniques from the publishers of Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated.
In Person
- Ruby's Clay Studio - www.rubysclaystudio.org - My home away from home in San Francisco serving more than 100 ceramic artists with studio space, classes and gallery exhibits.
- Third Avenue Clay - http://www.thirdavenueclay.com- A wonderful, intimate learning studio in Brooklyn.
- Greenwich House Pottery - http://www.greenwichhousepottery.org - A large studio with year-round classes in Manhattan.
In Print
- Finding One's Way with Clay - by Paulus Berenson
- Handbuilding Ceramic Forms - by Elsbeth S. Woody
- A Potter's Workbook - by Clary Illian
- Art and Fear - by David Bayles and Ted Orland
- The Creative Habit - by Twyla Tharp
- The Studio Potter Magazine - http://www.studiopotter.org
