tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post8300484821306603114..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: Objects of desireThe bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-45282597993391568392011-06-03T22:56:42.064+01:002011-06-03T22:56:42.064+01:00I follow your blog as you seem to have had similar...I follow your blog as you seem to have had similar experiences - climbing,travel,writing ,cycling and now collecting 'earthy' pieces of pottery.<br />http://www.baypottery.co.uk/gallery.html<br />Here is a link to a pottery in Skye which has the most incredible view over to Knoydart as well as an interesting owner who does beautiful work. Iain McGilchrist describes how these shapes and textures(as well as playing and using objects such as musical instruments) tend to influence us.<br />Maybe its an emotional memory thing but looking and interacting with older things like a hand made cycle frame perks my interest in ways that newer ones don't! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianstevens/2508006407/in/photostreamian stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-65339414635735919012011-05-30T18:03:39.648+01:002011-05-30T18:03:39.648+01:00I too like pots, though I don't know why. May...I too like pots, though I don't know why. Maybe I too will do a post about some of mine...Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-49369562932548492232011-05-27T17:48:38.034+01:002011-05-27T17:48:38.034+01:00Beautiful pieces, Mark, and I share your love for ...Beautiful pieces, Mark, and I share your love for jugs in particular. When I reired from my libray post years ago now, my colleagues gave me a token from a local shop that specialises in ceramics. I bought a lovely fruit bowl and no less than 3 jugs, one large and gorgeous and two much smaller and use them with huge pleasure all the time. No more keeping things for best at my age.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-50073650197041084432011-05-27T07:31:26.493+01:002011-05-27T07:31:26.493+01:00lovely pottery, reminds me of the muchelney / john...lovely pottery, reminds me of the muchelney / john leach pottery made just down the road from me. <br />i read a blog post recently about a famous writer, i forget who, who spent the first money she made from writing on a diamond bracelet. <br />i don't think it is always 'materialistic' to want 'things'.<br />enjoy your objects of desire!The Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786143388807016249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-50118992150969904272011-05-26T15:27:37.350+01:002011-05-26T15:27:37.350+01:00I do tend to agree with you about buying old objec...I do tend to agree with you about buying old objects - and for whatever reason the antique craze seems to have died down and you can buy great chunks of history for less than it will cost you to fill your petrol lighter, let alone your car. And whoever got food poisoning from a water jug?Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-14750331005906351272011-05-25T21:25:48.652+01:002011-05-25T21:25:48.652+01:00I love the jug. I have a bit of a thing about jug...I love the jug. I have a bit of a thing about jugs. I am not a collector. I don't have the single mindedness to be a collector of just one thing, but the combination of beauty and usefulness in a jug really appeals to me. I too am becoming more and more likely to buy something simply because I think is beautiful yet I don't want too much stuff! It is quite a tension! Not yet managing one in, one out.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-71678027986749390502011-05-25T09:12:52.388+01:002011-05-25T09:12:52.388+01:00I would KILL my mother for your kitchenI would KILL my mother for your kitchenJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-9033567278333644992011-05-24T21:12:13.498+01:002011-05-24T21:12:13.498+01:00I completely understand. In recent years, whenever...I completely understand. In recent years, whenever I have received unexpected money(e.g. a small inheritance, a tax rebate) I've bought a piece of original art with it. I realise after writing that it sounds a bit grand, I don't mean it to be. I just like owning original pieces and I get daily enjoyment out of them, and they repay me every penny I spent on them.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124374747737466986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-24104140974131445582011-05-24T19:44:24.669+01:002011-05-24T19:44:24.669+01:00I did like that jug...and the pot...and the writin...I did like that jug...and the pot...and the writing slope....<br />Being able to afford the small things that give you pleasure is so important...sod the car, etc...<br />I can buy a book without worrying about the price and, now my eyes and brain are adjusting to a different culture, I am starting to see things here that I want to have around me...to use, to look at.<br /><br />We both enjoy pictures..I take your point about 'on display', yes, they are, but the pleasure in their sheer existence is new every time we look at them.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-30623294723642340412011-05-24T08:56:36.440+01:002011-05-24T08:56:36.440+01:00Oh Mark, I am SO with you. That pottery is just wo...Oh Mark, I am SO with you. That pottery is just wonderful...I once bought something similar from a David Mellor store. I love generous shapes in earthenware..so pleasing. Most things in my home are hand-made, often commissioned (generally cheaper than shop-bought). <br />Came over to thank you for your comment and to say *deep envy* at meeting HotH...how I would LOVE to do that... *sigh* xxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-69023823666290835132011-05-24T08:04:07.526+01:002011-05-24T08:04:07.526+01:00Beautiful surroundings beautify the mind. I truly ...Beautiful surroundings beautify the mind. I truly believe that. Money spent on beautiful things is never a waste.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-85261596732111078942011-05-24T02:02:21.129+01:002011-05-24T02:02:21.129+01:00It’s not just the warm and rustic curvy visual aes...It’s not just the warm and rustic curvy visual aesthetics of such pots and jugs that appeals to our inner visceral instincts, as it is a bridge back to a time when the value and function of these objects long preceded the eras of the decorative accessory. They are as such a fond symbol to us of bygone times when the skills required to produce these wares were highly revered by those who valued their important daily utilization.<br /><br />I can’t see IKEA achieving Ming Dynasty status, let alone value in the next millennium. They’ll have long since been recycled to make cheap waste pipes.Bish Bosh Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311092711040714994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-88481567438177935932011-05-23T23:59:41.020+01:002011-05-23T23:59:41.020+01:00oh..and they are both salt glaze...I am very parti...oh..and they are both salt glaze...I am very partial to this method of firing as well. Two exceptional pieces!! <br /><br />Now do please make note of the potter's name ;-). It's a demanding art, being a ceramist.Gardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.com