Art Field Trip

Yesterday I went up to Phoenix with my two friends from Canada, Daria and Peter.  We visited about seven ceramic artists' studios and watched a few pottery demonstrations.  Seeing how good these full time artists were made me feel woefully inadequate in my efforts at pottery.

But first we had to wait for a dozen cows crossing the road as we took the "short cut" to Phoenix.

This potter demonstrated making a hollow egg on the wheel.  Then coloring it.

We got to go to an industrial factory that makes huge ceramic pipes for sewers.  I had never seen clay being used for such large pieces.  There were several GIANT kilns to accommodate all these pipes.  We even saw a lot of these tall pipes that artists were using as "canvas" for their ideas.  One of the artists was James Franco.  We did not see him.

This is Peter from Canada.  We went to this factory to meet up with Peter's friend, Robert Harrison, who is a famous artist who makes very large outdoor sculptures.  Even though he is from Canada and lives in Montana, his daughter just graduated from the Univ. of Oregon!

This factory was incredibly old, dusty and worn out.  Even these switches didn't look functional, but apparently were.