tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post5815511180687453374..comments2023-10-21T08:29:36.321-04:00Comments on homefry sketchbook: Can You Handle It...k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-1758222562308484732011-01-16T20:08:08.924-05:002011-01-16T20:08:08.924-05:00Thanks both Ben and Jim...do appreciate the commen...Thanks both Ben and Jim...do appreciate the comments.<br /><br />I agree Ben, and Im hoping to bring that decorative aspect of the handle back with the surface treatments.<br /><br />Jim, I should have thrown Kristen Kieffer in my post...I love her stuff...I know I look at her work a lot and possibly its where I picked up the idea for the split handle...a little elegance for my rounded forms!k.houserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-67979624136051482992011-01-15T12:18:10.521-05:002011-01-15T12:18:10.521-05:00hi kyle,
the funky handled cup actually exists!, d...hi kyle,<br />the funky handled cup actually exists!, despite the post office's best efforts to lose it. that whole handle thing is a can of worms for sure. i think what non-potters don't realize is that when the cup is unfired, you really can't pick it up by the handle to test it for ergonomics and feel how the heft of a full cup is to your hand. shrinkage is hard to gauge sometimes too. i like those new handles with the top part connecting to the "spur" coming out from the bottom. kristen kieffer used to do her handles that way and i always loved themjimhttp://jimgottuso.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-90798585725876877142011-01-13T04:02:55.516-05:002011-01-13T04:02:55.516-05:00I like the split handle. Interesting contrast to t...I like the split handle. Interesting contrast to the soft quality of the form. That contrast could show up somewhere else on the pot. Good job for "upping the ante".Ben Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359013637665336903noreply@blogger.com