Please think about and answer the following questions. Bill Hunt, former editor of Ceramics Monthly offers a professional workshop where he asks related questions to artists to aid in their self awareness as a professional.
What are your strengths as an artist?
What are those things you would like to strengthen?
What characteristics are you looking for in a clay recipe?
What surface qualities excite you?
How do you like to handle firing?
What scale do you see as optimal for you work?
What time of day do you have peak energy?
How do you prefer to work in the studio; Hours at a time? Breaks? Hours during the day?
What are your professional goals? Short term? Long Term?
What are those things you would like to strengthen? Professional practice knowledge
ReplyDeleteWhat characteristics are you looking for in a clay recipe? transparent color, shiny
What surface qualities excite you? Shiny and Smooth
How do you like to handle firing? electric computer kilns
What scale do you see as optimal for you work? Useable handheld scale
What time of day do you have peak energy? noon
How do you prefer to work in the studio; Hours at a time? Breaks? Hours during the day? Hours at a time during daylight hours
What are your professional goals? Short term? Long Term? My goal is to have my own functional studio and be able to sell my work to my community and beyond