Regrets? I've had a few

Clarification - these are all regrets.

Jim K from Trappe, PA

Each one had a problem in one way or another. Maybe 7 years worth. I just thrown them in a bowl and try again....

You've struck a chord -- good topic

Ellis Walentine

I have boxes and boxes of bowls, vessels, tops, stoppers, ... you name it, sitting in every nook and cranny. It begs the question, briefly, as to what to do with them. If they were worth anything more than their experience value, we'd sell them. But, we don't want to have our name associated with substandard work, yet we can't bear to part with these things.

It's akin to the editing process, where the idea is to excise what doesn't belong there. Some people can't bear to have their words, or their work, messed with though. Like my dear departed partner Jim Cummins used to say, these folks think editing is like drowning puppies. The strong editor has to insist on economy, and I think we do too, or be overwhelmed by false starts and near misses.

Good discussion topic. Thanks.

Ellis

Re: You've struck a chord -- good topic

John K Jordan

>But, we don't want to have our name associated with substandard

>work, yet we can't bear to part with these things

Reminds me of the ugliest bowl I ever turned - the form was ugly and the wood was ugly. I was just about to edit it with the Long Toss to rot in the woods when in a weak moment I offered it to my horse vet as a cat food bowl. Under one condition: she had to promise to NEVER say who made it.

Much later I went to an event at their house and saw the bowl on a table full of nuts. She announced something like "Hey everybody, here's John. He's the one who made this bowl!"

I learned from this. Now I either do what Raffan suggests and cut it in half to critique the form, feed the stove (strangely satisfying), or if small enough add it to my Box of Shame.

JKJ

Never give anything but your best to your mother

john lucas

My close friend who is a glass instructor tells that to his students with the added sentence, she will put it on display and keep it forever.