The handle vine becomes more fluid as I trust my fingers to find their way around the soft clay...The first cup after my return from 3 1/2 months on Manitoulin Island.
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100 cups
A simple progression
A natural unfolding
A trust in time.
Each one
The new one
In each one
The last one
From each one
The natural next.
I throw and trim
I sit and look
I lift my knife
and join.
I lift my life
and join.
-Julia Livingston
This is all about process!! My desire to remind myself and others to pay attention to and explore the concept of process through the observation of the changes that occur over time in the making of 100 cups. It is a culmination of 37 years working in clay and a continuing expression of my love of the organic beauty in Art Nouveau. The blog is also a new collaboration with my son, Amory. The blog itself is a process..the exhibition of 100 Cups will be a process..and on and on.....
This is my journal documenting an ongoing creative endeavor sustained by a single underlying current with 100 momentary breaks, each indicated by an individual porcelain cup which reveals both continuity and uniqueness in the way the pot is thrown, the handle is pulled and wrapped,
and the form is carved and sculpted. Each piece is photographed in its raw
porcelain clay state before being fired or glazed. If you would like to follow the progression from Cup #1, scroll down and click "Older Posts" or begin at the Blog Archive "2010", "March".
Visit my public archive forum on facebook: Julia Munn Livingston Pottery Archive.
The 100 Cups collection is available for exhibition.
100 cups
A simple progression
A natural unfolding
A trust in time.
Each one
The new one
In each one
The last one
From each one
The natural next.
I throw and trim
I sit and look
I lift my knife
and join.
I lift my life
and join.
-Julia Livingston
PBS Weekly Special
Watch the PBS feature on the 100 Cups project here:
Life in 100 Cups
Read a recent article from Homes and Lifestyle Magazine about the summation of the 100 Cups Project HERE.
Exhibition Press Release
Click HERE to download the 100 Cups: One Artist's Journey Press Release, from the Haan Mansion's exhibition in April, 2017.
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100 Cups Blog
This is all about process!! My desire to remind myself and others to pay attention to and explore the concept of process through the observation of the changes that occur over time in the making of 100 cups. It is a culmination of 37 years working in clay and a continuing expression of my love of the organic beauty in Art Nouveau. The blog is also a new collaboration with my son, Amory. The blog itself is a process..the exhibition of 100 Cups will be a process..and on and on.....
more fluid indeed....how did you do that? were you endowed with secret potter powers while you were gone? i loooooooooooooove this cup!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gini...yes, I must give some credit for increased potter power to artist David Migwans who taught a pottery class I took on Manitoulin Island this summer!
ReplyDeleteThe cup says that much has happened since you were last working on this project. It's proof that what you are creating is in this moment, flowing out of who you are now, not some static pre-determined design .
ReplyDeleteDeborah, Thanks for noticing. You are right. I don't plan the designs ahead of time. I sit down and work in the moment and try to work from a trusting place in myself...Julia
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