All Discussions Tagged 'making' - crafthaus2024-03-29T09:47:56Zhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?groupUrl=young-future-richard-peterson&tag=making&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI Admiretag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-08-26:2104389:Topic:5204782015-08-26T20:42:27.419ZBrigitte Martinhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/brigittemartin
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700149?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700149?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"></img></a> Richard Peterson, "Die Alone". Exhibited at International Ceramic Cup Show at the Workhouse Arts Center at Workhouse Arts Center on Wednesday Jan 8, 2014. Honorable mention.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058699161?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058699161?profile=original" width="741"></img></a> Continued from previous post…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700149?profile=original"><img width="650" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700149?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"/></a>Richard Peterson, "Die Alone". Exhibited at International Ceramic Cup Show at the Workhouse Arts Center at Workhouse Arts Center on Wednesday Jan 8, 2014. Honorable mention.</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058699161?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058699161?profile=original" width="741"/></a>Continued from previous post <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/young-future-richard-peterson/forum/topics/making-and-selling" target="_self"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">"Making and Selling"</span></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #339966;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: Give me a quick rundown of ceramic artists whose work you admire and what you like about it.</span></strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong> Let me start with <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://suzannesmomsblog.com/2011/06/28/the-mysterious-tea-cups-of-anne-kraus/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Anne Kraus</span></a></span></strong></span>, and her dream state pots. She is so good at narration and storytelling. I didn't know about her until Jason Burnett suggested I look at the work, I think it’s captivating. The way she uses the vessel, the way her saucer and cup work together as one narrative are so lovely and, I think, really hard to do. I have tried it and it is so much harder than she makes it look.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700440?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700440?profile=original" width="636"/></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The way that the reader or handler would use the piece and actually hold it in order to complete the narration is very different from anything else I have seen. You actually have to handle the work in a certain way. Her narration is not always 100% complete, it is up to the viewer to complete it. Her work is not just a one-liner, it is also playing with your personality, how you are as a person. I think that is one of the most beautiful things I learned from her work, she is using space in a wonderful way. The viewer is automatically in the same space she is.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700256?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700256?profile=original" width="580"/></a></span><span class="font-size-2">Jason Walker, "City Animal: Squirrel"</span></p>
<p><br/> <span class="font-size-3">I also like <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://jasonwalkerceramics.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Jason Walker</span></a></span></strong></span>. I think he is one of the best illustrators that clay has right now. He is absolutely stunning. And <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://kevinsnipes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Kevin Snipes</span></a></span></strong></span>. He is from the same area I grew up in. Kevin went to the Cleveland Institute of Art and I brought him in to University of Akron as a visiting artist one time.</span></p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058702137?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058702137?profile=original" width="500"/></a><span class="font-size-2">Kevin Snipes, "Secret Passage Teapot", porcelain , 5"x10"x4"</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Image: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.archiebray.org/abf_exhibitions/fellowship_exhibitions_09/snipes_fellowship_exhibit_09/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&currentPic=5" target="_blank">Archie Bray Foundation</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">Lauren Gallaspy (Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.laurengallaspy.com/sculpture.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Artist website.</span></a></span>)</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">And there’s <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.laurengallaspy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lauren Gallaspy</span></a></span></strong></span>, we spoke about her before. I really love her China paint work.</span></p>
<p><br/> <br/> <strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700633?profile=original"><img width="300" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058700633?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"/></a>Crafthaus Editor: Are you familiar with <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://robertolugostudio.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Roberto Lugo</span></a></span>?</span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong> Yes. He is so lovely. He is also spunky as hell. </span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="color: #339966;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: He just presented at NCECA, isn’t that right?</span></strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Richard: Yes, he was one of the featured emerging artists.</span></p>
<p><br/> <strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"> </span></strong> <br/> <strong><span class="font-size-3"><span style="color: #339966;">Crafthaus Editor: While you were telling me your story, I had to think of him. His background is actually somewhat similar to yours.</span></span></strong> <br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Roberto Lugo, "We are all Kings. Source: <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://robertolugostudio.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">artist website</span></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong></span> Yes it is. He has a real connection to clay, like I do, because clay is not a really highbrow medium. It feels like it is a bit lower on the totem pole, or maybe it is on it’s own pole, especially the terracotta. Terracotta feels to me like the blue-collar relative of porcelain. Maybe that’s why I connect with it so well.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #3366ff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Coming up in the last segment: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/young-future-richard-peterson/forum/topics/let-it-happen" target="_self">"Let it Happen"</a></span><br/></strong></span></p>
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<p>Richard Peterson is currently an MFA Candidate at the University of Arkansas.</p>
<p>His email is rfpeters_ at _ uark.edu or richthepotter_ at _yahoo.com .</p>
<p><br/> <a href="http://richthepotter.tumblr.com/">http://richthepotter.tumblr.com/</a></p>
<p></p> Making and Sellingtag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-08-19:2104389:Topic:5198882015-08-19T16:01:45.546ZBrigitte Martinhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/brigittemartin
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<p>Richard Peterson, "My Eyes Are Up Here"<br></br> Earthenware, wheelthrown, painted slip and underglaze, fired to cone 4, 2.75 x 2.75 x 2.75 inches.</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695913?profile=original"><img width="650" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695913?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"/></a></p>
<p>Richard Peterson, "My Eyes Are Up Here"<br/> Earthenware, wheelthrown, painted slip and underglaze, fired to cone 4, 2.75 x 2.75 x 2.75 inches.</p>
<p>Photo credit: Charlie Cummings, <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://claylink.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=243_437" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie Cummings Gallery</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original" width="741"/></a>Continued from previous post <a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/young-future-richard-peterson/forum/topics/grad-school" target="_self">"<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Grad School".</span></a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: Moving on to the selling aspect. You have your work at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://claylink.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=243_437" target="_blank">Charlie Cummings’s gallery</a></span> in Florida. How did that connection come about?</span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong> [Laughs] I bugged the gallery. I knew that he had a cup show at his gallery and I loved that cup show. Every year, I waited for it to start because it is the perfect mix of established artists and up-and-comers. So exciting. I never had money to buy anything, but I would use it as a reference. I figured out who the curator was one year and I emailed her asking if I could possibly be in that show. Nothing happened for a while, then she emailed me back saying that yes, I could be in the show, but that she needed my work shipped the following week already. It was her way of saying "yes, but not really", you know what I mean? </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The next year, I did the same thing, but I was prepared this time. I had five cups ready and set aside, just in case they said yes. Well, I got in the show that year and sent my mugs to the gallery. That was the biggest stage that I had ever put myself on and, lucky for me, it went really well, better than I could have ever imagined. Two of the pieces sold to private collectors the day before the opening, and the other three cups sold within the first week the exhibition was up. I was one of the first artists to sell all of their work in the cup show, and shortly after my last cup sold I received a call from the gallery requesting a solo show of my work. So that was how that happened. It was by a little bit of crying, and a little bit of putting myself out there, and sending images to people.</span></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original" width="741"/></a><br/> <strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697711?profile=original"><img width="350" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697711?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350"/></a></span></strong></p>
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<p>Richard Peterson, "I AM SO DRUNK!"<br/> Earthenware, wheelthrown, painted slip and underglaze, fired to cone 4, 3.5 x 3.25 x 4.5 inches.</p>
<p>Photo credit: Charlie Cummings, <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://claylink.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=243_437" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie Cummings Gallery</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695047?profile=original" width="741"/></a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: As a way to support yourself, do you think you will be able to continue to work with this gallery through grad school or do you have to put this on hold for a while?</span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><span class="font-size-3"><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong></span> I have had conversations with the gallery about that already. I don't want to stop working with them, but I might have to put this on hold temporarily.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">In addition to what I did with the Charlie Cummings Gallery, I also had another solo show during my last semester with the <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="https://www.akardesign.com/shows/index.asp?iShowID=155&page=16#1073" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">AKAR Gallery called “yunomi”</span></a></span>, and I did the <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.baltimoreclayworks.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Baltimore Clay Works</span></a></span></strong></span> <span style="color: #3366ff;">“Graphic Clay”</span> show, as well as completing my final semester at school. There was so much going on and it was all so exciting to have all of it happen at once, but it was also really terrifying. I was wondering all the time if I could really pull this off, because if I didn't get it done it would reflect badly on me.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697812?profile=original"><img width="250" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697812?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a>All of a sudden, all kinds of people wanted my work. It was my last semester at school and I did no experimentation, none. I was so focused on making work that was presentable, and work that wouldn't fail in the process, because if I failed, that was a week that I had to make up later somehow. It was really scary. There was one time the kiln didn't reach temperature. Everything came out foggy and I had a panic attack. I re-fired everything and it was all good in the end, but that isn't always the case. It could have been a whole kiln load of work gone. Just gone.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695067?profile=original"><img width="250" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695067?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a>I still want to do shows. That is why I'm here. You make work so that people can see it, hopefully. But in the future, I will have to be more selective about what I say yes to. The Charlie Cummings cup shows, those I will probably always do, because it is only five pieces they are asking for, and there’s a lot of people who will see it. Those are really important shows to continually be a part of. And it’s part of my history too. That’s an important relationship to me.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">Images: Richard Peterson, "Driving Under The Influence", Earthenware, cone 4, sgraffito and underglaze. Photo Credit: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.akardesign.com/shows/index.asp?iShowID=155&page=16#1073" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">AKAR Gallery</span></a>.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><br/> <strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: Charlie Cummings seems to be quite active online doing a lot of promotion for their artists.</span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong>Richard Peterson:</strong> He does. That is another thing I like about them, if I have any questions or I have any problems, they are willing to help me out. I think that is one of the best things about this gallery. I haven't worked with tons of galleries yet, I am still really early in this process, but they had such a positive influence on me already that if they asked me for something and I have it, I will send it to them first.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697171?profile=original"><img width="245" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058697171?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="245"/></a>That is also one of the things <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.whistlepigtales.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Jill Foote-Hutton</span></a></span></strong></span> mentions in one of her articles on <span style="color: #3366ff;">“</span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://musingaboutmud.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Musing about Mud”</span></a></span></strong></span><span style="color: #3366ff;">.</span> She writes about the relationship between the gallery and the maker. By the way, that was one of the most influential articles I have read in a while. It really changed a lot of things for me. Shortly after I read her article, I actually curated a show myself. I talked a gallery space in Akron, OH into taking no commission on any clay work sold at my show, so that everything that we sold went 100% back to the artists. It was great. We had over 65 cups in the exhibition and all but 8 of them sold. It was a local show, no online presence. It was also the first time this area has had that much clay on view.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span class="font-size-2" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://www.whistlepigtales.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Image: Jill Foote-Hutton.</span></a></span></p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695694?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695694?profile=original" width="741"/></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058696596?profile=original"><img width="650" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058696596?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650"/></a>Richard Peterson, "The End is Near". Tea Set. Image credit: Melissa Kreider</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695694?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058695694?profile=original" width="741"/></a><br/> <strong><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3">Crafthaus Editor: How did the gallery make any money? How did you talk them into this? They need to make money off of their sales to keep their doors open.</span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-3"> </span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><strong><span style="color: #333333;">Richard Peterson:</span></strong> The place I did the show with is called <span style="color: #3366ff;">“</span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://landofplentyakron.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Land of Plenty</span></a></span></strong></span><span style="color: #3366ff;">”</span> in Akron. The owner is Christy Wall. You walk into this place and it has all these oddities, taxidermy, weird wood sculptures, old antiques, mass produced pots and stuff like that, and it is really lovely and it is super hip. She has a client base that is already looking for unusual items.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058694862?profile=original"><img width="250" class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058694862?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a>I found the place through one of my friends from Akron, <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://mudlungs.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Jamie Suvak</span></a></span></strong></span>. The University of Akron encourages you to have your senior thesis exhibition off campus. You need to find your own gallery space, set up a solo show yourself. That way you also learn how to communicate with a gallery. </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2">Image left: Jamie Suvak. Earthenware Plate, 2014. Image courtesy of the artist.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Jamie had her thesis show at <span class="font-size-3">Christy</span>'s place and it was an amazing turnout. My friend sold many of her pots and Christy sold a lot of her work inside the shop too. It brought in new customers for Christy, people that wouldn't have visited the shop had it not been for the show. After this success, Christy asked me if we could set up a show next and because this happened just a few weeks after I had read Hutton's post, it was all still fresh my mind and I was feeling really, really bold that day. So I said that I would do the show at her place, but that there was to be no commission, that everything had to go back to the artists. Christy agreed.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">It took me six months to get everything up and running because I am not the best writer in the world. I was constantly writing and rewriting the invitations to the show, talking with lots of people about how to best do this because I really had no experience with organizing a show like that to begin with. It took me a long time, but I finally got to the point that I was able to create this opportunity for my community.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058698120?profile=original"><img width="250" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058698120?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="250"/></a>I was very happy and very scared at the same time. How do I prevent this show from flopping? Will I look like an idiot? Will it be successful? Well, the show turned out great. I had a wonderful response from many amazing ceramicists who put their trust in me to do a great show. I have since been asked for a round two at Christy’s but I am just not up for it right now. I have to leave for Arkansas soon.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">Richard Peterson, "Fashion Trend"<br/> Earthenware, wheelthrown, painted slip and underglaze, fired to cone 4, 2.5 x 2.75 x 3 inches.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Photo credit: Charlie Cummings, <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://claylink.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=243_437" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie Cummings Gallery</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #3366ff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Continue reading the next segment: "<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/young-future-richard-peterson/forum/topics/i-admire" target="_self">I Admire</a></span>"</strong></span></p>
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<p>Richard Peterson is currently an MFA Candidate at the University of Arkansas.</p>
<p>His email is rfpeters_ at _ uark.edu or richthepotter_ at _yahoo.com .</p>
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