[stylist] Friday's Word: lambent

[Lynda Lambert]

I had not done pottery since undergraduate school. After I lost my sight, my 
friend called me and said "I think you can make pottery. I will take you to 
the art center with me."  This was an enormous gift because it was in the 
very beginning when I really could do nothing at all, long before I ever 
heard that there weas such a thing as rehab. And, so, she drove to pick me 
up every week to take me to classes. This mean that she was driving 3 hours 
a day, just to get me and bring me home since I lived in the opposite 
direction from the art center, and from her home. I very quickly found that 
my hands remembered how to work with the clay. Shortly, I had moved from a 
2D artist to a 3D artist. It was an incredible transition and happened very 
naturally.

I will be teaching a workshop later this month at the Society for 
Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA. The name of the workshop is _Painting 
with Clay_ folllowing the workshop, will be a round table discussion with 
doctors from UPMC who are meeting monthly to discuss how a blind  artist 
makes art.  One thing I know for sure through my own experiences is that a 
visual learner remains a visual learner and it has nothing to do with sight 
or loss of sight.

And, yes, it can be very relaxing to work with clay. It is healing, too. 
Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Dunsé" <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
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Pottery is something I've always wanted to
try,  one of my goals down the road. Seems like a
peaceful way to create. At the campus here they
have some classes and a good sized kiln.

Brad

On 3/9/2012  11:42 AM Lynda Lambert said...
>What a great word!
>My latest pottery platter came through the last firing in perfect condition 
>this week. The depth of the cool forest blue-greens of the glazes have a 
>lambent effect  that appears to hold images of sky, earth, trees, rocks, 
>and aquatic life.  When you peer down through the depths of the waters they 
>are not only reflecting the sunlight but the  very life of the of the 
>river. On the platters edge,  a small amber snake weaves  its way across 
>the surface of the waters.
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>Lambent
>LAM-bunt
>(adjective
>
>1: playing lightly on or over a surface: flickering
>2: softly bright or radiant
>3: marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
>
>"As the last notes rang out on the piano, his
>Lambent face escorted them into thick silence
>until it was finally broken by the sea of applause."
>
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