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		<title>Response: Is one way better than another?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is my response to Paul&#8217;s post at TAE, entitled, On Musical Form: is one way better than another?
In the post, the author contrasts the Tennessee way of music-making (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus) with an artist named Herva, who works &#8220;with my heart and my hands, to paint or write (or whatever) with my insides (intelligence, spirit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pots and Life, Vol. 8</title>
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Wood-fired plate by Ben Krupka. I bought this pair from him on their way out of the kiln at a WCC workshop and they&#8217;re up there on my favorites list. They&#8217;re pretty, have adequate heft, are dished enough to keep food in, and have enough of a foot to be securely hand-washed.
The new place has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Questionable Importance of the Artifact</title>
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Moving has given me a chance to reconsider and rebuild my surroundings. While generally a good thing, it also raises questions. Of course there&#8217;s some clutter in my room, yet: some favorite pieces sit among other important and less-important objects. The dresser. Two tone drums, a bowl, my sunglasses, a ceramic box I quite like. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/08/the-questionable-importance-of-the-artifact/</link>
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		<title>Pots and Life, Vol. 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was Mothers Day weekend, 2010. I was on the St. Croix Valley potters&#8217; tour with a couple of friends. I had long admired Matt Kelleher&#8217;s work. I was looking for dinner plates. When I saw this one, I didn&#8217;t stand much of a chance. The slip (hidden by food, naturally) has some beautiful variations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tales Out of School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High school ceramics class. Ceramics II. We were asked to make some goals for the class. One of the things I wrote was that I wanted to develop a sense of style. What was I thinking?
At the time, I think that I thought style was something one adopted, like the way one dresses. Some kids [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/07/tales-out-of-school/</link>
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		<title>Shards.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All my work is packed for the move. Except for the pieces I sharded. You know what they say, you can&#8217;t take it all with you.

This is it. Thirty-three boxes and crates. Don&#8217;t be fooled by the shoeboxes, they are basically full of rocks. Some of the crates hold only a couple of sculptures.

This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/07/shards/</link>
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		<title>Pots and Life, Vol. 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s firing of Gary the Groundhog yielded some good pots, some not-so-good pots, and lots of information. But that&#8217;s another story. Today&#8217;s story: a nice little plate by Ryan Strobel. It didn&#8217;t quite survive the firing, but it&#8217;s a Good form with a pretty skin, so he gave it a quick sanding and sent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/06/pots-and-life-vol-6/</link>
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		<title>Pots and Life, Vol. 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick one. I was lucky enough to bring home a few new pots from the Minnesota potters tour. One nice piece is a pouring vessel by Linda Christianson. It&#8217;s odd, too: too big to lift comfortably with one hand, and the lid might double as a cup. Function might call for a handle, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/06/pots-and-life-vol-5/</link>
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		<title>The Toaster Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to share Thomas Thwaites&#8217; &#8220;The Toaster Project&#8221;
&#8220;The project is a reaction to the idea that it’s possible or desirable to be self-sufficient, but also to the view that having more stuff, more cheaply is better.&#8221; -Dezeen
(Photo via Dezeen)
Obviously this is a departure from couch cushion architecture. Prima facie, it&#8217;s no less absurd. Thwaites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://design-realized.com/adventures/2010/05/the-toaster-project-2/</link>
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		<title>Couch Cushion Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is to direct your attention to a pair of blog posts that provide a survey of couch cushion architecture, as well as critical discourse.
Build Blog, Post 1
Build Blog, Post 2
I hope you&#8217;ll find them amusing as well. I imagine that a lot of giggling went on while these were being written. An excerpt:

An [...]]]></description>
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