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I'm so square

Posted by Rabbit (Richmond, United States) on 10 April 2008 in Art & Design.

This is a double walled bowl - i'm cutting out squares in the outer wall.
I was working on this at home on my counter with a very colorful Christmas hand towel underneath my wearboard (a scrap board used to set your clay work on to dry out) anyway it had so much distracting color that i decided to just make this image black and white. It helps you focus on the square that has just been cut out.

Yesterday my dear friend Cabbagehead showed me an image she would like to submit to threadless t-shirts called Polly No Wanna.... Its a parrot who does NOT want any crackers. Shes not sure about the wording because some of her friends told her it sounded racist!!! What is this? jeeez my Cabbagehead no way this girl is that way i mean shes biracial for cryin out loud.

Today i have a sore throat, i'm drinking lots of tea (jeez whats new) to help it get better!

tea for me,
rabbit

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Comments (8)

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

Very nice work, (the photon and the bowl) you must be a very patient person!

10 Apr 2008 1:22pm

Man With 101 Names from Hamburg, United States

Heck NO that is funny ! (the T shirt ) People are too uptight , I would not think the cracker on that shirt is being racist and since that is a derogatory term for a white person it would be ok anyway LOL ;o)

So whats the deal with the whole in the wall of the bowl ?

10 Apr 2008 2:12pm

cabbagehead from Virginia Beach, United States

Awww...thanks for posting my Polly Don't Wanna... shirt. Nice. :)
I'm almost done with it I think. Yay. Nice hole in the wall. Dude, I still have all this photo paper with your name all over it.

10 Apr 2008 2:40pm

tyan from Singapore, Singapore

you know in chinese medicine,tea is bad for sore throats because it is believed that it will cause your throats to dry even further..maybe try honey lemon or water?:)

i like your hands.Look so slender and nice:)

10 Apr 2008 2:53pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

I went to Threadless and found a funny parrot saying keep those crackers out of my view or something like that. How could this be racist or is "Polly no wanna" racist? Oh now I see... We had a comics book here in the fifties with a white boy and his balck friend. The black friend spoke in broken language, sounded childish and the white boy took all the initiatives. Nobody thought of racism and the comics were very popular. Nowadays they still exist (they must be over sixty now but are still around 12) but changed their behavior completely, I could tell more stories, e.g. we have a well-known brand of cookies covered with chocolate, named: "Negroe Kisses". Last year they had to change their name into "kisses", we still have another cookies brand called "Jews' Cookies", I'm curious when they have to change their name. BTW nice picture, the shape of your hand matches the shape of the hole, good luck! (Did you try Rooibos already?)

10 Apr 2008 4:23pm

lightwriter from Netherlands

Well Rabbit,
-You're so square, but baby i don't care- (Joni Mitchell)
How many holes does the bowl get?
The B&W workes out well. Gives good attention to your hand and leads my view to the hole.

10 Apr 2008 6:15pm

@lightwriter: MANY!

Rags from Plano, United States

I checked the work she did on the shirt. I don't find the shirt racist. I also can see why some would see it as that. As far as I am concerned, it is art and art sometimes needs to ruffle feathers. I hope she has the shirt made, it could create a decent dialog on race.

11 Apr 2008 3:28am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

I like how you talk of ‘double-walled bowls’ as if we are all familiar with the genre . . but we catch on fast and are eager for the finished results, now! Love this surgical action shot!

11 Apr 2008 6:51pm

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