Engobe. What is it; who cares?

It's a 50/50 mix of liquid clay and glaze if you must know. But this my friends, is not what I have in mind for this little chunk of the blogosphere.

I named it hand2clay because clay is my medium, it hadn't been taken as a blog name, and I thought it was kind of snappy. It may change if the commentary evolves as I hope.

Of course technical jargon and clayisms are welcome, but my wish is that art/design topics of a more evocative, and far reaching nature will blossom. Why you choose to create. Your philosophy about making "things" in this age, this amazingly full age of perhaps too many things. The intimacy of touch in the digital era. Generational aesthetics. Enlightened commentary on the culture of art - from NYC gallery hype, to the burgeoning (well maybe not so much now) design/craft movement.

The marketing of art. I want to hear about that! I'll be attending a talk at Village Books Dec. 3rd about marketing to those not (as) affected by the economic downturn. It's called "No B.S. - Marketing to the Affluent". I think it should be billed How to suck on the teat of people with more money than they know what to do with. Kinda long? How about Medici Redux. The talk is not geared for artists per se, but that it even is happening points directly at the disappearing middle class, which has been the predominant market for most buyers of craft artwork.

Seems as good a time as any to start a conversation. Welcome.