Thursday, October 13, 2005

Ain't Yo Pappy's Pottery

Gorgeous isn't it. Two people in love...two more tender thespians there could not be: Swayze and Moore. What is one of the world's oldest artforms is getting a facelift--denying its romantic roots and forging onwards into the realm of superawesomeness. If our adored romantic dramaticons above were to play with ceramic's newest toys, they'd be a few fingrs short of a hand.

I bring you the ceramic knife. Not much glitz and glamor, but its edge can be sharpened to one micron width. Your hair is 100 microns wide. Pretty much the only thing sharper is a diamond, and they are 4eva! Now Ginsu tackles some things that ceramic knives cannot, so don't be so quick to write off your favorite infomercial.

OK wait, maybe I was wrong about the tenderness of today's ceramics:
How much ceramics info can you get? CeramicsToday might help. A "West Coast Funk" section? Looking to be a ceramicist? You might need a healthy dose of the Ceramics databases. "No thanks Ned, I really just want to spin a mug for my mom for mother's day." Fine. Don't be fascinated about the sharpest cutting tool ever forged by mankind. See if I care.

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