PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS - BYE-4-NOW!


AU REVOIR

THE OLDER I GET, THE SLOWER AND MORE  ACCIDENT-PRONE I BECOME!

LARGE SNAPPING TURTLE - ONTARIO

THE LATE GUY THE GORILLA FROM REGENTS PARK ZOO, LONDON
I ALWAYS IDENTIFIED MYSELF WITH ICONS OF ETERNAL YOUTH, SUCH AS
 MICKY MOUSE AND PETER PAN
NOW I CAN REST UP, WORK IN THE GARDEN, BE PATIENT AND RELAX!

PRE- COLUMBIAN BABY FIGURE - ECUADOR


TEAHOUSE WAITING BENCH OR MACHIAI

WATCH PLANTS GROW, WATCH FALL COLOR DEVELOP AND MAYBE GARDEN NAKED!


TOO MANY VISITORS AROUND FOR THIS ACTIVITY


 TAKE MY OWN T-SHIRT ADVICE


OR, AS A LAST RESORT, READ ABOUT IT!


THE PROBLEM IS, AT MY AGE, I CAN'T
REMEMBER WHICH BOOK!

TIME TO QUIT FOR A WHILE AND RECHARGE THE BATTERIES!!

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, 
BEST WISHES,
ROBIN


















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5 comments:

  1. Sharon @ Crooked Creek StudioSeptember 16, 2012 at 3:38 PM

    You are a crazy man! And such a good kind of crazy. Do take care of yourself and enjoy some rest and relaxation. Prayers for your full recovery.

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  2. smartcatSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:17 AM

    I totally understand your need for a rest, but it doesn't take away the missing.
    You have given us some wonderful tutorials and information over the last months.
    Rest and relax in your fantastic garden.
    Toes crossed for a wonderful recovery.
    Sharon is right....you are a crazy man....the best way to be!

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  3. TrishSeptember 19, 2012 at 2:07 PM

    Robin...just checking my favourite blogs after having no computer for some time...I am sorry to hear that you are not improving as quickly as you had hoped, and I do agree with your medical team that some time 'off' will be for the best. We all look forward to your recovery and the return of your sharing of your wisdom on these pages. Enjoy your autumn garden.
    Trish from Alberta

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  4. Nadine MercaderSeptember 22, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    Take good care of yourself, spoil yourself, relax, enjoy the garden, the time passes quickly and before you know you will be well again! See you in the clay someday...
    Nadine

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  5. M.H.October 17, 2012 at 10:47 PM

    Well drat. I have such a simple question, but no answer. Prehaps someone here can help. I bought the book Ceramic Spectrum - a great book but the serial numbering system of sample glazes is not easy to decode. I have solved them all but ONE...

    What is flux/base is "CR" ???? There is a CCR but no "CR" I can find. Help!

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