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!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

SHOT IN THE HEAD!


SHOT IN THE HEAD
 AT CLOSE RANGE 
FROM BEHIND - TWICE!


(AND WITH MY PERMISSION!)

 The head puncturers were not lead or silver bullets! They were needles full of Cortisone to break down Rheumatoid Arthritic calcium deposits that have been crushing a nerve at the base of my skull, with resultant 54 week nonstop headache. It finally showed up last week on the second cat scan after trying just about every other option. I was beginning to think I was psychosomatic. 

 The specialist says that it should repair 100%. Right now I live in hope that he is right. Improvements seem to have started. The longterm crackle sound, like walking on walnuts, whenever I moved my head from side to side, seems to have disappeared in 24 hours.
That's a great start!

  I really want to get back to glaze drawings and paintings with the Porcelain Canvas Substrates. Been on hold far too long!

 My pen, brush, pencil and gunslinger trigger hand seems to have less of the shakes. If it all keeps improving like this, I should be able to get back to my work quite soon. 

 WHOOPEE!!

 MY SINCERE THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SENT GOOD WISHES, ADVICE AND HEALING THOUGHTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. IT SEEMS LIKE I'M DEFINITELY ON THE MEND.  I THINK THERE WILL BE NO MORE POTS, BUT MANY MORE GLAZE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS TO COME. MAYBE EVEN A FEW MORE WORDS!

 BEST WISHES,  ROBIN


BRUSHSTUFF#3 WILL BE THE NEXT BLOG POSTING.
I HOPE I WILL GET IT TOGETHER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I STILL HAVE TO WORK SLOWLY







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4 comments:

  1. Ellen MulliganNovember 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    So happy for you! Time for a new normal

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  2. smartcatNovember 15, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    Great news!

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  3. Alex SollaNovember 15, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    I am so glad to hear good news. Progress is such a wild feeling. I cant imagine how you must be feeling to see such positive change. Here's hoping for more good news.

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  4. CyndiNovember 16, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    Thank you!!! I am so happy for you. Smiling large, just for you. I can't wait to see the new paintings. Just think, no slugging of clay. No trimming. Just painting.....Translating what you see onto canvas. Hugs to you and Judi. C2

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