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, April 7, 2013

ANOTHER ULTIMATUM!

TIME TO QUIT!

My medical team have again told me that I have to keep off the keyboard! So I regret to announce that this will be my last posting of this blog. I have had a good time doing it. Here are some of the images I was planning to use in this posting. It was to be about  agate ware.















Many thanks for being  a reader of this blog. If we can solve the health problems, I hope to be back.

BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL.

ROBIN




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12 comments:

  1. Barbara RogersApril 7, 2013 at 3:58 PM

    Dear Robin:
    Thanks for giving us all the beauty you have shared here. I am certain you'll keep on producing more beauty even if you can't sit there and type for a blog. I'll miss you here though.
    Barb Rogers

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  2. smartcatApril 7, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    Oh Robin.....This is sad news indeed. (And I still think that people who say old age is great are ### liars!) You have been a fount of wisdom, information and just plain good times over the course of the blog. Couldn't somebody in your area come over and post for you while you dictate? I do hope your problems are solved whether or not you are able to resume the blog.

    Beautiful photos of plants, geodes and pots. Is your bleeding heart really in bloom? Mine is just beginning to show a few sprouts.

    We'll see, Grasshopper..........*s*

    P.S. I'm still experimenting with moss and ceramic ink!

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  3. Linda StarrApril 7, 2013 at 5:57 PM

    So sorry to hear your health is suffering again I hope you get well soon and can enjoy your Spring garden which I am sure is wonderful judging from the lovely bleeding heart there. I know how debilitating health issues can be, some days all I can do is get to the blog to write a post and read and comment on others so I'm happy for yours and others.

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  4. TrishApril 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    Ahhhh :(...I, too, am sorry to hear this news, Robin. You are a wealth of information (an understatement), and I know that a lot of people read your blog.. (I agree with Smartcat on the dictation to typist idea)...:)..Do take care and somehow keep us posted on your health..Enjoy your Spring.. we have another three inches of snow!!! Trish from Alberta

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  5. BruceApril 8, 2013 at 5:52 PM

    Until you blog again, thanks for everything.

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  6. Cyndi Casemier April 10, 2013 at 8:11 AM

    Damn! That is all I have to say. Hugs to you.

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  7. AndyApril 14, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    Robin-
    You have been my greatest mentor in art and an inspiration to all who have had the good fortune to cross your path. I, too, am jealous of the early spring blossoms you have posted from Vancouver Island. Here in Vermont we had to tolerate a day of sleet and freezing rain. However, you taught me years ago that there is beauty and inspiration in everything and it is the inner vision and application by the artist that makes it uniquely his/her own!
    Until we meet again-
    Andy Snyder
    Mud Puppy Pottery

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  8. UnknownApril 18, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    I hope you leave your blog up for a good while, even, if you are not able to continue posting. It is a great and inspirational read.It is also visually enriching.Bless you and I hope your health will improve.Many Thank for sharing your knowledge and writings.
    Sincerely, Krista

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  9. UnknownApril 23, 2013 at 8:46 AM

    Sir Robin - I am privileged to know you and be known by you. Your blog is a source of joy and inspiration to many, including me. I look forward to the day you return to writing and posting. Please leave the blog up for as long as possible as I come back to it frequently.

    Love as always.
    Vicki Hamilton

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  10. kanmaniMay 7, 2013 at 2:27 AM



    Wonderful blog & good post.Its really helpful for me, awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!





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  11. Nadine MercaderMay 9, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    Dear Robin,
    I am one of many who will miss your blog! How can any of us let you know how important you have been to us? You inspire me with your creativity and your courageous spirit!
    Take care of yourself!
    Nadine

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  12. Jo-AnnMay 28, 2013 at 11:21 AM

    Warm thoughts, wishing you improved health. Thank you for everything you have shared.

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