I thought that when I saw that image !
...Wayne
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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Utensils Again Update
Incidentally, in one of Tina's SL images, Tom is holding a coffee cup from
the same pattern.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 12/25/2016 6:49 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 12/22/2016 8:54 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Funny. I do indeed have 20/10 vision, but I feel it was a different
>>>> sort of visual acuity at work here. I know what that kind of
>>>> pottery looks and feels like, and the first versions didn't 'feel'
>>>> right. Looking more closely/critically, I found that the reason was
>>>> noise that gave a slightly rough texture to the appearance of the
>>>> glaze.
>> And I felt exactly the opposite. I know that that glaze has texture
>> to it. That's the natural "flaw" to the process and materials.
>
> That's not my experience of that sort of pottery that I've known. I
> recall a slightly 'rustic' creation, with occasional, small lacunae,
> were the glaze wasn't applied perfectly and occasional rough spots,
> where something in the clay stuck up or something hard got into the
> glaze. Between these anomalies, however, it was very smooth and shiny
> - to touch, as well as sight.
>
>> However,
>> in person, we have two eyes looking at the object and we have a
>> built-in texture-averaging and noise-reduction mechanism in our
>> visual system that is based on edge-detect and motion sensing. The
>> rest of our vision is based on "content aware fill".
>>
>> Therefore, the first version was much more accurate to the surface
>> characteristics, but the second version was more representative of
>> how we would have seen it in person.
>>
>> Both are great, both are accurate, both are true, but the artistic
>> intent is different.
>
> Nah, I think we are going to have to meet in Tullahoma, and see what
> it's really like. :-)
>
> No earlier than May, though.
>
> Spring Moose
>
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