{"id":691,"date":"2020-08-02T23:44:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aust-thai.com\/blog\/?p=691"},"modified":"2021-03-11T00:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:16:31","slug":"on-ceramics-and-airships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aust-thai.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/on-ceramics-and-airships\/","title":{"rendered":"On Ceramics and Airships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well now folks, may I present you with a tale of a pottery teacher, one of his creatively challenged students, and doubtless but one of their many obscure interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once upon a time a university student in Armidale, NSW, Australia, enrolled in a pottery class at a local community college. For some reason or another. Aside from functional woodwork at school, he had never done anything creative. It was a relatively short course culminating in the production of a pottery item of choice. OK, I confess, the guy is me. And this is what I produced. It was meant to be somehow reminiscent of a kookaburra. Ewww. Enough said about my pottery abilities. Let\u2019s move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My teacher, whose name is Rod, endured my rambling whilst I tried to smoothen the Mars-like surface of my pot. Amongst other things I told him of my interest in airships, and sometime later invited him to a film night at home with some friends. I borrowed a film from the national library. I think it was called \u2018Shadow in the Clouds\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scroll forward a few more weeks and to my amazement Rod presented me with a high-tea setting of Zeppelin-inspired pieces. Now that\u2019s what I call a teacher! It was fabulous, but he was apologetic about cracks in the glazing. Four decades later I am still waiting for bits to fall off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never did follow my pottery calling, but I did wind up at the Stadtisches Bodensee-Museum in Friedrichshafen, Germany for the Zeppelin-Sammlung Heinz Urban exhibition in 1986. And yes, it even included some crockery from one or more of the famous zeppelins. If only I wasn\u2019t worried about bits falling off, I might have packed, and lent them, some of Rod\u2019s work. It would have rounded-out their exhibition rather nicely, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now without further ado, here are some pics of the R800 airship collection comprising five plates, nine cups, one tea pot, one sugar bowl and lid, and one toast\/cake rack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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G\u2019day Roderick! Stay well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are related online links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.zeppelin-museum.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZeppelinMuseumFriedrichshafen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/140461206033615\/posts\/welcome-to-rod-bamford-click-on-the-link-to-read-about-rods-research-interests-a\/2328174813928899\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/soad.cass.anu.edu.au\/people\/rod-bamford<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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