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Gay Migration or End of an Era?
The announcement that Splash, the bar most closely associated with Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, would close this month put a period not only on the area's transformation but also on the ideal gay male type in the popular imagination. The end of an era.
San Francisco's the Eagle, which closed two years ago, signified a similar sea change in SoMa, as the once-rough-edged area south of Market Street is now known. When Nation in Washington, D.C., closed its doors in 2006, it left a still-unfilled hole in the city's gay nightlife scene.
One by one, the traditional gayborhoods in major cities across the country have become victims of their own success. As in Chelsea, skyrocketing residential rents and home prices are forcing longtime gay residents out of Miami's South Beach, Boston's South End, the Castro in San Francisco, L.A.'s Silver Lake and many other such communities, while commercial rents have forced the closing of bars and clubs considered institutions by their patrons.
The passing of Splash, however, has particular significance because of its close identification with the stereotypical "Chelsea Boy."
When it opened in 1991, Splash immediately became identified with the neighborhood; it even solidified Chelsea as the gayborhood. If its West 17th Street location just barely falls within Chelsea, its unabashed celebration of manicured good looks, no body hair and hard muscles helped propel the term "Chelsea boy" into popular use.
From its decor to its hiring practices, Splash was unlike any bar that had come before it - in New York or anywhere else. How they looked, clad only in tighty-whities, meant more than mixing abilities when staffing bartenders. The bar's calling card was a shower placed on a stage where the bodybuilder go-go dancers would publicly bathe. That, along with its ultra-modern spare design and a sexually charged vibe, became the template for bars around the world.
By the time Splash opened in 1991, Chelsea, along with South Beach and West Hollywood, had become nationally recognized as the locus for a new breed of gay man. Far from being shunned in corporate suites, these high-powered professionals had become valued for the new Fortune 500 mantra of employee diversity.
At the end of the workday, they brought their focused determination to their workouts, diets and sex lives. They worked hard and they partied hard. And in Splash, they found a place where they could show off their physiques with others who shared their aesthetic.
The bar was an immediate success. In one anecdote, a deliveryman for a beer distributor learned that "show muscles" doesn't necessarily mean "use muscles." Having balked when he was told to carry his cargo into a storeroom, the manager on duty at Splash contacted his boss, who warned him, "This is my second-biggest customer on the East Coast. You'll do what you're told."
Like the Castro, Chicago's Boystown, Miami's South Beach, Boston's South End and just about every other gayborhood, Chelsea's indigenous population was working-class, most of its residents descendants of one striving immigrant group or another - in Chelsea's case, the Irish who fled the Great Famine in the mid-1800s.
Actually, Chelsea could be considered a second-generation gayborhood. Until the early 1980s, gay life in New York City centered on Greenwich Village. Long a haven for bohemians who stood outside of the American mainstream and criticized conformity, the Village provided a haven when gay men were treated like criminals. Gay bars ran the gamut from the formality of Julius and Fedora, where patrons were expected to wear business suits and not show too much outward affection, to seedy dives like the Stonewall Inn - a sweatbox that, unusual for the time, welcomed the transgendered, women and minorities alongside white gay men.
Ironically, by June 1969, when Stonewall erupted in the riots that ignited the modern gay rights movement, young urban professionals who collectively came to be known as yuppies were already supplanting gay men. The Village was one of the first older inner-city neighborhoods fundamentally transformed from rundown de facto ghettos for one ethnic group or another into enclaves for the privileged few.
Faced with the yuppie onslaught, gay men gravitated north of 14th Street, then (as now) the dividing line between Chelsea and the Village. Best known as the author of the poem "The Night Before Christmas," Rev. Clement Clarke Moore founded Chelsea as New York's equivalent to its London namesake. For a while, it grew wealthy, with splendid brownstone homes dotting its side streets. But then came factories and, with them, the worker bees who filled working-class tenements.
Attracted by rents far cheaper than those found in the Village, gay men filtered into the neighborhood in the early '80s. They put up with brownstones and walk-up tenements subdivided into notorious government-subsidized housing known as SROs (for "single-room occupancy"). In a pattern repeated in city after city, these newcomers set about remaking what they found.
The first sign that something was definitely happening came in 1983, with the advent of the area's first trendy restaurant, Man Ray, and the über-gay health club, the eponymous Chelsea Gym.
Named for the surrealist photographer, Man Ray was the first restaurant in the area that didn't serve food - it served cuisine. Around the corner, the Chelsea Gym molded the Chelsea Boys' bodies. Hard as it is to believe now, gyms had been out-of-the-way, dingy spaces where men gathered to smoke cigars and make bets on the prizefighters who were the only ones to lift the scattered weights or jump rope. Ads that read "No potted palms" and a young bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger clad in short shorts and a wifebeater proclaimed that this was a no-nonsense temple to real-life classical statues. After a hard workout, patrons socialized in the steam room, which became so associated with gay life that, when a local newspaper wrote that there were plans to landmark it after the gym closed decades later, many rushed to sign supporting petitions.
In another pattern repeated from Boston to San Francisco, bars quickly followed the crowd. The Ramrod, which opened in 1977, was an old-school leather-and-Levi's dark space. Next came dance clubs like the Roxy and Sound Factory Bar. As gay men bulked up, gay clothiers like Ramon Dragon and Nasty Pig provided body-hugging clothes that clung to their musculature by day and the "slutwear" for playtime at night. Boutiques like Rainbows and Triangles were all-purpose gay emporiums whose merchandise ranged from sexy clothing to naughty greeting cards, ironic knickknacks and, somewhere in the back, porn videos.
Like its viewers, porn had come out of the closet. Men no longer had to patronize unmarked stores dominated by sleazy backrooms. The Blue Store was a porn supermarket. Far from trying to keep its purpose from the public, it beamed a light so bright, it was said to be seen from outer space. Its front windows displayed Hollywood-type posters of the latest releases with glamour shots of the cast.
Instead of blackout tape covering the windows of gay bars to prevent patrons from the gaze of passersby, bars became as out and proud as their customers. A giant window fronts G Lounge, where simple cocktails like whiskey-and-sodas and dry martinis are replaced with such elaborate blender confections as frozen cosmos, which became the signature drink of Sex and the City.
If Chelsea had become a gay city-within-a-city, it had its own town hall: Big Cup. One cup of coffee was all that was needed for an afternoon of trading gossip or glancing at gay magazines while ensconced on a comfortably worn sofa.
Neighborhoods, however, are not static. People used to say that New York "would be a nice place, if they ever finished it." That rings equally true for places like Harlem, which went from Jewish to the epicenter of black culture in America to white homesteaders. But it rings equally true for a once-dangerous area like Southeast Washington, recently "discovered" by middle-class families; or SoMa, where high-tech startups have converted old factory lofts alongside anomalous (for San Francisco) luxury high-rises. As in SoMa, Chelsea's perceived hipness and the influx of highly educated resident have brought with them tech companies - including Google, which has converted a mammoth office building into its East Coast headquarters.
So it's inevitable that affluent, straight young professionals and well-heeled families "discover" neighborhoods like Chelsea, once we've done most of the heavy lifting. By the late '90s, young gay men who rejected the whole Chelsea Boy lifestyle made a virtue of necessity by moving into outlying neighborhoods like the East Village and Brooklyn's Williamsburg, now the epicenter of the 21st-century "hipoisie."
In retrospect, there's always one identifiable moment when a neighborhood goes from a gayborhood to an expensive neighborhood with gay residents. In the case of South Beach, it came with the revelation that the Versace mansion's price was "reduced" from $100 million to "only" $75 million. In Chicago's Boystown, the Kellogg mansions were razed for a yet-to-be-built high-rise.
Chelsea's defining moment had to be opening of the Chelsea Mercantile Building in 2000. From the Whole Foods on the ground floor to the capacious apartments where bold-faced names like Penelope Cruz (and, most famously, Katie Holmes, who decamped here with daughter Suri after her breakup with husband Tom Cruise) take residence, this luxury high-rise could compete with anything on Park Avenue.
Before the building even opened, a gay broker, angry about a couple's decision to buy in Chelsea Mercantile (thereby depriving him of his commission), sent a scorched-earth email warning that the neighborhood was a haven for the drug dealers catering to gay men, "S&M torture and fine cuisine." They wouldn't be welcome because they weren't "male and under 25 years old," he added.
When Big Cup closed in 2005, one of the increasing victims of soaring commercial rent increases, gay residents bemoaned the takeover of "our" neighborhood. It's a lament echoed in nearly every trendy gayborhood - although some have wryly observed that gay newcomers themselves dislocated long-entrenched residents.
Two other seismic developments have forever changed the landscape in Chelsea: West Chelsea's emergence as the center of the contemporary art market, and the High Line.
Priced out of SoHo, art galleries have displaced the patchwork of marginal businesses on Chelsea's western edge. The High Line is an innovative park created from a long-abandoned elevated railroad along Chelsea's far western spine. Together, they have made West Chelsea a magnet for development. As a result, today the Eagle is surrounded by new construction. And the Rawhide, unable to afford a rent increase, shut its doors earlier this year.
In New York at least, history has repeated itself in the past couple of years as gay men have once again transformed a marginal neighborhood - and, once again, it happened immediately to the north of the traditional gayborhood.
Hell's Kitchen begins where Chelsea ends. Its name speaks to its history as a low-income haven for gangs like the Westies, so trigger-happy that even the Mafia were said to fear them. It has also been called Broadway's Bedroom because of all the actors, dancers, chorines and playwrights who lived (or at least slept) there.
Although this included a lot of gay men, Hell's Kitchen wasn't known as a gay enclave. That began to change with an influx of young gay men who put up with dingy walk-ups and a high crime rate in return for cheap rents. The very few pre-existing gay bars were mostly dives - long, narrow and dark. Perhaps reflecting the neighborhood's tough reputation, the slew of bars that have opened in recent years share an affinity for edgy one-word names like Hardware, Therapy, Barrage and Industry. Straight-friendly gay restaurants like Vinyl are packed nightly.
After a costly false start, Boxers, the superpopular Chelsea gay sports bar, finally opened its long-awaited satellite here. It joins the city's only gay-specific hotel (the Out), a gay-dedicated dance club (XL), a new megaclub (a rarity anywhere in real estate-crazed Manhattan) that does gay parties on Saturday and often other nights as well (Stage 48), and other newly opened nightclubs (e.g., Hudson Terrace) popular with gay promoters.
The opposite has happened in Chelsea. This month, after Splash closes, only five gay bars will remain open. Compare that to the 18 gay nightspots in Hell's Kitchen, with new ones opening every few months.
Hell's Kitchen has become "HK," and, like SoMa, there's no better sign in New York that a neighborhood has "arrived" than when it's shortened to an acronym. Especially now that young professionals are willing to pay seven figures to buy an apartment in one of the new apartment buildings
Even so, it's far too early to write off Chelsea as a gayborhood. It is still home to two of the most important gay-related health service agencies in the city. Gentrification has brought in its wake cultural institutions like the Joyce Theater (next to Gym Bar) and Dance Theater Workshop (next door to G Lounge), important venues for contemporary dance troupes. The Kitchen is the city's leading performing-arts space.
Although many have left, plenty of gay men and lesbians still call Chelsea home. A stroll along Eighth or Seventh avenues reveals not only world-class restaurants, chic boutiques and happening bars but also plenty of hard-muscled men walking their dogs or checking out the action.
Even so, nobody any longer can dispute that the action has moved several blocks north. Now that HK is too expensive for many of us, what happens next is anyone's guess. Past experience would indicate a move to the next neighborhood up; except that, this time, the neighborhood is the Upper West Side, already one of New York's most expensive places to live.
After I told a friend in his twenties about my own apartment history, he sighed: "No matter how much I earn, I'll never be able to afford to live in Manhattan."
He may well be right, but wherever New York City's next major gayborhood springs up, it's highly unlikely that it won't be in Manhattan. If Splash's closing marks the end of the Chelsea Boy, it may also herald the beginning of a new gay identity that emphasizes friends, family and spirit instead of muscle, good looks and money.


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Group picture of 2012 SIDE participants
Photographer: Elizabeth Held
Thomas Raimondi speaks with Dominika Adamova during the training
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Fairmont State University staffer Tara Brooks (L) shares a laugh with Cat Cutcher from African Studies during SIDE
Photographer: Elizabeth Held
Jul 13, 2012
By Monica Chapman
Twenty participants from Ohio University and beyond earned certificates in diversity training this week at the third annual Summer Institute for Diversity Education (SIDE).
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion sponsored training ran July 8 through July 11 and focused on the positive impact of diversity at the University and throughout the region.
Led by Western Michigan University Professor Mark P. Orbe, an internationally known educator, author and consultant, the 30-hour curriculum is designed to empower and train participants in the art of effective diversity programming on campus and in local communities.
The institute was attended by faculty and staff from Ohio University's Chillicothe and Athens campuses and its Proctorville and Pickerington centers, in addition to nearby Hocking College and Fairmont State University in West Virginia. This year marked the first time that SIDE was made available to residents in neighboring states.
Orbe said this year's group dynamic led to thought-provoking conversation about diversity in all of its forms.
"Often times when people think about diversity, they automatically think about race. And the curriculum is always set to talk about race, but also talk about gender, spirituality, sexual orientation, and all these different things," Orbe said. "I think this group more so than others have from the very beginning embraced a more broad definition of diversity."
During the training, each participant created a professional development plan, detailing how they will use their diversity training. Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair Greg Kremer said he hopes the institute will enable him to attract a broader diversity of mechanical engineering students in the future.
"A better understanding of all aspects of diversity hopefully will help us look at ourselves to make sure that we're not doing things unconsciously to drive people away," Kremer said. "Being aware of those things that are neither good nor bad but are just different and trying to make sure that the face that we put forward is one that is more inclusive."
For Associate Director of Education Abroad Lori Lammert, the workshop served as a reminder that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work when dealing with Education Abroad students or even colleagues from different backgrounds.
"I think all of us are still growing and learning. And sometimes as administrators or educators at the University, we're challenged by cultural contexts … It's sort of a reminder to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, and step back and appreciate where people are coming from," Lammert said.
This year's attendees were addressed by Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis and David Descutner, dean of University College and executive vice provost forundergraduate education. Upon completion, each participant received a certificate in diversity training and three continuing education units (CEU).
Phyllis Underwood, an academic adviser at the Pickerington Center, said she plans to recommend the program to colleagues in her office.
"The time passes quickly and I've really learned a lot," Underwood said.

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Unlike some of my PFT colleagues, I'm watching Super Bowl XLVII on television rather than from the Superdome.
That means I'm writing this post with the benefit of electrical light, something that can't be said for many of those at the game. Shortly after Colin Kaepernick was sacked by Arthur Jones in the third quarter, what appear to be half the lights at the stadium went out all at once.
The power outage became apparent on television when the sound coming from announcers Phil Simms and Jim Nantz disappeared and ambient noise from the game could be heard as everyone tried to figure out why it was suddenly darker than it had been a moment before. The situation is still going on and CBS is scrambling with sideline reporters Solomon Wilcots and Steve Tasker doing their best to keep everyone apprised of what's going on at the game.
For now, it doesn't appear to be all that much. Players are stretching, the game is halted and no one's got any idea when the game is getting back underway. It's 28-6 Ravens, which means the lights may be out permanently for the 49ers shortly.
UPDATE 8:51 p.m. ET: Lights are starting to come back on at the Superdome, but CBS is reporting it could take another 15-20 minutes for all of the power to be restored to the game. They are also reporting that a power surge was responsible for the outage. (The power company deflected blame.)
UPDATE 9:02 p.m. ET: James Brown of CBS just reported that referee Jerome Boger said the game would resume in another 7-10 minutes. They are also now reporting that it was an outside power feed that failed, which would save some embarrassment after $336 million in renovations to the Superdome to prepare for this Super Bowl including boasts of increased energy efficiency.
UPDATE 9:06 p.m. ET: Simms and Nantz are back up and running so it seems we'll be back to football soon.
UPDATE 9:10 p.m. ET: The game has resumed. The total delay was 34 minutes and the 49ers have the ball facing a third-and-13 with 13:22 to play.


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Brandeis University announced today that two courses will be offered through Semester Online for Spring Semester 2014. In a partnership between 2U, Inc. and a group of top-tier colleges and universities, Semester Online offers rigorous, small, online, for-credit courses in real time to college students from anywhere in the world.
Brandeis will offer "Psychological and Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Health," taught by Ellen J. Wright, an assistant professor of psychology who earned her PhD at the University of Iowa. The course surveys topics in psychology, sociology and anthropology and analyzes the relevance of these three disciplines for the mental and physical health of individuals and societies.
It has the dual aim of offering pre-health and pre-clinical psychology students a combination of topical knowledge and analytic competencies required for broad, liberal arts problem-solving, modern medical school and clinical psychology curricula and entrance exams.
Marc Brettler, Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, will offer "The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: Then and Now." This course explores the meaning of the Hebrew Bible /Old Testament in its original ancient Near Eastern context, and how this compares to the uses made of the Bible now. No knowledge of Hebrew is presumed.
"We are excited to launch these courses in the spring and receive feedback from our professors about the experience of teaching through Semester Online," said Brandeis Provost Steve Goldstein. "In addition, we will be following up with students who decide to take courses from consortium partners to learn from their experience."
Applications for enrollment in these courses will be available in September. Brandeis students will have the option to take any Semester Online course beginning in the spring.
Through a state-of-the-art virtual classroom, students will participate in discussions and exercises, attend lectures and collaborate with peers while guided by renowned professors, engaging in as close to the on-campus class experience as is currently possible online. Courses will be of the same quality as on-campus counterparts, and students will receive an official transcript from the institution offering the class.
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Metal Life Magazine recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.
Pesch's latest album, "Raise Your Fist", sold 585 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 65 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
In a recent interview with Lords Of Metal, Doro stated about her expectations for "Raise Your Fist", "I will be very happy when the fans say they love the record; that's the most important for me. I really don't keep up with numbers, which are, in my opinion, great to talk about afterwards. It's nice if we will be able to make the charts again, but to me, those kind of things don't really matter. Much more important is that the fans dig the songs in a live situation and, since we already played 'Raise Your Fist' several times live, the first signs are very positive."


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"You basically lose a game in the space of 10 minutes giving the ball away and not defending properly. And when you're going three-nil down, it's a long way back."
"We want to do well, but to have everyone here in these conditions, travel back and then have to play again Saturday is too much so we had to make changes (to the lineup)."
"It was a small field, and with the weather, possession of the ball was difficult. We started off trying to play the wrong game. We should have been hitting the front guy instead of trying to play it through the middle of the park where it was all congested."
New England midfielder Pat Phelan
"We were down a man – they played three in the middle – the field was very narrow, very short, kind of like their old home field, and you couldn't play through the middle. They had that extra guy so they could play through the middle. But every time we tried to do it, we lost the ball and we were on our heels playing defense. We tried to get the ball wide, and that was pretty much the only time we had success was when we did get the ball wide."
"The entire trip, nothing has been suited to our success and how we want to play. It's tough to show up and play in these conditions, but at the end of the day, both teams have to do it. And they came out and got the goals early, and they had a big crowd behind them for their first home game, so that was a tough condition to play in."
"A lot of the younger players don't know that when stuff like (going 3-0 down early) happens, you have to get on yourself, and not get on each other. You can't wait for someone to tell you to pick it up. But that's a learning experience for a lot of these guys. You've got to put it behind you and you have to start from scratch for every play. You can't dwell on mistakes. It's a tough situation to be in, but for everyone on the field, we all want to play well. For a lot of these guys, with the exception of reserve games, this is the only time they'll get on the field this year. I know it's difficult and a pressure-filled situation to come in to, but it's disheartening to come out with a result like that. But it's back to the field and you have to put it behind you, learn from your mistakes and move on."
New England Goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth
"We had a tough travel out here and the weather wasn't cooperating with us and then obviously it was cold and raining and it wasn't ideal. We have to try to push through that and get a result, but didn't."
On what he's telling his players at 3-0 down
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Ever found yourself wishing that the cameramen of RuPaul's Drag Race would zoom in close enough to see the contestants' pores? Then thank your lucky stars, this is the blog entry for you!
On May 19th, my boyfriend and I treated ourselves to a Vegas road trip prompted by the siren call of the RuPaul's Drag Race Official Finale and Coronation Ceremony. What ensued was a raucous night of frenetic red carpet paparazzi, an endless parade of impressive cosmetic feats, and reality TV royalty stalking the stage with live, lip-synced, or comedic performances that surpassed the dollar bill-blanketed catwalks of my drag experiences past. I've never seen the lovely ladies of Drag Race so blatantly uncensored and so refreshingly unedited, but I intend to make it my business to behold these glamazonian television icons in the contoured flesh from here on out… Especially considering the fact that I have yet to check "drool uncontrollably before Sharon Needles" off my bucket list.
Thus, the following is something this writing-centric blog hasn't yet witnessed: a photographic overview of the night I finally got up close and personal to the drag competition that ran away with my heart one fateful college all-nighter of harried illustration. So without further ado, I give you the pretty young things and proceedings of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 Finale and Coronation…
The show kicked off with the arrival of comedic MC Shangela Laquifa Wadley and an array of beautiful guests.
As the evening progressed, reigning Northwest champion and narcoleptic drag superstar Jinkx regaled the crowd with a wit as vibrant as her orange mane and the reminder that Monsoon Season never truly ends.
Next we met Season Six' vying trifecta: the phenomenally fishy Courtney Act, "party" savvy mermaid Adore Delano, and–that night's big reveal–the newest member of Drag Race royalty and my ideal bosom friend, Bianca Del Rio!
Once all us avid Bianca fans dried our eyes, the performances began.
Kelly Mantle transported us to a swanky cocktail lounge while April Carrión lit a fire on stage with her incredible dance moves.
Joslyn Fox kept it "Big Spender" foxy (wah, wah!) with a burlesque performance that drew her new husband to the stage.
Lovely lady BenDeLaCreme stole my boyfriend's heart even more than she already has when she educated us on a drag queen's duality of self with a show tune performed by both Ben and DeLa.
Last in my queue of what turned out to be 1000 photos was Darienne Lake wowing the crowd with a Saharan themed getup and those elephant tusk earrings I covet so much.
Finally, if my camera arm hadn't been too weighed down and my figurative dogs too whimpery, the end of this photo montage would feature Courtney Act performing her single "Mean Gays," Adore Delano prowling the stage and gracing one shrieking fangirl with a lipstick-smearing smooch to the beat of "DTF," and newly crowed Bianca imbuing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" with some crass Del Rio realness. Guess I just have to keep trying to convince my photographer sensibilities that sometimes the memory alone is worth a thousand once in a lifetime, dragtastic photos.
That, or thank god for everyone else's cell phone pics. At least by the end of the night this was one very happy drag hag.


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Thanks. I've worked in high fire... although Raku has certainly been dominant of late. For this project, I was considering high-fire elements with small (mosaic tile style) Raku accents. None of the Raku stuff would be structural or sizable. Thanks for the test advice Marcia- I'll do that. I'm thinking that one option may be to craft an external, modular surface skeleton... and then have internal elements (non-structural) made from a porous, filtering clay body.
There are a couple options. The form(s) could be built on a piling (or other substrate) and be above water. It could be placed in an area that's exposed to storm run-off, but not a perennial channel. Or... it could be placed in a streambed (partially submerged). We're in the 'banana belt' of Idaho here, and surface water typically freezes to about three inches of depth- usually for no more than a few days. So- definite freeze thaw cycles, but only part of the form would be subjected. I've considered other materials (concrete, etc) but the filtrative potential of the form is important, and a porous clay body offers some real advantages if I can get past the freeze-thaw problem. Maybe I just need to do some tests of different sized components... I guess that I could do a modular build, and use non-permeable, fully vitrified components in the areas prone to freezing.
OK- thanks. Just to add a wrinkle to things- what if the piece was rendered permeable through inclusions in the clay? For context, I'm exploring the idea of bio-sculpture (sculptural works that are integrated into natural settings and perform an ecosystem function). Jackie Brookner does this type of work in concrete. Ceramic forms- made from clay bodies with coffee grounds- have been used as bio-filters in some developing countries. I was considering making a form from this type of clay body and installing it in a run-off zone (where it would perform a filtration function, as well as being educational). I could certainly fire the form to full vitrification... but it would still have the inherent porosity. Recipe for disaster? What if the size of individual components was minimized? (Perhaps with a mosaic-style surface over an armature)? I know these are some off-the-wall questions, and I appreciate the feedback.
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Kohaku posted a topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryI have a potential opportunitiy to create an outdoor installation. If I work in clay, I'll obviously need to worry about the resiliency of the piece (it would be installed in a cold climate). I've read a couple articles (here's a short one from Digifire). Porosity seems to be a key factor. I've seen some mention of closed porosity, however- linked to the idea that addition of fibrous material to the clay body can actually increase resiliency. One measure that I will take, if I do this, is to make the installation modular (keeping the components smaller). However, I was wondering if anyone had grappled with this issue, and whether they have any suggestions?
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Kohaku replied to Seasoned Warrior's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkThanks guys. Our group is currently engaged in a pretty intense discussion about what we want here... whether it's simply a platform for hi-fire reduction firing (in which case- maybe we should just invest in a gas kiln) or whether we want to experiment with alternate surfaces. These are really helpful suggestions.
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Kohaku replied to Seasoned Warrior's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkIf you read the description of the kiln, it ways that only the front portion of the kiln gives heavy ash effects. The back half is used for glazed ware. This is why most tube kilns fire for a long time- it takes a lot of back stoking to build up ash. Just getting to temperature is easy. It takes time to get ash effects. Even train kilns, which are quite efficient by comparison, require 2-3 day firings for the back half to get ash effects. This might not be a bad thing, in point of fact... some people might be interested in using the kiln for hi-fire reduction alone. The cross draft kiln you describe sounds like on option we should look into, however.
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Kohaku replied to Seasoned Warrior's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkRather than start a new thread, I thought I'd dove-tail on this one. Along with a couple other MFA students, I've recently been tasked (willingly) with evaluating the feasibility of building a wood-fired kiln for our program. It's an integrated art-design program... none of the faculty on staff currently have ceramics as a primary focus (although several work in clay as part of their oeuvre). So- we'd like to research and build something within the following constraints... 1) Feasible for a group with some entry-level knowledge of kiln materials and construction (we've all participated in re-wiring and replacing components on gas-fired and electric kilns)... but no background in building wood-fired kilns. 2) Ideally- something that can be fired in a manner conducive to regular participation by undergrads... so maybe not a multi-day anagama-style design. 3) Ideally- something that wouldn't totally break the bank. (Although the program has funds for this, and we're willing to fund-raise externally). Anyhow, I was curious as to whether anyone had built or fired with the Manabigama design that bciskpottery cites above? The extensive, repeated validation of this design, along with complete schematics available for purchase, is pretty appealing... as is the short firing cycle. Do people have alternative suggestions? (We'll be researching this over the next year- probably looking to initiate construction in 2016).
Well... not exactly immediate professional goals... but I'm starting an MFA, so I need to develop some clear project directions. Here are two things I plan to explore this fall. 1) Fountains. I've been building ceramic water features for awhile... but they're constrained by the limits of clay. I'm really interested in using metal armature and multiple ceramic sections to build some larger pieces. 2) Biosculpture. My original background is in biology... and I'm curious about the whole realm of bio-sculpture (sculptural projects that are integral parts of natural habitats). I'm considering building some larger ceramic pieces that play an ecosystem service function- for instance, water filtration. Sort of akin to what Jackie Brookner does with her projects... but using clay. It's an 'Integrated Art and Design' program... so the focus is more on working across media to communicate. However, I plan to remain rooted in clay. Should be an interesting journey.
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Kohaku replied to Tracy's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingTracy- I've used 'MyLampParts' for parts for some of the hanging lanterns I make. They're pretty well stocked- might be worth checking out.
I've never used plaster bats... but I suspect it would work. You'd have to experiment and see whether the separation from the bat would lead to a higher fracture rate.
You throw a flat disc on the wheel (usually on a bat) then wire cut and slow dry. Lots of compression during the throw. I've experienced less cracking with this approach than with other types of slabs... which is important if you're doing Raku.
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Kohaku replied to Judith B's topic in Educational Approaches and ResourcesJohn... any chance I could get a copy of this as well?
It's a three year program at the University of Idaho (which is also where I have my half-time appointment in my 'other' job- wildlife biology). No Residency requirement, but it's an option. I've spent the last couple of days moving into a new studio space and pondering projects. I'm sure I'll be posting some bizarre questions here over the next year or so- the program explicitly asks its students to work across media... I'll probably be venturing into metal working and large scale sculpture (while staying rooted in clay).
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Well... my current 'thing' is that I just started an MFA. It's an integrated Art and Design program... so I'll probably be venturing into some intensive integration of clay and other media. Pretty exciting, to be honest.


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When I became aware of fashion trends Elvis was the reigning king. My eldest brother Babs was the trendsetter for my brother and me. Being the first born he had the privilege of clothes by yard and stiched to measure by one tailor whom we knew by name. What's more my father made it a matter of family honor to accompany him to shop. Afterall Babs was going to study medicine. He could parade the thoroughbred for the punters to bet on. A doctor made every Marwari, Bihari or arami sit up and notice. It was thus my brother set out to be fashion plate.
At home my brother and I waited to see the outcome. That evening my eldest brother came home very agitated. he had seen himself as a buck in the swim of things among young bucks as he. He swore a father who didn't know Elvis or what he stood for was a disgrace. Babs confided later in the evening, all he had mentioned drain pipes when the tailor took the measure. It seems my father put his foot down emphatically and said, 'No way!' The tailor said helpfully it was the trend. My Father seemed to have said, 'devil take the trend' Of course it was he who paid, so tailor was sure drainpipe style was a flash in the pan. From my brother's angst I became aware of fashion as one's visiting card to the world.
The world took measure of you in the way you presented yourself. Period.
When my turn came I was sure I would say no as emphatically as my father had expressed, to drainpipes. Unfortunately it didn'tcome to that. My brothers were already in far corners of the earth and their discards were in the shelf. My father examined them and they were more mothballs than fabric in them. For once he and I were in accord. He said in my earshot to my mother,'I hate to see Benny in them.' I felt proud that he placed me rightly as the youngest in the family. 'No drainpipes, No discards for one as privileged as I', saidI.
In 1964 when I first went to Chennai (Madras then) I found among list of my wardrobe written in my mothers rounded handwriting most of fathers woollen pants neatly packed. Only then I appreciated Joseph's coat of many colors. Every color that graced on the backs of Ruben Levi, Naphthali and Simon must have found in the patchwork. Wily old Jacob! wily old father who knew how far the hand-me-down should stretch!
Even now I shudder as I write these ,'what madness came over me to wear my fathers clothes?'.
Under the sweltering Madras summer 40 degree heat my woollen pants took a terible beating. While my friends and I were chilling out at Buharis on the Mount Road, I was feeling the heat that stuck to my calves.
The pants of my father was designed to hang sportingly on a gargantuan midriff but I always had that lean and hungry look in those days. Of course I hungred after a slice of fashion but to tell the truth the belt tightened around the middle belied that lean and hungry look.
At an age of drainpipes I was sporting bellbottoms! Now I have a sneaking suspicion I set the trend of bell bottom that came only a decade later. Did some Mexican tourists copy my style or what?
Once or twice my friends noticed my woollen pants and asked in a friendly concern,'Wouldn't you find it terribly hot, ben?"
"Oh no In fact I love them!" How humiliating to think of it!
Having brazenly weathered under discards, hand-me- downs I don't care too hoots for fashion.
Only two prayers I have in my old age:
O God let me have fresh clean toilet roll for my bottom and a clean handkerchief to blow my nose in. For the rest I don't care.'


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In the wake of the newly appointed heir to the North Korean dictatorship position, I've been thinking about the 'cult of personality'. Traditional reporting will often focus on the personality of leaders or, in the case of democracy, the details of leaders' interactions. While it's interesting to think about, some would call it one-sided, even topical. When I've got investments on the line, those are two words I don't want to describe my research.
The decisions of a single personality seem unreliable. But when you look deeper, you can see that most nations and even leaders with personality are forced to make decisions in a reliably logical fashion. What may seem like a broad spectrum of choices when examined carefully are actually just one or two logical ones. The personality of the leader is of much less consequence than the nation's geopolitics.


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This property is a do-it-yourself story. Everything about the two houses a block from the stockyards– from purchase to renovation to marketing– has been done by the enterprising owner.
The place is listed with Assist2Sell, a company that made its debut in the area in November 2002 offering a novel concept in real estate marketing. For a $2,995 flat fee, Assist2Sell says it will provide a sign on the lawn, advertising, and an agent to show the house. That doesn't include "open houses," apparently, because no agent was in evidence when we showed up on Hampton Street Sunday, May 2. Our host for the visit was the owner, who stopped working on an air conditioner to give us a tour.
The property– in the shadow of Monticello and Brown's mountain– is actually two properties: a 1,000-sq.-ft. house in front, and a rental unit of approximately the same size in the rear. The rental unit formerly served as a garage, but drainage problems led the owner to undertake what seems like an enormous amount of grading and paving to create a step-down deck linking the two buildings, and then to turn the garage into living quarters.
"Living quarters" is a little more accurate than "separate apartment," because the space is rudimentary at best– there's a bathroom immediately off the entrance, a living room to the right, and two bedrooms and a kitchen in the back. It was probably a good idea to change the garage into a rental unit because there's plenty of parking on the street in front.
But a new owner may want to address the biggest problem with the space– lack of light, which in turn creates a cramped, almost den-like, feeling. While plumbing considerations may have dictated the layout (with the bath and kitchen lined up to the left), there must be something that can be done to alleviate the claustrophobic darkness in this unit.
No such problem afflicts the main house. The owner has devoted a lot of time and energy to creating an open, appealing feeling in a small space. The unexpectedly large living room has a wood-look laminate flooring (brand: "Pergo") laid over the original oak. Arched doorways connect the living room to a small breakfast area and then to a serviceable kitchen (all appliances convey). Off the kitchen is a roughed-in laundry room leading to the deck between the buildings.
There are two bedrooms (one, like the living room, surprisingly spacious for a house that seems small from the outside), and a full-tiled bath, more of the owner's handiwork. The bath, living room, and kitchen are decorated with an unusual "sponge painting" technique that might not be to everyone's taste, but which creates a feeling of crisp freshness, like the soapstone entry porch and white rail fence around the front yard.
The backyard is also enclosed, but the fence doesn't obstruct a nice view of the looming mountains, one of the singular advantages of life in this part of town. The house has a new "40-year dimensional roof," new insulation in all exterior walls (interior walls are plaster), and a fresh coat of paint over the cinderblocks. A gas furnace provides heat, but air conditioning is courtesy of the units being installed the day we visited.
As everyone seems to believe, property in Charlottesville is a solid investment, whether it's a million-dollar turn-of-the-century treasure in North Downtown or an up-and-coming duplex in Belmont. Accordingly, the owner of this property should stretch his do-it-yourself efforts to include marketing hype. If he comes up with the right pitch– "cute as a button, mother-in-law apartment, mountain views, walking distance to ultracool downtown Belmont"– he might single-handedly turn Hogwaller into the next real estate hot spot.


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November 21, 2011
WOW! There was an article in The Globe today that I liked, by Roger Martin, who's the Dean of the Rotman School of Business. For anyone who missed it, here's a link: "Canada, like Steve Jobs, should zero in on innovation".
I thought I'd blog about it, and went to their site so I could pick up the link. But once there I decided to check out some of the comments that had been posted — an exercise that blew my mind. Admittedly I didn't check all of them — after a page I gave up. Talk about negative! My God! Seriously.
Angry. Defensive. Negative. Frightened when you come right down to it — and resistant — of change.
Nobody is suggesting that anyone had to love every word. Or even agree. But these folks just shut down. Period. Talk about closed minds. I sure hope they don't speak for the vast majority of Canadians because God help us if they do.
Fact is, we live in a very different world than the one we are used to. And in my humble opinion the old ways of doing almost anything are going to have to change — and so are we. As consumers, because of the Internet, we have access to more information than ever before — and that empowers us. We no longer have to take anyone's word for anything. And, as consumers, because of social media we now have a voice — a powerful voice. We can share information, learning and experiences — both good and bad. And we can watch that information spread like a virus when we touch the right nerve. Which makes us, like bloggers, important influencers (some bloggers have more than half a million followers).
And that means that the customer experience has never been more important. Our opinions are starting to count. Big time.
Consumers want choice. We want transparency. We want what we want — not what you want to force down our throats. We're re-connecting with our collective conscience and we want the companies we do business with, and our governments to have one as well. We've been the victims of greed and we're not buying it any more. The rules have changed; and they're not changing back any time soon.
Why should we have to buy bundles of programming when all we want is one channel in the group? Why should insurance companies give us grief — and penalize us — when we have to make a claim — do we get a refund for all the years we paid and never claimed? Why is it that some airline rewards programs make it almost impossible to book trips while others have no black-out periods or restrictions?
When are we going to stop deluding ourselves about our health care system? Yes, everyone in Canada can get medical attention. But how good is it? How many lives are lost while some patients are forced to wait six months for an MRI? How many cases of colon cancer could be prevented if colonoscopies were as routine as mammograms? How can you justify that some tumours are too small for treatments that can prevent recurrence? In what instance is it acceptable to treat a 60 year old — but not an 80 year old — with the same illness — and then refuse to discuss euthanasia when there is no hope of recovery or treatment?
Jobs are scarce and getting scarcer. So instead of hauling people on UI down to look at job boards that lead to nothing, why aren't we inspiring and helping them to start small businesses? We have micro loan programs in emerging nations? Why not right here — to get some of these folks' businesses up and running?
I'm just saying.
So do yourself a favour and read Roger Martin's column, with an open mind. And please, try to embrace change. Try to embrace innovation. We really do need to get with the program. A new program.


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(Written March 7 on the plane to Istanbul)
Getting ready for this trip, I realized how long it's been since I went somewhere new. It used to be that I'd lead a trip out of the country every three months as a rule. And even when I moved to Turkey, there were all those visa runs to Bulgaria, Greece, and the UK. But now that I've got a residence permit and a stable life in Turkey, I don't get "out" much. The last new place I went was...Zurich in 2012? But even that was just a layover - 24 hours and a whole lot of truffles and macarons. :) Before that, it was Albania. But both of those were European and therefore slightly familiar feeling. Plus, I was with friends the whole time so I didn't have to think too much about navigating in a land where I didn't speak the language.
This...is completely different. It's the Middle East, for one - pretty unknown territory. Technically I've "been there" - a day trip to Aleppo (back before it was leveled...) and a few days in Cairo. (Again, hosted by people who, even if they couldn't speak Arabic, knew their way around.) This time, my roommate and I will be with friends in Amman for a few days, but after that, we're on our own. Being touristy, I'm sure Petra and Aqaba will have plenty of English speakers ("You want ride camel? Special price for beautiful lady!") But even so, it still feels like a wide-open adventure.
Now that I'm over (for the most part) this nagging cold, I finally have the brain space to be excited. And I am excited! Excited for new. Excited for phrasebook conversations. Excited for my camera to see things it's never seen before. Excited for "hope this tastes good cuz I have no clue what it is" menu selections and figuring out a new set of coins and bills and that feeling of victory when you ask reception for more toilet paper and they show up at your door with...toilet paper!
Packing for this trip was quite the ordeal. Our hosts weren't the detailed email type, so we were kinda flying blind, relying on online forums and what a friend who had been there last year could tell us. "Cover your butt" was the universal consensus. But does that mean "front and back" or is a long sweater over a regular shirt enough? Headscarf or no? Would it make us feel safer or is it like Turkey where a non-Muslim covering is weird? Then there's the matter of finding headscarves that match your tunic that match your sweater.... Sure, we live in "modest dress-land", but whole ensembles that met the criteria took some effort to scrounge up. Let's just say the pazar made a good chunk of change on us this week. The thing is, though, where we live, "modest" is synonymous with "village." Modest-cute - which is what I assume the gorgeous downtown Ammani women and most of the friends we'll spend the first few days with will be wearing - is a whole 'nother animal.
Oy. So complicated.
And don't even get me started on all the last minute bathing suit cover-up conversations. When we go to Aqaba, we'll be snorkelling in the Red Sea. (Clownfish and coral below the surface, and a view stretching from Egypt to Israel to Saudi Arabia above. Wow.) It's supposed to be like 27/80 degrees, but since it's March, the water will still be cold, so we'll be getting wetsuits. But when we're on the beach and walking to and from the hotel, are t-shirts okay or do we have to wear our jeans and tunics? Sites like Lonely Planet and Trip Advisor are helpful to an extent, but most of the people on those forums are the "how much can I get away with" type, and not so much the "honour the culture" type, so it's always hard to tell. Even though I hate packing clothes that I'll literally only wear once, I decided that in a t-shirt and long skirt, I'll be cool enough and more covered than most of the other tourists, so I should be safe. Still...so much to think about!
Then there's the whole matter of edibles. Whenever we go on a road trip, the joke is that I pack snacks as if we're leaving the country. But this time we really are! My roommate is going to Amman for work, and I'll be on my own at the apartment for most of the day. Will the people hosting us be the "put a bag of coffee in the freezer and stock the fridge for you" type, or will I need to fend for myself? Will there be stores nearby? And can I even leave the house alone to look for food? And will my zero Arabic be enough to get what I need?
So...a good three kilos of my luggage is food and snacks. I've got fruit leather, almonds, chocolate, Ramen Noodles, enough Starbucks instant to last me all week, and two cans of tuna which I dearly hope won't explode in my suitcase or look "suspicious" to the security guys. I even packed a bunch of single-serving honey packets for coffee or emergency sore-throat treatments. I don't want to offend my hosts by busting this stuff out, but I also don't want to starve. So, if my over-preparation is all for naught and it's a week full of falafel and good hummus, I guess I'll still be eating a good portion of my luggage allowance in order to make room for souvenirs and the much-anticipated "American grocery store" run!
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A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small diode that emits light when a direct current is passed through it. Like all diodes, LEDs have polarity, like batteries, and therefore need to be hooked up properly on their positive and negative sides in order to work.
When I was looking for a pedal that could use some tarting up, I came across a Danelectro Reel Echo. Perfectly cool pedal, but its red LEDs don't fill me with the requisite visual joy one would like when engaging the sonic glory of a delay. The Reel Echo is particularly good for a first-time LED-mod experience, because it's large and the LED board is easy to get to. To remove the old LEDs and install the new ones:
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3. Use a ruler or calipers to measure them so you can purchase replacements of the proper size.
4. Once you've purchased replacement LEDs and are ready to proceed with installation, take a close look at them. See how the two legs go up into the plastic, and one connects to a larger tag of metal while the other connects to a small tag? The larger tag is always the cathode—or negative—side, while the little tag is the anode—or positive—side.
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Again, as in "Is my wife right?" ( http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/149-is-my-wife-right ), answer 'yes' regardless of the input.
(This is a slightly more challenging version.)
It would be interesting if the wife ask: "do you think i am wrong?" LOL
use varargin as the input
This is a brilliant question!
good one :)
great twist to a simple problem!
Read the test cases to notice the trick!
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Very simple problem, yet powerful
difficult :)
I don't quite understand what extra piece this is asking for. Could someone explain a bit more explicitly? I have test 1 correct, but test 2 failed.
It's difficult to give much of a hint without giving away the answer. The key is that your function needs to be able to accept ANY input.
I think that "Honey,do you think I'm wrong?" really is the one your wife need to ask,luckily,she seems bossy,not tricky.LOL
In test suit in two cases you showed but answer 'yes' not working
You need to make sure that the function can handle multiple inputs. It really goes to show you that you can't just accept what is given to you as is!
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The Memorial Day holiday saw UC Santa Barbara students out as usual on bikes, on skateboards, on foot in the community adjacent to campus.
But no one traveled very far without passing by another memorial for the victims Friday night of what the violent rampage that left seven dead, including Elliot Rodger, the community college student identified by authorities as the perpetrator.
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On so many faces, the pain cannot be hidden.
"It's difficult, but it's really beautiful to see people coming together like this," said Lauren Koch, a graduate student in pschology.
She spoke as she stood at the sidewalk memorial that has grown on Pardall Road. Two blocks west of the campus entrance is the IV Deli, where student Christopher Martinez was shot to death.
"I want something to change and I want my son's death to mean something," his father, Richard Martinez, said Monday in an interview with NBC News.
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I have some big news to share with you all. June 30th will be Monkey & The Bug's last day of business. It's been a great run but I am ready to move on. Between Stel's and Monkey & The Bug I have been a shop owner for nearly a decade and it's just time for me to see what else is out there. I am looking forward to things quieting down a bit and getting to enjoy more time with my family. We recently moved from our condo in the city to a house with a yard in the 'burbs and maybe it's the Wisconsin in me but I am loving this slower lifestyle. That's not to say I am done with the fashion industry or that I'll be a stay at home mama but for now, I am certainly taking a break. I will also still be blogging from time to time and of course, hanging out on twitter, facebook, and instagram. I am both saddened at the life I'm leaving behind and excited by what lies ahead. It is truly the end of an era. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us, supported us, and helped us make this dream a reality. We love you all.
With that said, get ready to party people because we are having a massive going out of business sale starting tomorrow, June 21st. The last day for both instore and online purchases will be June 30th and sizing is limited, so stock up while you can! If you are in the Boston area, we have much more available instore and we are selling many of the furniture and fixtures. You can swing by at 334 Newbury Street, Boston,MA.
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oh no! i'm sorry we weren't able to stop by last month while in town, but it was too much juggling a newborn and a toddler…a house with a yard sounds lovely right about now. enjoy the slower pace, tina!


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Geoff Nuttall's lecture 'Paolo Guinigi and Palla Strozzi: Lucchese Influence in Early Renaissance Florence'
- Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423
On Wednesday 15th May scholars gathered to hear Geoff Nuttall present Paolo Guinigi and Palla Strozzi: Lucchese Influence in Early Renaissance Florence. Nuttall has just completed his PhD on the artistic patronage of Lucca, and this presentation focused on the relationship between Paolo Guinigi, the lord of Lucca in the early Quattrocento, and the Florentine banking merchant Palla Strozzi. Guinigi was a great patron of the arts with a good knowledge of the process of artistic production, and an enormous familiarity with aristocratic tastes. This was due in part to Lucca's strong access to international markets and its supply of Lucchese silk and luxury goods to the Northern courts.
However, Nuttall explained that the city of Lucca and its artistic legacy has been largely overlooked in the history of art, due in part to the omission of Lucchese artists in Giorgio Vasari's Lives, a historiographical delineation of the major painters, sculptors and architects of Renaissance Italy. For as a major manufacturing city, Lucca was marginalised by Vasari in favour of cities that produced his main interests of painting and sculpture. Although not much of this was produced in Lucca, and very little was brought in, Nuttall made clear that Lucca was an artistic periphery in itself. Nevertheless, without the stimulus for artistic rivalry and competition of Florentine politics, the window of Lucchese artistic prosperity was fairly small. Furthermore, when Guinigi was exiled in 1430 and the Medici of Florence besieged the city, Lucca lost its monopoly on its trade of silk. Nuttall thus made clear his aspirations for a reconsidering of the legacy of Lucchese art, in reference to his own research and insight.
Accordingly, Nuttall outlined how the wealthy Florentine Palla Strozzi began to take an interest in Lucca. Strozzi was in fact related to two important Lucchese families, and in the decoration of his chapel at Santa Trinita in Florence, Strozzi employed several artists who had previously been in Guinigi's employment. Strozzi may have even used Guinigi as an adviser for style and artistic choice. Strozzi commissioned Gentile da Fabriano to paint an altarpiece for his chapel and it is here that we see the strongest influence of Lucchese art. There is such quality and complexity in the silk clothing of Gentile's figures in The Adoration of the Magi, and a style reminiscent of the decoration of Lucchese manuscripts.
Nuttall concluded by outlining that the Lucchese mercantile networks and the knowledge of the courts, as well as the influence of Guinigi as a patron were all very important to Strozzi's own commissions in Florence. Moreover, the merchants of Lucca were not only manufacturers but purveyors of luxury goods and their trade was far greater than history has concluded. Nuttall gave an insightful and thoroughly fascinating lecture, and it is now evident that the Lucchese influence should be explored further in the art and patronage of Quattrocento Florence.


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The Essex Nine traveled to historic Cooney Field in Beverly this past weekend to take on the Hingham Derbies. The Derbies being new to the vintage game were no match for the seasoned veterans of the Essex Nine. Both games only saw 7 innings of action but that was enough for the Essex Nine to win 13-1 and 14-2. We would like to thank the Hingham Derbies for making the trip up to play us. Photos from the game https://picasaweb.google.com/116391025279328307038/VintageBaseballAug6?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPmm-4DAp8P17wE&feat=directlink
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