Randy Johnston | An Expansive Vision - feature film about American potter | GOLDMARK

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  @27andymay · 1 year ago

  I'm 70 years old. I've spent my adulthood caring for, providing for and loving my family. It's sad that of the many sacrifices required of adults, art seems to be the first thing jettisoned. I'm delighted to be able to begin to explore pottery again after fifty years. It is stunning to realize what I don't know at this age. I know I cannot learn all I've missed, but I've learned to make by making. My work is mine; it's my voice. Genesis tells us we're image-bearers of God, hence we are creators.

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  @sethmunn6655 · 7 years ago

  This the most uplifting story I've heard in months, folding laundry I began to watch and realised I'd been holding the same pair of socks for 30 min when it finished. Haha.

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  @marcmorton6342 · 5 years ago

  Thank you for this film.  I am 58 and it changed my life.

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  @meredithpottery · 8 years ago

  Thank you, thank you! As an in-debt artist who walked away to become a scientist with  health insurance, this lovely film brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, Randy Johnson. By the way, my Dad  wanted me to be a doctor too, but loved and supported my art. Someday I will meet you. I have admired your work for so many years. Back in the studio now, you and your friends are a daily inspiration to me. Stay well.

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  @aartmark · 7 years ago

  I too struggled to make a living as an artist for quite a few years but when things got really bad I got a job in a plant that makes Catylitic Converters for about 12 years. <br>I guess I can thank Randy&apos;s dad for that. But in the mean time I still did art and now that I&apos;m retired from the factory I&apos;ve taken up pottery again.<br>A happy ending and it just shows how much we are all connected in a creative way.<br>This is a nice inspiring film. Well done.

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  @CalicoEcchymosis · 10 months ago

  The clay remembers. That’s beautiful.

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  @barlofski · 3 years ago

  Beautiful. Loved the fingerprints in the glaze!

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  @tiamaribu9394 · 8 years ago

  Beautiful film, beautiful art, beautiful man.

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  @heidi3930 · 5 years ago

  Four things I learned from the video:<br><br>1. He apprenticed under Shimaoka Tatsuzo in Japan, and also worked with Shoji Hamada.<br><br>2. &nbsp;He studied under Warren MacKenzie who is an American Legend. <br><br>3. He and his wife have an arrangement that they won&apos;t collaborate on each others works.<br><br>4. &nbsp;He says that history should be learned through countries and peoples art.

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  @hurdygurdyguy1 · 3 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6alc204ugM&amp;t=15">0:15</a> …I’m a former potter (did most of my work from the late ‘70’s off and on to the late ‘90’s). In the last 12 years I did archaeological illustration on a dig in Israel. The biggest amount of material coming from the site was pottery sherds, of course. The most exciting thing for me was occasionally finding the fingerprints of the potter who made the piece a few thousand years ago!!!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6alc204ugM&amp;t=282">4:42</a> … I built my own kickwheel modeled after the English triangular frame treadle wheel… I loved that wheel… watching McKenzie throw gets me teary-eyed… I miss making pots…

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  @billgauthier9765 · 5 months ago

  Great Person , Great story , love the work too. he radiates kindness

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  @mjchanos3684 · 8 years ago (edited)

  .. simply put, one of the most beautiful videos I have ever seen! Thank you Goldmark for giving us a glimpse into Randy Johnson&apos;s world. He is an American treasure!! <br>P. S.- I love all the Goldmark Gallery videos!

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