The print., March 09, 1983, Page 7, Image 7

Holl brings
creativity to life
in workshop
“I brought these to show the difference in glazes.”
He is a potter, sculptor,
painter, educator, and
iconoclast. Harry Holl was at
Clackamas Community Col­
lege last Monday and Tuesday
for a series of ceramic
workshops in with which he is
touring college campuses.
Holl, a former Oregon
resident and Graduate of Lewis
and Clark College with a
degree in Education, moved
back east to Cape Cod where
he has been a self-supported
potter and owns his business,
Scargo Stoneware Pottery, for
30 years.
“I don’t look at education
as just things that take place in
the classroom, or as a techni­
que to be used only in certain
controlled situations. I think
you live as an educator and
your life is teaching all the time
and learning all the time. You
have to be willing to accept
new things and listen to things
that may not hit you right at
first, but you’ve got to listen to
them anyway,” Holl said.
During his workship Holl
shared some of his ideas on
working with clay and the craft
of pottery. “I enjoy the
creativeness in it, and being
your own boss. I enjoy it
because people can use what
you make,” Holl said.
“I try to make things that
are practical. I wouldn’t say I’m
a perfectionist,” he said.
Holl shares the work at his
company with his daughters, to
whom he has taught the craft,
“I don’t sell anywhere but my
own shop,” he said.
“Some people want fame
and reputation more than
anything else,” Holl said. “But
if that’s going to come to you,
it’s got to be a by-product of
what you’re doing and not the
main intention, because there’s
no way you can work for it.”
Holl’s next leg of his tour
will be in Los Angeles, San
Diego and then on to Tucson,
Arizona and Colorado.
“I enjoy it because people can use what you make.”
Photos by Rick Obritschkewitsch
Story by Kristi Blackman
Still wet from off the wheel, Holl will allow the pieces to
dry overnight before trimming them.
Shaping and molding are part of the creative process in designing clay
into a work of art.
Wednesday March 9, 1983
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