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Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Daniel Johnston, raised on a farm in Randolph County, returned from Thailand with a new way to make monumental pots. Back home in North Carolina, he built a log shop and a whale of a kiln for wood-firing. Then he set out to create beautiful pots, grand in scale, graceful in form, and burned bright in a blend of ash and salt. With mastery achieved and apprentices to teach, Daniel Johnston turned his brain to massive installations. First, he made a...
Author
Publisher
Collector Books
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
American Art Pottery, Second Edition, by 32-year collector and dealer Dick Sigafoose, now features the products, histories, and interesting information of 54 potteries. An ideal reference for both advanced and beginning collectors, the book includes the big companies like Weller, Rookwood, Roseville, Brush McCoy, and American Encaustic Tile. It also includes the smaller producers like Newcomb, Muncie, Uhl, Grueby, and California Art Tile. The pricing...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
Art pottery has become a generally accepted and widely used term to describe pottery--earthenware, stoneware and porcelain--produced primarily for aesthetic, decorative purposes. So extensive are the use and misuse of the term that it is essential to arrive at a working definition. -- pg. 1.
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presents a series of essays about the life and accomplishments of the Japanese American artist, describing her work as a potter, her incorporation of Eastern and Western techniques, and her transition into abstract sculpture and installation art.