Shoji Hamada
Title | Shoji Hamada PDF eBook |
Author | Shōji Hamada |
Publisher | Ben Uri Gallery & Museum |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Published to accompany exhibition held at Ditchling Museum, Sussex, 4/4 - 7/6 1998 and travelling.
The Craft and Art of Clay
Title | The Craft and Art of Clay PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Peterson |
Publisher | Laurence King Publishing |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781856693547 |
Widely considered to be the most comprehensive introduction to ceramics available, this book contains numerous step-by-step illustrations of various ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world. For the more experienced ceramist, there is a wealth of technical detail on things like glaze formulas and temperature conversions which make the book an ideal reference. To quote one review: ...I am a studio potter and would not be without it. The fourth edition has been updated to include profiles of key ceramists who have influenced the field, new material on marketing ceramics including using the internet, more on the use of computers, added coverage of paperclays, using gold and alternative glazes.
Ash Glazes
Title | Ash Glazes PDF eBook |
Author | Phil Rogers |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2003-02-12 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780812237214 |
Ash Glazes has been designed as an introduction and practical handbook to this glazing technique, covering the history of ash glazes and the practicalities of collecting and testing wood ashes and transforming them into glazes. It will provide inspiration for working potters and delight all those interested in contemporary ceramics.
Mingei of Japan
Title | Mingei of Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Shōji Hamada |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Decorative arts |
ISBN | 9780914155201 |
The Unknown Craftsman
Title | The Unknown Craftsman PDF eBook |
Author | Muneyoshi Yanagi |
Publisher | Kodansha International |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780870119484 |
Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical.
Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their Circle
Title | Bernard Leach, Hamada & Their Circle PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Birks |
Publisher | Marston House Publishers |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1991-12 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780951770047 |
The cross-cultural collaboration of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada was a seminal event in the history of modern studio ceramics. Working together at St Ives, they and their disciples were a driving influence behind the worldwide resurgence of the craft aesthetic. George and Cornelia Wingfield Digby were early and far-sighted patrons of this circle, and assembled a famous collection of their pottery. Presenting the finest pieces from the collection, this book documents a momentous collaboration through the discriminating eyes and the historically important reminiscences of the Wingfield Digbys.
The Culture of Spontaneity
Title | The Culture of Spontaneity PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Belgrad |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1998-06-08 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780226041889 |
In the first comprehensive history of the postwar avant-garde, "Belgrad contributes valuable insight and original scholarship to the study of 'projective' and 'spontaneous' aesthetics among cutting edge art movements of the American midcentury" (Tom Clark, author of "Jack Kerouac: A Biography"). 8 color plates. 28 halftones.