Shoji Hamada

Shoji Hamada
Title Shoji Hamada PDF eBook
Author Shōji Hamada
Publisher Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Pages 92
Release 1998
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Published to accompany exhibition held at Ditchling Museum, Sussex, 4/4 - 7/6 1998 and travelling.

The Craft and Art of Clay

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

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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

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

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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

Mingei of Japan
Title Mingei of Japan PDF eBook
Author Shōji Hamada
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2006
Genre Decorative arts
ISBN 9780914155201

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The Unknown Craftsman

The Unknown Craftsman
Title The Unknown Craftsman PDF eBook
Author Muneyoshi Yanagi
Publisher Kodansha International
Pages 254
Release 1989
Genre Art
ISBN 9780870119484

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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

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

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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

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

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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.