Download or read book Gwyn Hanssen Pigott written by Jason Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with the survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, this soft cover 112-page full colour book features text by Jason Smith with contributions by Alison Britton, Emmanuel Cooper, Jane Devery, Tanya Harrod and Mae Anna Pang.
Download or read book Wood fired Ceramics written by Coll Minogue and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2000-03-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the development of the main types of wood-fired kilns used by today's potters.
Download or read book Caravan written by Emmanuel Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gwyn Hanssen Pigott is one of Australia's best-known and respected ceramic artists. Renowned for the abstract simplicity of her off-white porcelain pots her work is at the forefront of fine art pottery. During a career spanning fifty years, Hanssen Pigott has worked with many significant potters, including a period of collaboration with Bernard Leach at St Ives in the mid 1960s. Motivated by the Leach philosophy, the modernist forms of Hans Cooper and the still-life paintings of Giorgio Morandi, the physical and psychological potential of the pot is at the root of Hanssen Pigott's work. Since the 1980s she has evolved 'inseparable' groups of translucent porcelain forms which create a dynamic with one another and the viewer. Transcending the traditional still-life, the fragility and ultimate fate of these groups poignantly highlight the transitory nature of life itself. The essay by Emmanuel Cooper highlights the work of Hanssen Pigott on her celebrated return to St Ives since the 1960s.
Download or read book A Chosen Path written by Karen Karnes and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the artistic accomplishments of the American potter Karen Karnes, discussing her early works produced during communial living in North Carolina and New York, her mature work produced in Vermont, and her status as an international artist.
Download or read book Gwyn Hanssen Pigott written by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the important features of this survey is the opportunity it provides to examine the fundamental influence the National Gallery of Victoria's collection of Asian ceramics had on Gwyn Hanssen Pigott's decision to follow the vocational life demanded of a potter.
Download or read book An Idea Needing to Be Made written by Glenn Barkley and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s Wrong with Contemporary Art written by Peter Timms and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "packing, promotion and reception" of contemporary art troubles Peter Timms. Market demands dominate and art has been corrupted and trivialized. The problem, he argues, extends to the way art is taught in art schools, the art that artists make, the collecting and curatorial methodologies of galleries and museums, funding criteria, the way that art is written about and the media's depiction of art.
Download or read book Cone Ten Down written by Moyra Elliott and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written and photographed tribute to New Zealand pottery and potters at the height of their craft. The 1960s and 1970s saw the pinnacle of the NZ pottery movement - the phenomenon was part of a particular philosophy of pottery - local materials and natural-looking forms, glazes and designs. This book explores why this style of pottery reached such heights in New Zealand, who the craftspeople were, theirinfluences and the value of their work today. Photographed by NZ's leading art photographer Haru Sameshima and with a comprehensive list of potter's marks which will be invaluable to the collector.
Download or read book Porcelain written by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillott and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What motivates and inspires the finest porcelain artists working today? Forty internationally celebrated masters reveal their secrets, explaining just how they work with this incredibly demanding ceramic material, prized for its pristine beauty. Pure white and wonderfully delicate, porcelain is what clay potters usually graduate to only after years of honing their skills. This diverse collection showcases the results of that dedication, and the versatility is simply breathtaking: Claire Curneen presents highly emotive, tactile figurative forms. Edmund de Waal’s elegant celadon site-specific vessel installations are renowned for their meditative presence. Harlan House’s finely carved vessels take inspiration from nature's organic forms, while Bodil Manz's eggshell porcelain cylinders are so translucent that you can sometimes discern light and shadow passing through the walls of his pots.
Download or read book Ceramics Masterclass written by Louisa Taylor and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramics Masterclass examines 100 great pieces of ceramics from history and explores how they were made what they do well and what we learn from them. The subject of ceramics is steeped in history and tradition. For thousands of years humans have exploited the versatile qualities of clay as a material to produce items ranging from humble utilitarian vessels integral to family living, right through to exquisite works of art. Louisa Taylor explores this diverse discipline by showcasing 100 of the most innovative and inspiring artists past and present, analysing the techniques and methods used to create the works, and the concepts which underpin their creative process. The book shows how to recreate intricate still-life dioramas like fifteenth-century artist Bernard Palissy, explore narrative like Grayson Perry and convey sensitivity to material like Phoebe Cummings. Arranged thematically, Ceramics Masterclass will include chapters on vessels, form and surface, function, figurative works, one-offs and installations. Explores the artistic process, methodology and techniques of 100 great artists In-depth ceramic techniques section covering skills integral to working with clay Includes historical and contemporary examples Represents a global perspective of the field, including dynamic and ground-breaking approaches to clay Perfect for students, amateur ceramicists and professionals, this book will represent a global perspective of historical and contemporary approaches to clay and be a catalyst for discovery and intrigue.
Download or read book Ceramics and the Museum written by Laura Breen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramics and the Museum interrogates the relationship between art-oriented ceramic practice and museum practice in Britain since 1970. Laura Breen examines the identity of ceramics as an art form, drawing on examples of work by artist-makers such as Edmund de Waal and Grayson Perry; addresses the impact of policy making on ceramic practice; traces the shift from object to project in ceramic practice and in the evolution of ceramic sculpture; explores how museums facilitated multisensory engagement with ceramic material and process, and analyses the exhibition as a text in itself. Proposing the notion that 'gestures of showing,' such as exhibitions and installation art, can be read as statements, she examines what they tell us about the identity of ceramics at particular moments in time. Highlighting the ways in which these gestures have constructed ceramics as a category of artistic practice, Breen argues that they reveal gaps between narrative and practice, which in turn can be used to deconstruct the art.
Download or read book Porcelain written by Jack Doherty and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-06-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucius is a triple threat of vocal harmonies, infectious hooks, and dance-inducing percussion. Charismatic co-founders and lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig sing in unison - two voices as one - uniquely delivering songs with stories told from the same perspective. Multi-instrumentalists Andrew Burri, Peter Lalish, and Dan Molad round out the stylish, Brooklyn-based quintet.
Download or read book A Potter s Book written by Bernard Leach and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the standards of and the various clays, pigments, and glazes used in Japanese raku, English slipware, stoneware, and Oriental porcelain, showing students how to adapt designs to local conditions
Download or read book The Whispering Gallery written by Peter Steele and published by Macmillan Education AU. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from his Personal Chair in English at the University of Melbourne, Peter Steele has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Alberta, Georgetown, Washington and Loyola, Chicago. An esteemed Australian poet, he is intensely interested in the process whereby literary works are produced by contemplating masterpieces of painting or sculpture. Outstanding poets, from Homer to Auden, have followed this tradition. The fifty-two poems in this book have been inspired by artworks Peter Steele has admired during his world travels. The renowned Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, has written of Steele's book: 'It is a work of great drive, shine and abundance, at once liberated and intense, a combination of intellectual rigour and imaginative spree. It deepens and widens the course of Peter Steele's own poetry, and since it presents the pictures that inspired the poems, it will invite readers to a new and complex experience.'
Download or read book The Persistence of Craft written by Paul Greenhalgh and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Persistence of Craft, contributors discuss the development of not only six specific crafts--glass, ceramics, jewelry, wood, textiles, and metal--but also the trends and movements that have helped shape their developments. Includes 180 full-color illustrations.
Download or read book The seventh BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors written by BMW Group, Independent Collectors and published by Hatje Cantz Verlag. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 304 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public—featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinct portraits of the collections with countless color illustrations take the reader to 51 countries, often to regions or urban districts that are off-the-beaten-path. This practical guide is a collaborative publication stemming from the partnership between BMW and Independent Collectors, the international online platform for collectors of contemporary art. To date, neither the Internet nor any book has ever contained a comparable assembly of international private collections, including several that have opened their doors to art lovers and connoisseurs for the first time.
Download or read book Porcelain and Bone China written by Sasha Wardell and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porcelain and bone china have fascinated patrons, collectors and makers for centuries. This practical book looks at their composition, making methods and decorative techniques, as well as glazes and firing processes. It examines their different characteristics and explains how designers have worked with these clays within the ceramic industry. This new edition includes an additional chapter that introduces emerging technologies and new materials. It is a beautiful book that gives an authoritative account of these enduring materials, which ceramicists enjoy so passionately. It includes over 250 colour illustrations of instructional photos and inspiring finished pieces.
