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Title: Inside Japanese Ceramics: A Primer of Materials, Techniques, and Traditions by Richard L. Wilson ISBN: 0-8348-0442-5 Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential guide for the potter or the collector.
Comment: This volume presents not only the "how-to" of Japanese ceramics, but broader considerations of their significance within the context of world ceramics. Richard Wilson has not only trained extensively with Japanese potters, but is also thoroughly familiar with the many historical ceramic types which form the tradition which continues today. Virtually no art potters today remain unaffected by the tremendous impact of Japanese ceramics, and Wilson's book provides the contemporary ceramist with a reference that is at once useful and inspiring. The text is clear and straightforward in the explanatory sections while at the same time conveying to the reader the fascinating historical and cultural context on which the many techniques are based. The color illustrations are first class, and the technical photographs, illustrations and diagrams are clear, easy to read and appropriately placed. As in his earlier volume, The Art of Ogata Kenzan, Wilson has taken great pains to ensure that his information is both accurate and as complete as possible. Eschewing past tendencies of Western ceramists to mainly focus either on the externals of Japanese pots or on a touchy-feely, pseudo-philosophical/religous approach, Wilson sees the essence of Japanese ceramics as intrinsically linked to production process and functionality. As he summarizes, "(The Japanese ceramics legacy) suggests... renouncing artistic individualism... and rededicating oneself to personal discipline and harmony with materials, processes, and the user community. It implies thinking about the pots as part of an ongoing process, a relaxed conversation with the world, rather than as a kind of personal decree." Through this book, Richard Wilson has provided a great volume of reference not only for those who "do" ceramics, but for those who love ceramics as well.
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Title: Classic Stoneware of Japan: Shino and Oribe by Takeshi Murayama, Ryoji Kuroda ISBN: 4770028970 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Japanese Pottery Handbook by Penny. Simpson, Lucy Kitto ISBN: 0870113739 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: December, 1979 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi, Soetsu Tanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi ISBN: 0870119486 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Shigaraki: Potter's Valley by Louise Allison Cort ISBN: 083480431X Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: 500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design by Lark ISBN: 1579903622 Publisher: Lark Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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