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Title: The Figure in Fired Clay by Betty Blandino ISBN: 1-58567-262-9 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 09 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A new view by a famous potter
Comment: Betty Blandino's new book, The Figure in Fired Clay is spectacular. The collection of gorgeous photos alone make it a very thumbable coffee table book, but--make no mistake--it is more than that.
Blandino reviews the history of the seemingly universal tendency of people all over the world to take a lump of clay and mold it into a recognizable figure. Many of these artefacts come from civilizations of which we have no other surviving record. I loved the section on the earliest clay figures, and also the wonderful photographs of the work of contemporary ceramicists, many of whom were quite new to me.
Betty Blandino is a distinguished potter herself, and this is what brings this book to life. As she says in the Foreword: "Nothing but a small lump of soft clay accompanying these paper pages could have allowed those who have not used it to understand and feel the pleasure of this tolerant, flexible material as well as appreciating the wilfulness of its character."
I highly recommend this book if you are interested in pottery, and/or the human form, and perhaps like me have not seen how these two interests go together.
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Title: THE HUMAN FORM IN CLAY by Jane Waller ISBN: 1861264135 Publisher: Crowood Press (UK) Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists by Michael Flynn ISBN: 0813532051 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Potter's Guide to Ceramic Surfaces by Jo Connell ISBN: 0873493591 Publisher: Krause Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory ISBN: 087951938X Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: THE ART OF HANDBUILT CERAMICS by Susan Bruce ISBN: 1861263627 Publisher: Crowood Press (UK) Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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