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Author
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed potter Mary Fox, known for creating stunning gravity defying decorative vessels as well as contemporary functional ware, tells the story of her life as an artist. A gorgeous full-color coffee table book celebrating the art of one of BC's finest potters, My Life as a Potter recounts Mary Fox's long journey to the peak of her craft. Part memoir, part coming-of-age story and part handbook for ceramicists, Fox's narrative expresses the passion...
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"To step into potter Frances Palmer's world is to be surrounded by the trappings of a life that has been intentionally-and painstakingly-built to maximize creativity. A light-filled, airy studio in which to make her pottery, with a corner always at the ready for her daily photo shoots. Cutting gardens overflowing with flowers to be snipped as inspiration strikes. Shelves of cookbooks to peruse as she plans the menu of her next dinner party, and museum...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From one of Britain's leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist"--
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter is determined to create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind. The Mahabharata? The Trojan horse legend? His anonymous potter-ancestors? Once it's finished, he does not know where his creation will belong. In a temple compound? Gracing a hotel lobby? Or should...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them--and Maria--famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria's belief in sharing her love of clay brought success and joy from her New Mexico Pueblo to people all across...
10) The words and wares of David Drake: revisiting I made this jar and the legacy of Edgefield pottery
Author
Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield, South Carolina, at the turn of the nineteenth century. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, Drake was literate and signed some of his pots, not only with his name and a date, but with verse?making a powerful statement of resistance.0The Words and Wares of David Drake collects multifaceted scholarship about Drake and his craft. Building on...
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