Volumes 16 to 20 -- 1987-1992
Volume 16, Number 1
December, 1987
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Figurative ceramics - articles by classical scholars and by
contemporary ceramic artists:
- Mirror Makers by Frank Boyden, guest editor
- Form and Experience by Adrian Arleo
- "Draw up a Chair..." by Viola Frey and Charles Fiske
- A Correspondence by Jack Earl
- The Figure Erotic by Akio Takamori
- As If Looking into a Mirror by Judy Moonelis
- Goddesses and Ants by Kirk Mangus
- Figure by Implication by Deborah Horrell
- The Weight of Consciousness by Debra Sherwood
- Figure in the Personal Narrative by Christine Federighi
- African American Woman by Winnie Owens-Hart
- Standing Alone by Richard Notkin
- The Muse's Song by Margaret Ford
- Clay Imagery by Mike Moran
- Skulls by James "Son Ford" Thomas
- Figure Drawing on Clay and Other Surfaces by Rudy Autio
- The Glimpse of Grace by Ronna Neuenschwander
- The Voyeuristic Eye by Patti Warashina
- Constructing from the Inside by Imre Schrammel
- West Mexican Mortuary Art: A Look Back by Peter T. Furst
- Death, Sex, and Ceramics in Ancient Peru by Carl Coker
- Haniwa Funerary Sculptures by Gina L. Barnes
- Sui and Tang Dynasty Human Figurines by Virginia Bower
Also:
Wisconsin Potters - visits with 24 artists;
Being and Meaning by Ted Randall;
Ted Randall: An Appreciation by Val Cushing.
Volume 16, Number 2
June, 1988
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West African Pottery:
- A Portfolio of West African Pots
- African Art: Traditional and Contemporary Pottery by Dele Jegede
- The Vision by Daniel Cobblah
The Case for Clay in Secondary Art Education - papers presented at
the 1988 symposium at NYU (also available as a monograph):
- Clay: Arguments For and With by Edmund Burke Feldman
- When Clay is Play and Play is Art by John Lidstone
- Education as Initiation by M.C. Richards
- If Clay is the Answer, What is the Question? by David Ecker
- Putting It All Together by Judith M. Burton
- The Preadolescent Sculptor and the Teacher by Angio Churchill
- The Development of Representational Concepts in a 3-D Medium by Claire Golomb
- Illusion and the Clay Conversion by George Kokis
- The Many Faces of Clay: Devising Cirricula in Response to Needs by Judith Schwartz
- Listening to the Clay: Artist in the Schools by Squidge Davis
- How to Build a Comprehensive Clay Program for Grades 4-12 by Leslie Eckmann
- Using the Museum as a Resource by Mary Jane Moross
- Building Careers: Commercial, Industrial, Studio by Jim Tabor
- Viva Picasso: A Collaboration by Michael Prepsky
- Breaking the Mold: Clay, Creativity, and the Criminal Mind by Dale Ruff
- Close Encounters with a Third Dimension: Making College Resources Available by Regis Brodie
- The Craft Experience and the Adolescent by Jo-Anna J. Moore
- Kids' Clay: The Exhibition, Recommendations for Instruction, and Scenarios for the Future by Ted DeMuro
- An Alternative Art Program by Jane Sinauer
- An Inner-City Ceramics Program in Detroit by Mary Roehm
- Clay in the Schools: Back Toward the Future by David W. Baker
- Viewing the Launching Pad: The Arts, Clay, and Education by Wayne Higby
- A Glance Backward As We Move Ahead by E. Andrew Mills
- A Roadway to a Future for Clay by Robert H. Gray
Also:
Body Building for Potters: A Clay-Blending Formulary - a popular
technical article by Jim Robinson;
Ed Nash and the American Hand - an interview.
Volume 17, Number 1
December, 1988
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Visual Perception - physiology, culture, psychology, and mysticism:
- Seeing Oneself in the Pot by David Shaner
- Arts and the Brain by David Hubel
- Artistic Intelligences by Howard Gardner
- Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards
- The Kizaemon Tea Bowl: A Perceptual Gauntlet Which Has Not Been Picked Up by Anthony G. Barrand
- Learning to See by Clary Illian
- Monuments to the Future: The Art of Ed Love by Robert Farris Thompson
- Ceramics and the Biography of Vision by George Woodman
- A Room Not Filled by Jonathan Fairbanks
- Looking with the Heart by Louise Allison Cort
- The Secret Life of Pots by Jack Troy
- Changing Channels by Tony Hepburn
- Perception - Inner and Outer Vision by John Stephenson
- Perception by Susanne Stephenson
- Making the Unknown Visible by Jim Melchert
- The Vision of a Persian Bowl by Beatrice Wood
- Art and Time by Erich Neumann
- The Transformation of Vision by Ralph Metzner
- The Bones of the Bowl by Catharine Wright
- The Clay Jug by Kabir
Also:
The Inventive Beginning in the Creative Works of Leningrad Artists by Vladimir Vasiljkovskii;
Peteris Martinson by Ruta Chayupova;
Odyssey of a Tilemaker - Farley Tobin talks about public art commissions;
Utah - visits with fourteen Utah potters;
Pottery and Revolution in Nicaragua by Mika Seeger;
A Modern Anagama Kiln by Fred Olsen and Edgar DeForest.
Volume 17, Number 2
June, 1989
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Architectural Ceramics - past and present:
- Architectural Terra Cotta to 1900 by Margaret Henderson Floyd
- Architectural Terra Cotta: 1900 - 1990 by Susan Tunick
- Restoration and New Design: Boston Valley Terra Cotta by Drew Krause
- Guerrilla Mosaics by Susan Brown and Denise Komisarek
- Installing Studio Architectural Ceramics by Peter King
- Architectural Ceramics - profiles of twenty artists and studios
Also:
And/Or: Hispanic Art, American Culture by John Beardsley;
Hispanic Ceramic Artists - interviews with twelve artists in Los Angeles and Miami;
The Ceramics of Vladimir Sergeevich Vasilkovskij by Michael Andreevich Kopylkov;
Radon in the Potter's Studio by John B. Langley.
Volume 18, Number 1
December, 1989
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Visions and Prophecies - four sets of articles that address the questions,
"Is the functional potter surviving? If not, why not? How do institutions affect perceptions
of function? What lies ahead?"
Survival of Function:
- Redefining Security by Jeff Oestreich
- Making Pots from the Heart by Ellen Shankin
- Long-distance Runner by Stephen Hill
- Knowing What to Keep by Paul Lewing
- Keeping Handwork Alive by Jan Hoyman and Doug Browe
- Potting for a Living by Tom Turner
- Functional Survival by Ron Larsen
- On Being Better Potters by I.B. Remsen
- A Viable Means of Living by Susan Bankert
- Burnout by Jonathan Kaplan
Perspectives on Function:
- A Professional's View by Ken Ferguson
- An Academic View by Val M. Cushing
- A Marketing View by Wendy Rosen
- A Collective View by Deborah Bedwell
- An Exhibition View by Phyllis Blair Clark
- A Collector's View by Thomas G. Turnquist
- A Museum View by Michael Monroe
- A Gallery View by Rick Berman
- A Critic's View by Patricia Malarcher
Economics of Function:
- Macroeconomics - an interview with David Kotz
- Surviving Recession by April Aerni
Affirmation of Function:
- The Potter's Challenge by Mick Casson
- It Pays to Advertise But You Must Have a Product by Don Reitz
- Turning Matter into Spirit by Marguerite McIntosh
Also:
Look Back: The Decade of the 1980s - a collage;
Georgia Clay - The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery by John A. Burrison;
Vermont Potters - interviews with thirteen artists;
The Road Through Miyama - a story of apprenticeship in Japan by Leila Philip;
Daniel Rhodes.
Volume 18, Number 2
June, 1990
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Mainstream and the Establishment - on the relationship of craft to modern art:
- The Mainstream: Dangerous Waters by John Perreault
- Tradition and the Modern Crafts Establishment by Rob Barnard
- Promoting the Craft Illusion by Kevin Hluch
- In [Our] Craft Or Sullen Art by Robert Gray
In Praise of Feet - a look at the feet of fourteen Korean, Chinese,
and Japanese pots from the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Commentary by Rob Barnard and Martin Amt; further comments on feet by Malcom Wright,
John Glick, Byron Temple, and Ken Pick.
Also:
Hawaii - a trip through the islands and visits with potters;
Czechoslovak Ceramics - history and modern conditions by Jana Hornekova;
Czechoslovakian Ceramics Today by Marion Monk;
Circles - a short course in visual design by Richard White;
Pyrometer and Pyrometer Assemblies by John Terragni;
Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's - an interview;
Results of the 1989 Readership Survey.
Volume 19, Number 1
December, 1990
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Deep Nature - potters and ecology:
- Portfolio
- Silica, Alumina / Rapture and Awe: Revising Clay Imaginatively by Paulus Berensohn, guest editor
- The Quest: A Curator's View by Jane Kessler
- Soft Clay / Slow Wheel by Douglass Rankin and Will Ruggles
- The Secret Life of Clay by Guy Murchie
- The Spirit of the Earth by Barbara Gonzales
- Report of a Sighting by George Kokis
- Making Ripples by Marian Edwards
- Twilight's Last Gleaming by Barbara Donachy
- I Am the Village Potter Making Pots at Findhorn by Gay Smith
- A Glimpse into Pandora's Box: Personal Narrative by Graham Marks
- The Renewal of Art Through Agriculture by M.C. Richards
- Good, Wild, Sacred by Gary Snyder
- I Lift My Head Up from the Wheel by Nick Joerling
- Finding the Buddha by Shirley Tassencourt
- The Global Environment Crisis by Rodney M. Fujita and Julie Jetton
- Pinyon Crest Glazes - cone 10 glazes made with natural materials, from Fred Olsen
Also:
Warren MacKenzie: Potter's Potter - an interview;
The Nitty-Gritty - a discussion of particle size, mixing, and grinding by Robert Tichane;
Cone Three Clay Bodies and Glazes: A Suggestion For the 90's - discussion and recipes by Richard Zakin;
An Achievement - honoring six outstanding art teachers.
Volume 19, Number 2
June, 1991
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Language of the Lip - a look at the lips of fifteen Chinese,
Japanese, European, and African pots from the Cleveland Museum of Art, with
commentary by J. Keith Wilson, Judith Salomon, and William C. Brouillard;
Also:
Frans Wildenhain: Master of Form by Michael Boylen (also available as a monograph);
Archives of American Art by Robert F. Brown;
Chariot of Fire: Principles of a Bourry Box Kiln by Gary Hatcher;
Conversations with Indiana Potters - visits with 21 artists;
Cowan Pottery - a history by Henry Houston Hawley;
Water Keeler: Innovating Function - an interview;
The Space of Pottery by Paul Mathieu;
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park by Garth Clark;
Soviet Ceramic Artists by Frank Boyden;
Letter from Nigeria by Charles Counts;
Empty Bowls by John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn.
Volume 20, Number 1
December, 1991
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Women and Clay - seven sets of articles that focus on different aspects
of women and their work in clay. Guest editor: Clary Illian.
The Goddess in Prehistory:
- The Ancient One by Suzanne Benton
- The Origins of Ceramics: Figurine Manufactured at Dolni Vestonice, circa 26,000 B.P. by Pamela Vandiver
Critical Overviews:
- The Crime of Candor: Feminist Art Criticism by Susan Leibovitz Steinman
- For Women, the Word Is Not Always the Word As We Understand It by Mireille Perron
- Sexual Discrimination: Thoughts from the Field by Gail Kendall
- Reflections on a Feminist Aesthetic by Susan Crowell
- Fear, Loss, and Regeneration by Nancy Fried
Foremothers:
- Adelaide Alsop Robineau by Frederick Platt
- Louise McLaughlin's Porcelain by Anita J. Ellis
First Person Narratives:
- Autobiographical Notes by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
- Balance and Harmony by Marie Woo
- Preserving Cultural Identity by Maria Luisa Delgado y Partin
- The Heart of the Vein by Nora Naranjo-Morse
- The Voice of a Black Woman by Marva Lee Pitchford Jolly
- Artist as Environmental Activist by Allison Newsome
- Working Soft by Paulus Berensohn
Conjugal Relationships:
- Ann Shaner and Gertrude Ferguson, Wives by Ann Shaner and Gertrude Ferguson
- Choices: Mothers With Careers in Clay - a conversation with Catharine Hiersoux, Nancy Selvin
and Coille Hooven, compiled by Charlotte Speight
Collaborative Environments:
- Jane Dillon, Mentoree
- Betty Woodman, Mentor
- Pam Lau, Student
- Valerie Otani, Elizabeth Stanek, and Andree Singer Thompson, Collaboration
- Cheryl and Robert Husby, Collaborative Pottery
Spiritual Journeys:
- The Healing Process by Nancy Train Smith
- Lilith - a poem by Suzanne Benton
Also:
Raku: The Firing Process - technical information by Steven Branfman;
Social Signals Symposium by Jay Lacouture;
American Woodfire Conference '91 by Lynn R. Munns;
Aids Workshop by Alexandra B. Trub;
International Executive Service Corps by Stan Zelinski;
Empty Bowls Goes to Washington by John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn.
Volume 20, Number 2
June, 1992
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Studio Potter's 20th Anniversary: Looking Backward - Studio Potter revisits
sixteen potters originally covered in the first two volumes.
Looking Forward - turning the corner of the twenty-first century and how
to get there from here:
- The Next Twenty Years - Here Comes Everybody! by Robert Gray
- Future Schlock: Ceramics and the 21st Century by Garth Clark
- The Age of Individual Ceramics by Tomio Sugaya
- Preserving the Foundation by Harris Deller
- Shaping a Vision of the Future by Ted Berger
- Contemporary European Ceramics by Marie-Therese Coullery
- Continuity and Rootedness by Philip Rawson
- Deep Ecology and the Potters in our Planet by Arne Naess
- Correcting the Answers - seven high school students write about what clay means to them
- Ceramics Publications - editors of eleven publications speak out on
challenges for the future
Computers and Clay:
- Ceramics and Computers by Richard Burkett
- Software for DOS Claypersons by Gary Hatcher
- Computer Aided Thinking About Clay by Richard Zakin
Also:
Studio Management Revisited: Reflections on Working in My Studio During the Last Twenty Years by John Glick;
The Studio Potter Twentieth Anniversary Collection - a portfolio - B/W photos by Bill Finney;
Alaska - visits with 24 potters;
Russia: Crisis in the Arts by Ludmilla G. Kromarenko and Helen V. Zaks;
Contemporary Eastern European Ceramics by Jimmy Clark;
Dzintari Institute, Latvia: Ceramic Symposium, Fall 1991 by Nancy Selvage.
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