Function - Vol. 33 No. 2

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June 2005

Shards: Revisiting Function Bernard's Orphans: Looking for the Neo in Classical by Garth Clark; Thoughts Upon Reading Garth Clark's Essay by Clary Illian. Contemporary Functional Pottery: A Sampling of Views Linda Sikora, Guest Editor; The Spice of Life by Mark Pharis; Reflecting for the Future by Julia Galloway; Lyric Functionalism by Mark Shapiro; Vitality of Functional Ceramics in our Culture by Jane Shellenbarger. The Function of Ceramics: Walter Ostrom Interviews Paul Greenhalgh; From The Utilitarian Clay Symposium IV: Arrowmont September 2004; What's in a Pot by Gail Kendall; Potters' Favorite Pots; The Arrowmont Survey of Utilitarian Potters by Louise Rosenfield; To Mima's Vase by Tom Daley; A New Definition of "Useful" by Jane Herold; Food and Vessel: The Japanese Aesthetic of Presentation by Jeff Shapiro; Stuck in the Mud by Jane Perryman; Darwinian Ghosts by Jordan Taylor. Readings on Function: A Sampling of Recommendations from Contributors; David Leach; Remembering Ken Ferguson.

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Revisiting Function: The Spice of Life

Mark Pharis

By any historical standard, those who make functional pots in the twenty-first century do so under circumstances that are very different from those of our predecessors.

A New Definition of Useful

Jane Herold

The pots I make are useful pots: Dishes, things to serve and hold food. But holding food is not what makes them useful.

Darwinian Ghosts

Jordan Taylor

My pots, while traditional, are also dynamic because they cannot help but contain what I bring to tradition. To these old and vigorous shapes I bring my family's creative spirit. Every day I spend at the wheel I bring this amalgam to the crucible of tradition.

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