Beautiful clay : a traditional craft as art / Joihn A. Burrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrison, John A., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pottery--Cross-cultural studies.

Pottery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 337 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2025]

Summary:

""Beautiful Clay explores artistic, extraordinary, individual expressions in clay demonstrating both the creative ingenuity of potters and occasional polygenesis across space and time. . . . Burrison does a good job of articulating his perspective as a folklorist by pointing out that for most of human history all pottery was traditional folk pottery. Not all traditional artifacts go beyond the basic requirements of utility in the pursuit of beauty but this work deals with those that do." - Joey Brackner, author of Alabama Folk Pottery In Beautiful Clay, noted scholar of traditional ceramics John A. Burrison writes about how a potter applies aesthetics to utilitarian objects to make raw clay beautiful. What's considered beautiful in art changes from culture to culture and person to person, but there are universal techniques like manipulating form, color, texture, and more. After beginning with more than 40,000 images that the author curated as a study resource, Beautiful Clay narrows it down to around 230 images that capture artistry to traditional ceramics worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The eye of the beholder

Stretching tradition : ceramic innovators, known and unknown

Form follows function

Hues : a coat of many colors

The traditional potter as designer/decorator

Texture and text : tactile and communicative dimensions

The traditional potter as sculptor

Beautiful clay and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780253072191

0253072190

OCLC:

1492158788