A Potter's Book - Rilegato

Leach, Bernard

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ISBN 10: 1910065161 ISBN 13: 9781910065167

Casa editrice: Unicorn Pr, 2014

Riassunto

When potters throw clay onto a stone, they make a connection across centuries to ancient workshops. The techniques and traditions of these early craftsmen, especially those of China’s Sung dynasty, still inform many of the pottery practices in use today, thanks to the seminal work of Bernard Leach.

Leach’s A Potter’s Book was among the first to collect ancient workshop traditions for modern use in studios, emphasizing functional work. It became an immediate hit among potters who embraced its ideal of unity, spontaneity, and simplicity of form. Leach, considered the father of British studio pottery, went on to establish of one of the most respected studios in the world with the ideas of A Potter’s Book at its foundation.

With this classic book, potters can learn everything, from how to set up their workshop to how to adapt pigment and glaze recipes to how to design custom kilns. It spotlights four types of pottery: Japanese raku, English slipware, stoneware, and oriental porcelain. Thanks to Leach’s time in Japan and collaborations with master potter Shoji Hamada, it also serves as a fascinating look at the interplay between Eastern and Western art.

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Recensione:

"This updated edition of the classic by Leach (British potter and teacher) belongs on every ceramist s bookshelf. Minor text changes, a look at Leach s impact on the West, and numerous color photographs make this an even more valuable resource than the 1940 original. At an early age, Leach was inspired by Chinese and Japanese folk pottery and aesthetics. His subsequent writing and teaching had a profound impact on how ceramics was taught and produced. Leach s influence can still be seen in countless American and European pottery studios, where Japanese-inspired forms and glazes are reduction fired to produce functional stoneware and porcelain vessels. A survey of ceramic history includes a look at raku, English slipware, stoneware, and porcelain. Diverse ceramic developments around the world are further incorporated into the subsequent chapters, which discuss the preparation and use of low and high-fire clays, vessel construction (e.g., hand-building, throwing, and the use of molds), decoration (e.g., raw clay treatments and methods of mixing and applying slips and glazes), updraft and downdraft kilns (e.g., construction, loading, and firing), and setting up and operating a pottery studio. A glossary of terms and temperature charts are included." --C. A. Ventura, Tennessee Technological University

L'autore:

Bernard Howell Leach (1887–1979) was a British studio potter and art teacher. He was the founder of the Leach Pottery at St Ives in Cornwall and went on to teach some of the most celebrated ceramicists of the twentieth century.

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• Editore: Unicorn Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1910065161
• ISBN 13: 9781910065167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 367