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What makes a potter, functional pottery in America today, Janet Koplos

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What makes a potter

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Janet Koplos

functional pottery in America today

"Why are people still handmaking utilitarian pottery in the 21st century? Doesn't industrial production take care of all our storage and cooking and serving needs? Yet, in all corners of the U.S., pottery is being discovered, studied, developed, produced, sold, collected, used, displayed, preserved, and passed down. Answers to these questions are vividly realized in the words of potters themselves--funny, philosophical, intense, and inspiring life narratives captured by Janet Koplos, an award-winning art critic who has followed American studio ceramics for the last four decades. The depth and breadth of this book are unprecedented in American craft history. Fifty individuals or pairs of potters offer their experiences, their thoughts, and their lessons learned. When art is at home in the kitchen, dining room, or living room, as is the case with functional pottery, the impact on our lives can be profound."--, Description provided by publisher

Pottery persists -- Current conditions -- Why handmade pots? -- How to read a pot -- Role models -- Turner, Karnes, Woodman, Glick, MacKenzie, Temple, Bringle, Simon -- Clary Illian: It is what it is -- St. Croix success -- Jeff Oestreich: for the joy of it -- Linda Christianson: the idea of daily practice -- Guillermo Cuellar: country pots -- Making a living -- Silvie Granatelli: the next iteration -- Matt Metz: perceptions of labor -- Ayumi Horie: grounded in reality -- Winton and Rosa Eugene: listen to your customers -- Emily Free Wilson: front of the cupboard -- Jeremy Ogusky: approachable -- Robbie Lobell: stovetop sculptures -- Lisa Orr: Tang meets Mexican -- Kyle Carpenter: incredibly efficient -- The teachers -- Linda Arbuckle: it's yours for life -- Mark Pharis: the arena of the tabletop -- Linda Sikora: the performative pot -- Andy Shaw: what plates represent -- Sanam Emami: the point of entry -- Other day jobs -- Doug Casebeer: what else is out there? -- Sandy Simon: a lifetime commitment -- Charles Jahn: material qualities -- Mary Barringer: drawn to limitations -- Alleghany Meadows: luck and timing -- Journeymen -- Munemitsu Taguchi: the utility factor -- Deb Schwartzkopf: working hard -- Sunshine Cobb: life lessons -- Kenyon Hansen: I can't stop -- Gwendolyn Yoppolo: the peril of structure -- Noah Riedel: product-designy pots -- A way of life -- Josh Copus: half artist, half community organizer -- Kevin Crowe: spiritual life and real work -- Ellen Shankin: in love with the life -- Mark Shapiro: commensality -- Kari Radasch: stickers -- Bryan Hopkins: buffalo booster -- Naomi Cleary: a part of something larger -- Looking to traditions -- Mark Hewitt: dovetailing with southern folk potters -- Matt Jones: a battle for your life -- Daniel Johnston: making your own work -- David Stuempfle: fusion pottery -- Touched by Japan -- John Neely: things for drinking and noshing -- Rob Barnard: pottery as language -- Betsy Williams: learning with your hands -- Design considerations -- Peter Shire: social objects -- KleinReid: working collaboratively -- Kathy Erteman: the life of a maker -- Kiroe Hanazono: a pedestal for food -- S.C. Rolf: All part of the same thing

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