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500 Plates & Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function & Style
Axner Number: A996348
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs., 8.32000 oz.
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edited by Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott
Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Lark Books (2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1-57990-688-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-57990-688-3
Dimensions: 8.0" x 8.0" x 1.1"
Shipping Weight: 2.52 lbs.
This outstanding survey showcases the remarkable design and craftsmanship of contemporary
ceramic artists who have interpreted the form of two everyday objects: the plate
and the charger.
"Artists' plates seek to speak through our connection to home, using the
common act of eating together to invoke a farther-reaching philosophy or message,"
explains Linda Arbuckle, who has chosen the five hundred spectacular pieces included
in these pages. Some of the work is strictly utilitarian, others are dramatically
decorated, and still others act as a creative canvas or even as sculpture.
Becky and Steve Lloyd featured sgraffito decorations on their porcelain "Platter
with Leaf Pattern," while Claudia Reese enhanced her slab-built, earthenware
"Odd Disks" with an inverse inlay and a clear glaze. Gas fired at cone
10, Maishe Dickman's wheel-thrown and altered stoneware platted includes raised
elements in an abstract design. And "Nicky's Nose Cove Caplien Platter,"
by David Hayashida and Linda Yates, was hand built from stoneware, slab pressed
into a bisque mold, salt and soda fired, and then crash cooled.
This stunning survey presents a unique and wide-ranging look at contemporary ceramic
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500 of the very finest pieces from ceramists around the globe have been brought together into a virtual menagerie of enduring distinction. Some are whimsical, others functional, still others starkly conceptual.
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From hand built to wheel thrown, functional to sculptural, round to square, organic to avant-garde, the cups that grace these pages are unique expressions of ceramic mastery.
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Raku is an ancient ceramics technique that is experiencing a renaissance thanks to the outstanding work of modern-day ceramists. Discover the vigor and invention of today's raku through 500 wide-ranging pieces chosen by juror Jim Romberg.
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In its breadth and richness of subject, this book is an essential reference for collectors and ceramists alike. The feature work explores new relationships between body, spout handle, and lid and occasionally causes us to ask, Is that really a teapot?
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Juried by Angelica Pozo, a leading presence in the field, this study survey will serve as inspiration for beginning and professional tile makers, as well as collectors and anyone who appreciates fine craftsmanship.
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Explore the Vase in all its beautiful expressions; the ceramic vase reveals itself as much more than a utilitarian object in this expansive survey of contemporary work.
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