Alternative Glaze Materials
In ancient times potters did not have clay suppliers to provide them with raw materials for their glazes and clay bodies. They had to find, collect and process all the materials that they needed to produce their pottery from their local environment.
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Andalucia’s New Golden Pottery
In 1990, Jimenez published the story of his research and struggle to recreate, experiment by experiment, the period’s ceramics in a self-published book titled The Epic of Clay. Here, his mystical streak comes out in prose as florid as his Nasrid arabesques:
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The Dishes Are on the Floor (And Up the Wall)
According to some critics, craft has been assimilated by fine art, yet aside from a few reviews in the N.Y. Times, I haven’t noticed that the battle had been won. I have not avoided writing about craft in these pages [ed. note:
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Japanese Ceramics Terminology
Below you will find rough definitions for a number of words commonly used in discussions of Japanese ceramics. I suggest using English equivalents whenever possible. If neccessary, give the Japanese term in italics with an English definition in parentheses.
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Yunomis and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Michio Fujiwara was a celebrated potter in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As an apprentice, he learned the potter’s art in the early 1920s. Over the years he became especially well-known for his yunomis and tea ceremony ceramics.
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