Volumes 11 to 15 -- 1982-1987
Volume 11, Number 1
December, 1982
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Woodfiring - a survey of kilns and potters, with stories, techniques, and recipes:
- A Portfolio of American Woodfired Pottery
- Studio Potter Woodfiring Survey Results compiled by Malcolm Wright
- Woodfiring: The Ash Wonder of the World by Peter Callas
- Woodfired Kiln Prognostication: Is a Revival of Woodfired Kilns Probable/Possible
for Production Potters? by Fred Olsen
- Wood as Energy by Jay Shelton
- Firing with Wood by David Shaner
- Woodfiring Porcelain byMary Roehm
- Kiln Pictures and Diagrams - Richard Bresnahan, Paul Chaleff, Todd Piker
- An Anagama in Tennessee by Rosa Kennedy
- Woodfiring in the Production Studio by Bill Knoble
- A Portable Woodfiring Fiber Kiln by Greg Morgan
- Long Firing in Australia by Col Levy
- A Bourry Box Kiln by Karen Karnes
- A Wisconsin Noborigama by Randy Johnston
- A High Altitude Wood-burning Kiln by Ken Ferguson
- Transcending Woodfire by Rob Barnard
- Tales from the Supernatural: The Great Kiln Crash by Jill Moodie
- Woodfiring in Traditional Southern Potteries by Nancy Sweezy
- Rebuilding a Kiln from Ancient Japan in Twentieth Century America by Katsuyuki Sakazume
Also:
Ohio Potters;
Object and Image - Jack Troy talks about the relationship of photographs to pots;
Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing - a discussion of pottery words by a former etymologist;
Tang Dynasty Harpist - commentary by Wai-kam Ho;
Red Clay Tile Works 2 by Anders and Eileen Anderson (second of two parts) - technical discussion
of forming, drying, clays, glazes, firing, and installation;
Viktor Schreckengost of Ohio - a conversation;
Ceramic Pillows by Malcolm Wright.
Volume 11, Number 2
June, 1983
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Earthenware - techniques, recipes, experiences:
- Earthenware Portfolio
- The Italian Experience by Betty Woodman
- Form and Color by John Stephenson
- Form and Pattern by Stanley Mace Anderson
- Ceramic Cityscapes by Lidya Buzio
- In Search of the Wild Heron by Frank Boyden
- Notes on Terra Sigillata: 'Earth Seal' by Val Cushing
- North Carolina Earthenware by Dorothy and Walter Auman
- Redware in Nova Scotia by Walter Ostrom
- Earthenware Clays, Slips, and Glazes - formulas from Walter Ostrom and Val Cushing
- Singlefired Earthenware by Rudy Houk
- Private Clay's Predicament by Charles Counts
- Terracotta Cone 04 Body by Richard Zakin
- Woodfired Earthenware by Carl Jensen
- Earthenware by Andrea Gill
- The Fire's Unpredictable Nature by Kurt Weiser
- Persephone's Temple by Paulus Berensohn
Also:
Access to Pots: A Guide to Using Museum Collections by Louise Allison Cort;
William Morris: The Arts and Crafts Aesthetics Pipeline by Brian Moeran;
Missouri Valley - visits with twelve potters and with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
Janet Leach: American Foreigner - a conversation;
Memorial Eulogy for Bernard Leach by Michael Cardew.
Volume 12, Number 1
December, 1983
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A Symposium on Woodfiring Aesthetics - essays from a meeting on April 16, 1983:
- Aesthetics of Woodfiring by Paul Chaleff
- Finding the Secret Places by Mary Roehm
- The Student and Woodfiring by Ken Ferguson
- Studio Potter Woodfiring by Richard M. Danziger
- Nature Sealed in Space by Katsuyuki Sakazume
- Imitating Antiques by Robert Moes
- Originality at All Costs by Rob Barnard
- Signature and Form by Nicholas Rodrigues
- Anticipating the Unexpected by Karen McCready
- Cross-Cultural Assimilation of Aesthetic Values by Shun Kanda
Also:
Imre Schrammel - an interview, and an essay by David Davidson;
George Ohr: Avant-Garde Volumes by Garth Clark;
Renewal - a story about designing and building a studio by John Glick;
The Frit Kiln - technical notes by Willard M. Spence;
Pete Seeger on the Hudson Valley by Pete Seeger;
Potters of the Hudson Valley;
Albany Slip Clay - where it comes from and how it got there, by Richard P. Isaacs;
Henry Varnum Poor by Linda Steigleder;
Terracotta: The Folk Pottery of Italy by Karen Rychlewski;
William Morris by Keith Luebke;
Retrofit: A Solution for the Stacked Brick Door by Jonathan Kaplan;
Tears of Glaze - a visit to the Ding Kilns, Quyang, North Hebei by Rewi Alley;
The Road to Turramurra - The Private Eye by Gerry Williams - a visit to Australia
and a report on the International Meeting on Apprenticeship in the Crafts, Sydney, May 1983.
Volume 12, Number 2
June, 1984
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In Search of the Cutting Edge - "...by the time the cutting edge is
identified it has already moved ahead...."
- Portfolio
- The Cutting Edge by Anselm Atkins
- Innovation: A Matter of Connections by Wayne Higby
- Toward a New Design Aesthetic by Susan Wechsler
- March to the Western Front by Garth Clark
- Creative Limbo by Paul Soldner
- The Clay Artist as Social Critic by Judith S. Schwartz
Also:
High-Technology Ceramics by Linda L. Breisch;
Ceramic Fiber 1984 - a discussion of fiber vs. brick by Regis C. Brodie;
Chicago - seventeen potters;
Studio Health and Safety: Striking a Balance Between Caution, Cost, and Calamity by Julian A. Waller;
To Be a Potter in Africa by Janet Roberts;
The Ceramic Collection of the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico by Rick Dillingham;
The Peters Valley Woodfire Conference by Louise Allison Cort and Malcolm Wright - a report and a panel discussion.
Volume 13, Number 1
December, 1984
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The Search for Form - an autobiographical account by Daniel Rhodes;
San Francisco Bay Area - twenty potters and other artists;
Handcraft Pottery, Whence and Whether by Harry Davis;
To the Beginning Potter - a primer in claywork by Susan Peterson;
Potter - a poem by M.C. Richards;
Edouard Jasmin: Folk Ceramicist by Gloria Lesser and Leopold L. Foulem;
Rows of Olives, Rows of Pots - making pottery in Greece, by P.M. Spronk;
Pottery Without Sight by Marcia Springston;
Methane Gas and Sewer Sludge: New Routes to Energy Efficiency in Firing Clay by Jeff Zamek;
Letter from London by Mary Nyburg;
Jane Kaufman Throws a Pot.
Volume 13, Number 2
June, 1985
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Functional Pottery:
- A Matter of Rights by Gerry Williams
- The Canon of Arts by Nicholas Wolterstorff
- On Being There by Philip Rawson
- Traces of Memory by Warren MacKenzie
- Function and Expression by Mick Casson
- Function Found, Beauty Found? - ceramics for the tea ceremony, by Richard L. Wilson
- New Visions for Functional Pottery by Richard Zakin
- The Working Potter by Robin Hopper
- Function and Necessity by Ted Randall
- From This Condensery by Jonathan Williams
- A Portfolio of Functional Forms
- Symposium on Functional Pottery - statements by Karen Karnes, Tom Turner,
Lynn Turner, Tom Coleman, Elaine Coleman, Linda Christianson, Jim Lorio, Bill Sax, and
Karl Christiansen
- Teapot as Teapot - John Glick shows the evolution of his teapots from 1964 to 1985
- Between Thumb and Finger - a discussion of sake cups by Shun Kanda
- Functional Ceramics and University Education by Val Cushing
- Functional Ceramics and the Gallery by Jackie Chalkley
- A Look at Books on Function by Charles Counts
Also:
A Journey Shared by Joe Spano - notes from a potter's husband;
Potters of the Blue Ridge Mountains;
East Creek Anagama - a kiln-building story by Frank Boyden;
Marguerite Wildenhain.
Volume 14, Number 1
December, 1985
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Drawing on Clay - from prehistoric times to the present:
- Ban Chiang Painted Pottery by Penny Van Esterik
- Drawing on Clay in the American Southwest - Anasazi and Pueblo Pottery by J.J. Brody
- Composition and Narrative on Two Classic Maya Pots by Flora S. Clancy
- Movement and Life: A Minoan Aesthetic by Bernice R. Jones
- Las Lineas De Nazca by David Furman
- Jose Llorens Artigas and Joan Miro by Roberta Griffith
- Apprentice to the Gods by Reuben Nakain
- Common Ground by Frank Boyden
- Marking Time by Robert Arneson
- Drawing as Intelligence by Wayne Higby
- Drawing by Tony Hepburn
- Drawing from the Heart by Don Reitz
- Why I Draw on Clay Objects by D.X. Gordy
- Line and Rhythm by Lidya Buzio
- At Eye Level by Bennett Bean
- Drawing Images by Michael Lucero
- About Drawing by Rudy Autio
- Linear Order by Thom Bohnert
- Starting at the Ears by Ken Ferguson
- Line is the Vehicle by Jim Leedy
- Heaven and Hell by Deborah Horrell
- Lovers Facing by Patrick Siler
- Recording the Gesture by Robert Sperry
- The Personal Mark by Paul Soldner
- The Natural Act of Allowing by Jenny Lind
Also:
Beyond M.C. - an extended interview with M.C. Richards
(also available as a monograph);
Ted Randall by Wayne Higby.
Volume 14, Number 2
June, 1986
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Glaze: Color and Light - "Colors are the deeds and sufferings of light" - Goethe
- A Glaze History by Val Cushing, guest editor
- Modulation of Light by Gyorgy Kepes
- The Theory of Color Expression - from The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten
- Form and Color - from The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten
- Transparence and Space-Illusion - from Interaction of Color by Josef Albers
- Color and Context by Richard Lytle
- The Problem of Color in Ceramics by George Woodman
- The Being of Art by Lois Schroff
- Breathing Color by Leszek Forczek
- Glaze Structure and Its Interaction with Light: An Example of Song Dynasty Jun Ware
by David Kingery and Pamela Vandiver
- Color and Copper Red Glazes by Robert Tichane
- Thy Will Be Done by Arne Ase
- Shaping a Thought by Tapio Yli-Viikari
- Color in Architecture by Michael Graves
- Painters and Clay by Garth Clark
- A Selected Bibliography on Color
- Potters on Color - essays and interviews - John Stephenson, Viola Frey,
Olga Bravo, Wayne Bates, Anne Smith, Ron Nagle, Richard DeVore, John Frantz, Tom Spleth,
Rudolph Staffel, Brother Thomas Bezanson
Also:
Guatemalan Crafts and Human Rights by Keith Lebke;
Puerto Rico - twelve potters.
Volume 15, Number 1
December, 1986
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The Ram Press - a controversy, in contemporary and historical context:
- Approaching the Ram Press by Jon Ellenbogen
- Hydraulic Pressing: Another Means to an End by Ann Mallory
- Designing for the Ram Press by Ron Bower
- Die-Making by William Skinner
- Thoughts of a Dinosaur on Ram Pressing by Angela Fina
- The Bark of the Dog by David Gill
- Choosing Another Path by Karen Karnes
- Machine Versus Tool by Jon Ellenbogen
- Survival for the Obsolete Potter by Jean Silverman
- Beast on the RAMpage by Wallace C. Higgins
Electric Firing - an examination of electric kilns and their usage:
- Ohm: A Meditation on Resistance by Marianne Abel
- Considerations When Buying an Electric Kiln by Harry Dedell
- The Mysteries of Rewiring Electric Kilns by Beverly Howard
- Computers and Firing Control by Beverly Howard
- Understanding Volts, Amps, Etc. by Beverly Howard
- The Electric Test Kiln by Richard Zakin
- Cone 04 Clay Bodies and Glazes by Richard Zakin
- Oxidation Iridescence by Biz Littell
- Multifiring: Another Way by Regis Brodie
- Time-of-use Rates by Peter Saenger
- Biscuit Firing by James and Nan McKinnell
- Electric Kiln Emissions by Monona Rossol
- Works in Electric Firing - statements and portfolio
- Consumers Report on Electric Kilns
Also:
Harry Davis;
Vancouver Island, British Columbia - interviews with potters, a poet,
and a former premier.
Volume 15, Number 2
June, 1987
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Health and the Potter - a popular and important series of articles on injury, toxicity, and safety:
- Not Crossing the Yellow Line by Gerry Williams
- Introduction by Julian A. Waller, guest editor
- Musculoskeletal Injuries by Gerald Weisman
- To Sciatica and Back: A Potter's Journey by John Glick
- Silicosis and the Workplace by William Graham
- How Safe are Asbestos Substitutes? by Brooke T. Mossman
- Metal Poisoning from Ceramic Materials and Processes by Monona Rossol
- Dealing with Physicians by Julian A. Waller
- Firing and Fire Safety by John M. Watts, Jr.
- The Tu-Dor Kiln: A Joint Collaboration - a kiln for potters with orthopedic problems, by Jacqueline Clipsham
- Design and Mangement of the Pottery Studio to Promote Safety by Julian A. Waller and Martin Johansen
Also:
The Gift by Don Reitz;
Potters of Kentucky - visits with seventeen artists;
Seonaid Robertson - an interview.
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