Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks Books

Book SynopsisEdmund de Waal’s art speaks to his enduring fascination with the nature of objects and the attendant history of their collection and display. Confronting European and Asian traditions of intimate craftsmanship with the scale and sequence of minimalist art and music, Edmund de Waal’s ensembles of porcelain vessels evoke at once the delicate measure of Agnes Martin’s sublime abstract paintings and the rhythmic pulses of the music of Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

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Book SynopsisThis elegant monograph marks Shio Kusaka's first solo exhibition with Gagosian and her first exhibition in Italy.Shio Kusaka's ceramic work often incorporates playful details and subject matter, from basketballs and fruit to dinosaurs, raindrops, and wood grain. However, in this new body of work, she further explores her geometric abstractions, offering a more direct view of her technical mastery as she adheres to a single-process approach to study the possibility of endless permutations.In previous abstract works, Kusaka often ended a line or grid pattern once it became distorted by the curvature of the pot, producing fragmented, interlocking patterns that appear as overlapping drawings, contradicting the three-dimensional volume. In these new works, however, she takes an almost topographic approach by carving, painting, and even drawing with pencil intricate lines along the surfaces of each pot, allowing the shape of each vessel to dictate the curves of the lin

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Book SynopsisNicholas R. Bell is the Fleur and Charles Bresler Senior Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art, at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA.Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Contributors 1. (Dis) Organizing Principles Nicholas R. Bell: Introduction Glenn Adamson: Goodbye Craft 2. Aesthetic Transgressions Elissa Auther: He is Survived by His Longtime Companion: Feeling in the Work of Josh Faught Maria Buszek, Elaine Reichek, Sonya Clark, Michael Strand: Media, Process, History: Craft beyond Crafting Jenni Sorkin: Craft-Like: The Illusion of Authenticity 3. The Politics of Display Elizabeth McGoey: America at Home: Crafts and Craftsmanship in the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair Shelter Exhibits Ulysses Dietz: Taste, Money, Museums and the Subversion of Craft Julie Muniz and Jennifer Scanlan: Institutionalized: Craft in the Museum 4. Enduring Conflicts Maria Shevzov: Making an Impression: The Material Culture Scholarship and Craft of Historical Reenactors Bibiana Obler: Craft as a Response to War 5. Education and Technology Garth Johnson: A Hackerspace of One’s Own: Curriculum and the Maker Movement Neil Gershenfeld, Stuart Kestenbaum, Phyllis Klein: Digital Fabrication: Implications for Craft and Community 6. Negotiating Industry Ezra Shales: The Politics of ‘Ordinary Manufacture’ in the Post-Industrial State Sandra Alfoldy: Craft Goes to Disney! Gabriel Craig: DIY Detroit List of illustrations/photography credits Index

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Book SynopsisThis anthology of written sources (dating from the seventh to the twentieth centuries) explores numerous aspects of the crafts of the Middle East from the processing of raw materials to the manufacture of finished artefacts.Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes for the Reader; Image and Text Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Foundations; 1. Theoretical Formulations; Part 2: Human Dimensions; 2. The Organisation of Labour; 3. Rituals, Songs and Poems; 4. Biographical Information; 5. The Lives of Artisans and Artists; Part 3: Resources; 6. Raw Materials I: minerals; 7. Raw Materials II: plants; 8. Raw Materials III: animals; 9. Mining and Metal Preparation; 10. City Descriptions; Part 4: Inorganic Media; 11. Copper; 12. Iron and Steel; 13. Other Metals: Gold, Silver and Tin; 14. Pottery; 15. Glass; Part 5: Organic Media; 16. Wood; 17. Basketry and Matting; 18. Leather; 19. Spinning, Bleaching and Dyeing; 20. Weaving; 21. Rugs, Carpets and Felt; Part 6: Writing and Painting; 22. Papyrus and Paper; 23. Calligraphy; 24. Painting; Part 7: Architecture and Engineering; 25. Building Techniques; 26. Vaulting and Architectural Decoration; 27. Engineering; Part 8: Economic Considerations; 28. Recycling and Repair; 29. Crafts in an Age of Competition and Change; Glossary; Names of Craft Activities in Arabic and Persian; Bibliography; Index.

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