Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThroughout this book, Glassie provides a vivid, on-the-ground sense of Johnston's evolving work, from journeyman pottery to installation art. His close observations, high-quality photographs, and liberal quotations from interviews offer a rich document of the potter's aesthetic and technical decisions in the context of the Seagrove vernacular tradition and other artistic realms. Glassie concludes his study with further reflections on friendship, fieldwork, and artistic biography. This excellent book will appeal to a range of scholars and general readers with an interest in folklore, material culture, art history, and the American South.
* Journal of Folklore Research *
Table of Contents1. Beginnings
2. Apprenticeship
3. East and West
4. Building a Shop and Making a Pot
5. Firing
6. Selling
7. New Directions
Afterword
Notes
Oral Sources
Bibliography
Index
