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Bennett Bean Playing by His Rules by Karen S March 1998 1 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY March 1998 Volume 46 Number 3 Wheel-thrown stoneware forms by Toshiko Takaezu at the American Craft FEATURES Inlaid-slip-decorated Museum in vessel by Eileen New York City. 37 Form and Energy Goldenberg. 37 The Work of Toshiko Takaezu by Tony Dubis Merino 75 39 George Wright Oregon Potters’ Friend and Inventor Extraordinaire by Janet Buskirk 43 Bennett Bean Playing by His Rules by Karen S. Chambers with Making a Bean Pot 47 The Perfect Clay Body? by JejfZamek A guide to formulating clay bodies 49 A Conversation with Phil and Terri Mayhew by Ann Wells Cone 16 functional porcelain Intellectually driven work by William Parry. 54 Collecting Maniaby Thomas G. Turnquist A personal look at the joy pots can bring 63 57 Ordering Chaos by Dannon Rhudy Innovative handbuilding with textured slabs with The Process "Hair of the Dog" clay 63 William Parry maker George Wright. The Medium Is Insistent by Richard Zakin 39 67 David Atamanchuk by Joel Perron Work by a Canadian artist grounded in Japanese style 70 Clayarters International by CarolJ. Ratliff Online discussion group shows marketing sawy 75 Inspirations by Eileen P. Goldenberg Basket built from textured Diverse sources spark creativity slabs by Dannon Rhudy. The cover: New Jersey 108 Suggestive Symbols by David Benge 57 artist Bennett Bean; see Eclectic images on slip-cast, press-molded sculpture page 43. March 1998 3 UP FRONT 12 The Senator Throws a Party by Nan Krutchkoff Dinnerware commissioned from Seattle ceramist Carol Gouthro 12 Billy Ray Hussey EditorRuth C. Butler Individual work based on traditional North Carolina folkware 12 International Competition in Switzerland Associate EditorKim Nagorski Juried exhibition at the Musee de Carouge Assistant EditorConnie Belcher 14 Todd Burns Editorial AssistantElaine Jebsen Soda-fired pots at the SOFA Gallery in Bloomington, Indiana Art Director Randy Wax 14 Made by Men by Carda Burke Production SpecialistRobin Chukes Work by 36 male artists at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon Advertising ManagerSteve Hecker 14 Debra Belcher Chako Circulation AdministratorMary R. Hopkins Small-scale chairs at the 1812 Arctic Gallery in Virginia Beach Circulation AdministratorMary E. 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A precept of all good sence of that flower, plucked from our grasp. scientific investigation is that studies can False Art Assumptions Dan Keegan, Kansas City, Mo. prove only true, not false, assumptions. Kevin Hluch has wandered out on a very As repeated in all the articles I’ve written slippery slope in his argument for a “beauty Slap Happy about ceramic materials, knowledge of health revolution” in art (January 1998 CM). He is Lately, I had been realizing some of my hazards is paramount to safe handling. I on firmer ground when he quotes Yanagi: disenchantment with American functional believe that it is a disservice to the field to “Beauty is a kind of mystery.” Hluch would pottery is the rootlessness with which most of present unbalanced reporting of the relative have been better off leaving it at that. It is a us fumble along trying to produce something risk we actually face while making pots. At fine definition that keeps the door open for “new” or “important.” I found Kim Elling­ first, when the boy called “Wolf!” everyone artistic and viewer interpretation. Unfortu­ ton’s experience with the history in his own listened; soon, no one listened. nately, he uses a flower as an example of backyard, as well as those beautifully func­ JeffZamek, Southampton, Mass. “unexplainable beauty.” Not exactly, I sus­ tional pots that are the result, quite moving. pect, what Yanagi had in mind. A few weeks ago, I serendipitously had a Picking Up an Education Hluch also makes false assumptions about conversation with a potter in my area about I am an engineer who is also a potter. I motives behind contemporary art, artists and local clays. Ellington’s article in the February appreciate the technical articles very much commerce. He attempts to reduce contempo­ issue brought me up short, like a slap in the because I am trying to pick up a ceramics rary art to sniveling, sophomoric attempts to face. Thanks for the slap, Kim, and more education “secondhand.” I consider the be different, radical and confrontational. power to you! technical material, as well as the aesthetic Contemporary art is not just a quest for Mark Rossier, Boulder, Colo. material, very informative, well written and novelty. It is a search for meaning in our to the point. Now, if CM could just tell me lives, for unique interpretations of our exist­ Frits 146, 154 and 156 how to change careers! ence, and a search for new ways to define our General Color & Chemical Company is a Chris Moratz, Gardiner, N.Y. humanness. Can it be difficult to understand? producer of ceramic frits and colors for the As difficult as life itself. Is it always successful? ceramics industry. We normally sell our frits No Special Orders Hardly. But that is not the point. It is the in 50-pound bags, but due to the interest I was looking through some old papers journey that counts. Fortunately, young and generated by Robert Pearson’s article in the and found this note from 1979. It reminded unheralded artists are often supported by November 1997 issue of Ceramics Monthly, me just exactly why I do not do special orders those who can afford to take a leap of faith we have put together several purchase options anymore.
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