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March 2000 1 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY March 2000 Volume 48 Number 3 “Leaves in Love,” 10 inches in height, handbuilt stoneware with abraded glaze, by Michael Sherrill, Hendersonville, North FEATURES Carolina. 34 Fast Fossils 40 Carbon-Film Transfer on Saggar-Fired Porcelain by Dick Lehman 38 Steven Montgomery The wood-firing kiln at Buck Industrial imagery with rich texture and surface detail Pottery, Gruene, Texas. 40 Michael Sherrill 62 Highly refined organic forms in porcelain 42 Rasa and Juozas Saldaitis by Charles Shilas Lithuanian couple emigrate for arts opportunities 45 The Poetry of Punchong Slip-Decorated Ware by Byoung-Ho Yoo, Soo-Jong Ree and Sung-Jae Choi by Meghen Jones 49 No More Gersdey Borateby JejfZamek Why, how and what to do about it 51 Energy and Care Pit Firing Burnished Pots on the Beach by Carol Molly Prier 55 NitsaYaffe Israeli artist explores minimalist abstraction in vessel forms “Teapot,” approximately 9 inches in height, white 56 A Female Perspectiveby Alan Naslund earthenware with under­ Female form portrayed by Amy Kephart glazes and glazes, by Juozas and Rasa Saldaitis, 58 Endurance of Spirit St. Petersburg, Florida. The Work of Joanne Hayakawa by Mark Messenger 62 Buck Pottery 42 17 Years of Turnin’ and Burnin’ by David Hendley 67 Redware: Tradition and Beyond Contemporary and historical work at the Clay Studio “Bottle,” 7 inches in height, wheel-thrown porcelain, saggar 68 California Contemporary Clay fired with ferns and sumac, by The cover:“Echolalia,” San Francisco invitational exhibition Dick Lehman, Goshen, Indiana. 29½ inches in height, press molded and assembled, 115 Conquering Higher Ground 34 by Steven Montgomery, NCECA 2000 Conference Preview New York City; see page 38. Includes program, exhibitions and maps March 2000 3 UP FRONT 12 Wichita National Biennial competition at Wichita (Kansas) Center for the Arts Editor Ruth C. 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Form 3579 requested. 108 Comment: Copyright © 2000 Style by Gil Stengel The American Ceramic Society 112 Index to Advertisers All rights reserved 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY March 2000 5 The most significant comment in the Letters whole article is in the last paragraph. Britt says, “We must stand on the shoulders of history and tradition, and express our own Target Shooting vision from that position of strength. Most John Britt’s jaundiced rantings make me importantly, we must create new ways of think (sadly) of the lines in Bob Dylan’s song seeing and reflecting our world as it exists “Brownsville Girl,” in which he sings about a today. ” (Italics added.) gunfighter in a movie: It’s time to return to our studios and He was shot down by a hungry kid, produce something of lasting value. Tryin’ to make a name for himself. Dan K. Feibig, Corrales, N.M. As the dying gunfighter lay in the sun And gasped for his last breath, Bullseye ‘Turn him loose. Let him go. CM hit the proverbial mark with the Let him say he outdrew me fair and square. piece on Larry Davidson (January 2000 I want him to feel what it’s like issue). This potter stands for integrity, purity To every moment face his death.’ and focus. What a pleasure to share the It’s easy to take aim at influential, cre­ ceramic life of a potter who is concerned with ative, outspoken, fortunate, pioneering quality and pursues the basic tenets of tradi­ bridge builders. Seems like the man on top tional studio ceramics. always becomes a target. Davidson’s vessels are a quantum leap Bernard Leach certainly never called ahead of the many potters selling nothing but himself a folk potter or advocated child labor. glitter and shock. I hope that CM will cover His essential point was that any average more artists of the Davidson genre. Classic person has the potential to make good pots quiet forms are timeless. and can learn to paint beautiful patterns. Tom Tumquist, Lakewood, Colo. Sarah Center, Bellvue, Colo. Cracked Pots Lasting Value Over the years that I have been selling Well CM—that’s more like it! pottery out of my retail location, I have had John Britt’s Comment article “The ‘Un­ several interesting encounters with customers known Craftsman’ Is Dead” (February 2000) who claim that my pottery is defective. With­ is just the sort of discussion the magazine out going into all the boring details, I once should be publishing. This will spice up the had a customer insist that the shattered Letters column for months to come. casserole in the gift box had never been Britt has had the audacity to point out dropped. Yesterday, a woman asked me to that the emperor has no clothes. The “funda­ give her credit for a cracked pie plate that she mentalist” potters of the world, with righ­ had already thrown away, and she did not teous indignation will, no doubt, scream for have a receipt. Today, a couple came in the execution of the “blasphemer.” But asking for credit for a casserole purchased before everyone takes sides, and the battle of five months ago that suddenly developed a words is joined (it’s probably already too crack.
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