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May 1993 1 William Hunt.......................................... Editor RuthC. Butler...................... Associate Editor Robert L. Creager......................Art Director Kim Nagorski..................... Assistant Editor Mary Rushley................Circulation Manager Mary E. Beaver ....Assistant Circulation Manager Connie Belcher............Advertising Manager Spencer L. Davis............................... Publisher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 1609 Nor thwest Boulevard Box 12448 Columbus, Ohio 43212 (614) 488-8236 FAX (614) 488-4561 Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 0009-0328) is pub­ lished monthly except July and August by Profes­ sional Publications, Inc., 1609 Northwest Bou­ levard, Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second Class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Subscription Rates: One year $22, two years $40, three years $55. Add $10 per year for subscriptions outside the U.S.A. Change of Address: Please give us four weeks advance notice. 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All rights reserved 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY May 1993 3 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY Volume 41, Number 5 • May 1993 Feature Articles Lenny Goldenberg ......................................................................................24 Gail Weissbergby Anne Telford........................................................................ 27 within Transit by Gail Weissberg ........................................................................ 28 Phil Rogers: An Autobiography ................................................................. 31 Rookwood’s Glorious GambleA major Rookwood’s Glorious Gamble ................................................................... 37 part of the success of Cincinnati’s Rookwood Pottery was its one-of-a-kind approach. Even though many shapes were mass pro­ Sun Chao: A New Way with Crystalsby Tobie Meyer.......................................38 duced, decorators, such as Lena Hanscom (above), were encouraged to create indi­ Fletcher Challenge: Takamori’s Choicea review by Leo King........................................ 41 vidual glaze paintings; see page 37. Debra Cherniawski’s Eco Ebba review by Paula Gustafion................................. 48 Phil Rogerslives and pots in central Wales amid “mile after square mile of secluded upland hill country and isolated farmsteads with their centuries-old farmhouses.” His Up Front autobiography begins on page 31. Anne-Bridget Gary ................................................................................................................. 12 Ian Godfrey Retrospective ................................................................................................... 12 Olympic Odyssey by Bruce Odell............................................................................................................ 14 James Watral............................................................................................................................. 16 Contemporary Ceramics at Sotheby’s ................................................................................ 16 Grace Bakst Wapner............................................................................................................... 18 Corrections .............................................................................................................................. 20 Matt Nolen............................................................................................................................... 20 Sandra Blain Retrospective .................................................................................................. 20 Kohoutov Ceramics School and Studio by Claude Cahn.................................................... 22 Departments Letters ....................................................... 8 Solo Exhibitions ......................................... 58 Fletcher Challenge: Takamori’s Choice Group Ceramics Exhibitions ........................ 58 Reviewer Leo King was not surprised to see New Books .............................................. 50 Ceramics in Multimedia Exhibitions ............... 60 that most of the prizewinners in this inter­ Call for Entries Fairs, Festivals and Sales .............................. 63 national competion, juried by Washington Workshops ................................................ 64 artist Akio Takamori (above), referred to International Exhibitions ............................. 54 International Events .................................... 65 the human being; see page 41. National Exhibitions ..................................... 54 Regional Exhibitions ................................................ 54 Suggestions ..............................................68 The coverSculptor Gail Weissberg’s search Fairs, Festivals and Sales .............................. 54 Classified Advertising ............................ 70 for stimulating environments has taken her Questions ................................................. 56 from New Zealand to the United States and Comment: now to France. Recent work (see the article Calendar The Spirit of the Pot by Steve Casagranda ............................... 72 beginning on page 27) combines American Conferences ............................................................... 58 and Oceanic influences. Photo: Lee Hocker. International Conferences ...................................... 58 Index to Advertisers .............................. 80 May 1993 5 Letters better things to do with their time than bad- we didn’t also point out that it is possible to mouthing others. work safely with glazes incorporating raw Jerry Crimmins should spend more time (white or red) lead, provided that the ceram­ in the studio and less time creating personal ist is well informed and practiced in glaze Clayton Bailey Responds disputes with faculty and students at Califor­formulation, materials handling, firing and The publication, without comment or nia State University-Hayward. studio hygiene.” rebuttal, of a slanderous and unsubstantiated Lew Carson, Professor of Art Well, I qualify, and I would not use raw personal attack on me in the March 1993 California State University, Hayward lead in any glaze recipe. Why should I? Letters column [see “Perfidious Perfor­ Someone solved the problem for me, the mance?”] was grossly irresponsible and un­ Biased Coverage maker, many years ago. Why should anyone professional. No attempt was made by CM I enjoy the magazine, mostly. Sometimes at any level of competence use such a toxic to check the facts before publication, nor wasoveremphasis of certain styles and techniquesmaterial when a safer alternative is available? I given a fair and timely opportunity to (and oversight of others) is boring. (Frits are also less volatile in kiln atmo­ respond to this malicious attack. But when coverage is biased—and so spheres.) Alan Tratnyek, a California State Univer- obviously—then I write. The March issue To print glaze recipes using raw lead is sity-Hayward (CSUH) student at the time, has Syd Carpenter, a woman, and her work like going back to the Dark Ages. Those invented and demonstrated the first “geyser on the cover—good—along with a story on recipes should have been converted from bottle” in 1972. After heating the bottle to her and what she does—wrong! It’s about herusing raw lead to a lead frit; CM should not 1500°F in our raku kiln, he quenched it in a and her partner, Steven Donegan, a man. have printed them otherwise. The ultimate bucket of water; as intended, it aspirated Okay, I can handle that. Why not? Wrong irony here is that McWhinnie is touting his water and ejected a “geyser” of superheated again. Robin Rice wrote about two-thirds of computer-based glaze program, which should steam and water into the air. the article on Donegan and his ideas, devot­ make conversion a snap. This is sloppy

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