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Ceramics Monthly October 2002 1 editor Ruth C. Butler associate editor Kim Nagorski assistant editor Renee Fairchild assistant editor Sherman Hall proofreader Connie Belcher design Paula John production manager John Wilson production specialist David Houghton advertising manager Steve Hecker advertising assistant Debbie Plummer circulation manager Cleo Eddie circulation administrator Mary E. May publisher Mark Mecklenborg editorial, advertising and circulation offices 735 Ceramic Place Westerville, Ohio 43081 USA telephone editorial: (614) 895-4213 advertising: (614) 794-5809 classifieds: (614) 895-4220 circulation: (614) 794-5890 fax (614) 891-8960 e-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] website www.ceramicsmonthly.org Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 0009-0328) is published monthly, except July and August, by The American Ceramic Society, 735 Ceramic Place, Westerville, Ohio 43081; www.ceramics.org. 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Copyright © 2002 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 The American Ceramic Society All rights reserved 2 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 3 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 4 OCTOBER 2002 / Volume 50 Number 8 features 32 Spokes of Tradition by Warren Frederick Works by five potters with a passion for function 35 Body text by Linda Ganstrom Kansas City Artists Coalition hosts exhibition of sculpture by eight artists 38 Tile Quilt A Public Art Venture in Buffalo, New York by Gail McCarthy 42 13th California Clay Competition Juried exhibition at the Artery in Davis 44 Ryuichi Kakurezaki by Kelvin Bradford A modern variation on the traditional Japanese Bizen style 49 Wood-Ash Glazing at Cone 6 by Harry Spring Experimentation yields interesting results in mid-range oxidation 51 Sylvia Hyman by David Ribar Tromp l’oeil constructions of personal objects 55 Three Generations Potters of San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua by Paul H. Devoti 58 A Moving Experience by Deborah Rael-Buckley Welcoming change encourages artistic growth 60 David Miller by Nesrin During Slipware with playful forms and colorful surfaces 63 Gallery Guide 2002 Where to see ceramics in the U.S. and abroad 105 Ceramic Sculpture: The Figure by John Kenny From the CM Archives Originally published November 1953 (Volume 1, Issue 11) departments 10 letters 12 upfront 24 new books 28 video 80 call for entries 86 suggestions 90 calendar 100 questions 108 classified advertising 110 comment: Lost Weekend by Bruce Tessier 112 index to advertisers cover: "Small Berry Basket of Letters, 8½ inches (22 centimeters) in height, stoneware and porcelain, with stains, by Sylvia Hyman; page 51. Ceramics Monthly October 2002 5 r upfront 12 Inaugural Show at New Garth Clark Gallery Marek Cecula’s “carpet” of porcelain plates 12 Antonia Lawson Handbuilt earthenware at the Mill Valley Sculpture Gardens in Mill Valley, California 12 Donald Campbell Retrospective exhibition including reduction-fired stoneware at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester 12 Stephen Heywood Soda-fired stoneware at the University Gallery of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island 14 Free Rein in England Equine ceramics at Bluestone Gallery in Devizes 14 Mara Superior Narrative porcelain series at Ferrin Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts 16 Nobuhito Nishigawara Porcelain figures at the Arizona State University Gallery in Tempe 16 Grace Nickel Earthenware wall sconces and columns at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba, Canada 16 Northern Clay Center Announces Grants Six artists receive fellowships and residencies in Minneapolis, Minnesota 18 Stephen Fabrico Porcelain pottery at m. t. burton gallery in Surf City, New Jersey 18 National Ceramics Invitational Works by 26 artists at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney 18 Mynke Buskens Installation at the Princessehof Leeuwarden in the Netherlands 20 Ned A. Krouse Decorative bowls at Murray Hill Pottery Works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 20 Nesrin During Coil-built stoneware at the Museum of Sarreguemines in France 20 Dian Dorothea Smith-Trigg, 1910-2002 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 6 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 7 Finally, I would like to add that our clay Diversity Rules letters creations are a reflection of who we are, I love the diversity in CM. The artist where we have been, our educational experi profiles have been a valuable resource for ences, our successes and failures, and our papers for my class, as well as providing Transformations life experiences. They reflect our state of exposure to different styles and techniques. I would like to thank Howard Chansky for mind, soul and feelings of love or fear, as A. Grieco, Sacramento, CA his well-written letter in the September well as our sense of connection with life and issue. While reading his “Another Look at each other, or our sense of separation. Energizing Product,” a clear thought popped into my Personally, I feel fabulous about the The article by Linda Harkey on Will head. Our lives are transformed by the ongoing process of growth and evolution Ruggles and Douglass Rankin was wonder process of creating in clay, as the clay is that is occurring in my life as a result of my ful and energizing. These potters are living transformed by the process of firing. love affair with clay. Because I feel more proof that ceramics integrity and talent are I loved his comments because I have and more satisfied with the process and very much alive in American clay. experienced a major transformation in all product, I proudly sign the pieces and even Tom Turnquist, Lakewood, CO aspects of my life since I have been involved write little philosophical messages on them More Please in the creative process. I have learned to be to inspire myself and others. more aware while creating, and to increas Let us support one another in our pro This magazine continues to delight, educate ingly release my attachment to outcome. cess of discovering our deepest hidden and surprise me. It can also frustrate and As I have had more and more success in treasures of creativity. occasionally disgust me. Keep it up! outcome, I have learned to trust my skill Becky Dennis, Gulfport, MS Chic Lotz, Grass Valley, CA and intuition. I feel that I have literally woven all Practical Preference In keeping with our commitment to providing an open forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions, aspects of myself together to form a clay No more cute teapots or esoteric ramblings the editors welcome letters from all readers; some artist. I can say with confidence that I am from self-important “artists.” Just give us editing for clarity or brevity may take place. All letters a recovered registered nurse who is on a more practical info—like John Hesselberth must include the writer’s full name and address, but they will be withheld on request. Mail to Ceramics healing path. I also firmly believe that “the and Ron Roy’s excellent article on glazes Monthly, 735 Ceramic PL, Westerville, OH 43081; process and the product are intertwined and safety in the September 2000 issue. e-mail to [email protected] ; or fax to and inseparable.” Joan Connolly, Mayne Island, BC, Canada (614) 891-8960. Ceramics Monthly October 2002 10 Ceramics Monthly October 2002 11 upfront ceramics and glass at the Mill Valley Sculpture Gardens in Mill Valley, California. A British sculptor who came to the U.S.