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Ceramics Monthly BOOKDEPARTMENT -!- °ll ° i I l V @ "l 0 0 0 elementary ceramic sculpture / II announcing a new service for our readers Ceramics Monthly BOOKDEPARTMENT featuring this month the brand new book by John B. Kenny CERAMIC SCULPTURE, the new and supplementary volume by the author of the highly successful "The Com- plete Book of Pottery Making." Mr. Kenny uses the same large format as in his first book and the same step-by-step pictorial technique. With hundreds of photos andsketches he covers all phases of the ceramic sculptor's art from be- ginning essentials to the more complicated protects. Photo lessons on animal forms, portraitures, models and casting, figures, jewelry, chess men, and many others. order your copy now ...... price $7.50 other select titles available through Ceramics Monthly Book Department THE COMPLETE BOOK OF POTTERY THE POTTER'S CRAFT. CREATIVE CERAMICS. MAKING. By John B. Kenny. By Charles F. Binns. By Katherine M. Lester Exaggerated lille? Not at all. All of the Written by the man who since his death Strong on modeling, the volume also pre- most popular pottery making techniques has been called the "Father of Ceramics," sents detailed material on developing are explained in detailed, step-by-step the book discusses the various origins of simple designs, building decorative tile, photo lessons. I.¢luded is basic informa- pottery, the naure of ciayworking mater- making simp(e molds, glazing, firing. Il- tion an clays, glazes, bodies, firing, ials and tools, and careful instructions for lustrated with works by contemporary pot- laster, many other Cubjects. Large format a variety of projects. For the amateur as ters and with fine old masterpieces. $4.25 ~7"by10"), 242 pages, more than 500 well as the student. $3.50 POTTERY MAKING. By Wren and Wren. photos and drawings. $7.50 The authors, potters of Oxshott, England, CHINA DECORATION. cover all the basic phases of pottery mak- A POTTER'S BOOK. By Bernard Leach. By Kathleen Mann. ing. In addition, they present information The famed Mr. Leach's book ;s the out- This new book is a simple guide to the on gas kilns and building a small coke come of 25 years' work in the Far East china decorating art. Many illustrated ex- kiln. Illustrated, 140 pages. $3.50 and England. It deals with four types of amples of modern designs. $2.50 pottery: Japanese raku, English slipware, GERMAN POTTERY, COREAN POTTERY. EARLY ISLAMIC POTTERY, ENGLISH stoneware, and Oriental porcelain. Con- LITERATURE ABSTRACTS OF CERAMIC siderable basic information is between DELFTWARE, FRENCH FAIENCE, MED- GLAZES. By Koenig and Earhart. IEVAL ENGLISH POTTERY, and WEDG- these covers as well. Illustrated, some in A review of virtually all literature on cer- color. $6.00 WOOD WARE. amic glazes. Drawn from nearly 90 sources The collector and general student of covering a period of more than fi0 years. ceramics will find the "Faber Library of A POTTER'S PORTFOLIO. Fully indexed. $7.50 Pottery and Porcelain" a good addition to By Bernard Leach. the library. The volumes are uniform in An elaborate (111/2" by 14", cloth-bound) CERAMICS FOR THE POTTER. format and treatment, contain a history edition in which Mr. Leach has chosen for By Ruth M. Home of the factories and designers. Black-and- discussion some 60 examples of great pot- The chemistry, geology, history of ceramics white & color illustrations. $5.00 each tery of the past down to the present. The presented in non-technlcal language. Since pottery pictures are suitable for framing; the author began her study of ceramics EARLY STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY, ENG- some are in color. $17.50 "at the beginning," she is able to say in LISH PORCELAIN OF THE 18th CENT- the preface, "Only an amateur can ap- URY, FRENCH PORCELAIN OF THE 18th ENAMELING: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE. preciate the problems of an amateur." CENTURY, LATER CHINESE PORCELAIN. By Kenneth F. Bates. $4.50 19th CENTURY ENGLISH POTTERY AND The author, who has won many prizes for PORCELAIN, EARLY CHINESE POTTERY his enamels, has penned a practical guide MAKING POTTERY FOR PROFIT. AND PORCELAIN. WORCESTER PORCE- for the beginning student and an authori- By Cole and Sfarr. LAIN, and ITALIAN MAIOLICA. tative reference for the craftsman. Covers How to make pottery pay. What to make, Recent additions~ to the "Faber Library of all phases of the art of enameling. Pro- how to make it, how to price, how to Pottery and Porcelain." Are uniform in fusely illustrated, including plates in color. merchandise. Has many ideas for new format with the initial set. Block and $3.75 and original products. $2.95 white and color illustrations. $6.50each This is merely a preliminary list of titles which can be purchased from Ceramics Monthly's Book De- partment. Additional titles are being readied and will be added periodically. CERAMICS MONTHLY Send complete titles of books with check or money order to: BOOK DEPARTMENT (For deliveries to Ohio, please add 3% tax) 3494 N. HIGH ST. COLUMBUS 14. OHIO ADVERTISEMENT m m m m m m m m m m m m J m m CHOOSE YOUR SPOT I NOW! m m m m m m i m u m m m m i J m m m I m m MID'VVESTERN m m m m m m m m m CERJ ,MIC m m m m m m m m m HOBBY m m m m m m m m m SH() V m m m m m m m m~ -- ~ I • I ---- MAY 6-7-8-9, 1954 -m.-- the GREATEST --! -n-- the LARGEST l ~ I b I t: : . the MOST COMPLETE 'L. Mas,~nic Auditorium CLEVELAND - OHIO 90g tY Rese,~,,atlo.s '~J~Irite .To: Midwestern Ceramic Hobby Show, Inc. 28 Mardale Rd. Bedford, Ohio OCTOBER 1953 T SAVE letters THAT MAYCO BROKEN ELEMENT Traditional? Gentlemen : AMERICA'S FINESTAND We were much pleased with the total MOST POPULAR CER- presentation of the article on our activ!ties ("The Sills'," August) and proud to be AMIC COLORS --IN represented in your magazine. We can- not help wondering, however, what the oft-followed and much-discussed Bernard LIQUID FORM -- READY A broken wire like THIS will not Leach would say to the Editor's title, calling us "Traditional Potters." We gasped AND EASY TO USE. put your kiln out of commission slightly when we first opened the tonga, zine to that classification, and the possibly MADE BY EUROPEAN if you have the new more troublesome "Mr. and Mrs. U. $. Potter." (I am afraid we are far too in- CRAFTSMAN FOR: terested in goats, children, music, and the world tableau to qualify.) We hastily and SILVER KIN6 humbly note that our decoration, and pos- HOBBYISTS sibly our whole style of potting (even though we have at times been accused of PROFESSIONALS element mender leaning toward the Oriental), are not according to the Leach tradition and are, we The only means of repairing electric fear, scorned by him as--non-ceramic? . heating elements on the market today. Mr. Leach is in the same predicament as 48 opaque the rest of us. His philosophy and his art underglaze colors SILVER KING will QUICKLY repair are made up of many parts, not always in any open type of wiring--old or new, complete harmony. His philosophy calls for 41 REGULAR SHADES. 7 ART COLORS a new tradition for artist-craftsmen both (SPECKLED EFFECT) FOR COVERAGE, high- or low-fire, little breaks or big to establish and to follow, which stems SGRAFFITO ETC. ones. Sections of wire may even be from the old, yet fits a new day. Insofar as he would limit us by tieing us to the taken out and replaced. OLD SLOW- style of the Pennsylvania Dutch or to the 24 translucent one stroke FIRING wires can be speeded up. Re- American Indian, he is fighting a losing battle, and one that should be lost. We are under and over the glaze pairs can be made rapidly (the aver- inheritors of the whole world's traditions. {majolica) colors age break fakes less than 5 minutes) Therein we differ from any previous gener- 3 KITS -- 8 COLORS EACH: .#1 BASIC ation of potters--or artists. We need to tie NO waiting after mending. YOU MAY ourselves to the past only insofar as this COLORS, #2 PASTEL COLORS, #3 FIRE AT ONCE! gives us a healthy respect for craftsman- IN BETWEEN COLORS. FOR FINE ship . the work of the hands, lovingly DETAIL WORK, SHADING, CHINA Is your kiln idle now because of a made for the use and enjoyment of our PAINTING EFFECT ON GREENWARE contemporaries. broken element? It COULD be at any We have great respect for this tradition. ETC. NO SPECIAL TRANSPARENT time. If you haven't SILVER KING on We wish each piece to fit its function, be GLAZE NECESSARY .ON ANY OF OUR strong and graceful--light-weight enough COLORS. YOUR shelf, it might mean a costly for easy handling. "Careful crudity," the delay or even a replacement. phrase of Arthur Baggs, must be really careful--not the accidental result of slip- 15 MAYCO SATINA YOUR SILVER KING is waiting for shod potting which is sometimes, by chance, SELF GLAZING ONE FIRE beautiful. Is it possible that in this respect CERAMIC COLORS. you, ready to be sent by the NEXT we are closer to Mr. Leach's "'traditional AIR MAIL. SILVER KING is backed potter" than he--or we--have guessed? by a money-back guarantee, and long JOHN AND ESTHER SILLS MAYCO MATT laboratory experience. Enough for Redwood City, Calif. THE TRANSPARENT MATT GLAZE more than 22 repairs--less than 10c • Not only close to Mr.
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