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May 1999 1 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY May 1999 Volume 47 Number 5 Two jugs, to approxi mately 12 inches in height, stoneware with brushed slip and glaze decoration, fired in FEATURES reduction, $180 each, 28 Maribel Portela by Kate Bonansinga by Jill Fanshawe Kato, London, England. Mexican Sculpture at the Intersection of Folk Art and the Avant-Garde 66 31 Taking a Closer Look by David Frank A microscopic view of clay “Bringing Down the Moon,” 13 inches in height, stoneware 35 Australian Aboriginal Ceramics by Joseph Pascoe with white engobes, fired to A new medium for traditional designs Cone 04, then smoke fired, 39 Writing an Artist’s Statement by Ariane Goodwin by Beth Cavener Stichter, Tips for a “marketing should” Columbus, Ohio. 41 19th-Century Texas Vernacular Ceramics 48 by Bill Komodore The legacy of traditional stoneware potters 45 Porcelain Containers for Ikebana Flower Arranging by Angela Fina Fresh ideas for a disciplined art form 48 New Beginnings by Beth Cavener Stichter A mother and daughter take on the art world 54 Studio Ceramists in Finland by Elaine Levin “Triple Chambered Ocarina,” 7 inches in Erna Aaltonen and Howard Smith join a growing arts community height, saggar fired and 58 The Making of an Artist by Joel Betancourt waxed, by Janie Rezner, An interview with Rick Berman Mendocino, California. 61 Visiting Banff Centre for the Arts 64 by Mel Malinowski Stretching artistically in the Canadian Rockies 64 A Soulful Sound by Janie Rezner The cover:“Ikebana Vase,’ Making music with ocarinas 14 inches in height, wheel- thrown porcelain, multiple 66 Jill Fanshawe Kato by Ian Wilson glazed by dipping and Colorful slab-built functional ware “El Dios Quier Cafe (The God spraying, fired to Cone 11 Wants Coffee),” 11 inches high, in heavy reduction, by 70 More Electric Kiln Copper Reds by Maribel Portela, Mexico. Angela Fina; see page 45. by Robert S. Pearson and Beatrice I. Pearson Photo: John Polak. Local reduction in Cone 6 glazes 28 May 1999 3 UP FRONT 12 People’s Choice Winner selected by ballot at the “Ceramics Monthly International Competition” EditorRuth C. Butler 12 Jun Kaneko’s Big Color by Kate Bonansinga Associate EditorKim Nagorski Examination of the artist’s painterly imagery Assistant EditorConnie Belcher 14 The Crafts National in Pennsylvania Assistant EditorH. Anderson Turner III Juried competition at the Wayne Arts Center Editorial AssistantRenee Fairchild Design 14 Dinnerware Gala in Kentucky Paula John Production SpecialistRobin Chukes Exhibition of tableware in the Grand Hall at the Louisville Art Association Water Tower Advertising ManagerSteve Hecker 14 Ceramics of Ancient Peru Customer Service Mary R. Hopkins Over 200 artifacts on view in Leeuwarden, Netherlands Circulation AdministratorMary E. 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From articles to images to left who can write a sentence without includ NCECA [National Council on Education foring words that would baffle an English ma the Ceramic Arts conference] information, it jor? Where are all the wonderful people who was a gem. Thanks. took up pottery just because they love what Dannon Rhudy, Paris, Texas they do? Where are all the potters who just sit down and make something—who don’t Hated It worry if the work doesn’t resemble the work I look forward to each issue of Ceramics of ancient Japan (after all, who did they Monthly to see what has been selected for the mimic?) or if the teapot will actually hold cover. Imagine my surprise when I saw the water? It would be reassuring to know that March issue. What a disappointment! How they aren’t all gone, just maybe hiding. did this piece make it to the cover of the Gail L. Knapp, Horseheads, N.Y. magazine? I was amazed that it won top honors with a $5000 prize. Weren’t there any Room for All other entries for the sculpture category? CM is invaluable to me. I read it avidly Darleen Watson, Atlanta from cover to cover each month, including those scholarly epistles in Letters to the edi Terribly Clever tors, which would be much more suited to a In a recent issue, CM published a letter double-volume treatise for a Ph.D. from Constance Sherman lamenting the We have a humbler routine. Our house creation of what she called “terribly clever hold is driven by a night-school-orientated, teapots.” I agree with her wholeheartedly. three-times-a-week ex-nurselmidwife whose For years I have been buying teapots— passion is now pottery and painting. Our none “terribly clever”—at craft shows. I keepdaily exchanges run to things like “Don’t them in bookcases in my kitchen, where theythrow that jar away—I need it” and “Look at are readily accessible for tea every day. We this for nice texture.” usually use two at each tea: one for the brew Oh well, it’s all great fun and there’s ing leaves and one for the hot water. plenty of room for all of us—even those Thelma Charen, Chevy Chase, Md. awful teapots. Just thought I would present the other side of the coin. For the Love of Clay Sheila Smith, Sarnia, Ont., Canada Just simply a potter, or just a simple potter? Am I the only one? Several years ago, Take Off the Blinders before I made an unconscious decision to I didn’t realize until I read James J.