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Copyright © 2004 The American Ceramic Society All rights reserved Ceramics Monthly March 2004 2 Ceramics Monthly March 2004 4 MARCH 2004 / Volume 52 Number 3 featu res 42 Thermal Formations by Sally Resnik Rockriver Exploring geologic phenomena through clay, glaze and glass 48 Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn Philippine Ceramics Pioneers by Jon Lee 52 Rafael Perez by Glen R. Brown The potential of clay revealed through working in series 56 Maishe Dickman A Day in the Life at George Street Studio by Dannon Rhudy 60 Using Studio Space to Increase Profits byjeffzamek Organizing equipment and supplies for maximum efficiency 63 Ray and Jere Grimm by John Nance A combined 100 years in clay 69 Rollie Younger's Boiler Teapots by Lauren Zolot Younger Traditional form combined with industrial imagery 72 Toward a Vocabulary for Wood-Firing Effects by Dick Lehman A basis for discussing what melted wood ash does on clay 78 Life Is Lived Forward and Understood Backward The Search for a Personal Understanding of Memories by Jeanne Henry 131 Investigations and Inspirations: The Alchemy of Art and Science NCECA 2004 Conference Preview departments 8 letters 16 upfront 32 new books 40 video 82 call for entries 90 suggestions 94 calendar 122 questions 124 classified advertising 126 comment: The Business Wisdom of Timeless Adages by Brad Sondahl 128 index to advertisers cover: "Glacial Flower," 21 inches (53 centimeters) in diameter, stoneware with cryolite glaze, fired to Cone 4, by Sally Resnik Rockriver, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; page 42. Photo: Ellen Giamportone. Ceramics Monthly March 2004 5 upfront 16 NCECA Names First Executive Director Nancy Steinfurth joins the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 16 Mark Bridgwood Ceramic sculpture at Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, North Carolina 16 Kyung-joe Roe Vessels at Tong-in Gallery in New York City 16 Bonnie Staffel Receives Award Ceramist honored by Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, Michigan 16 Henry Tanaka Stoneware pottery at Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Alma College in Alma, Michigan 18 Jim Kraft Wall tiles and vessels at FosterlWhite Gallery in Seattle, Washington 18 Tim Foss and Peter Olsen Earthenware and soda-fired stoneware at KOBO in Seattle 20 Ben Owen III Potter named "2004 North Carolina Living Treasure" exhibits work at the Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington 20 Molly Potter Sculpture exhibition at RaZoo Art Gallery in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 20 Ted Saupe Stoneware at Santa Fe Clay in Santa Fe, New Mexico 22 Leila Holtsman and Shin-Yeon Jeon Ceramics exhibition at Hodson Gallery, Hood College, in Frederick, Maryland 22 Monique Muylaert and Herman Muys Works by two Belgian artists at Centre Culturel Jacques Brel in Thionville, France 24 Doug Dacey Thrown and altered porcelain vessels at Green Tara Gallery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina 24 Tania Kravath Wood-fired ceramics at Ceres Gallery in New York City 24 Rimas VisGirda Receives Award Ceramist receives Lithuanian American Community Cultural Council Award in visual arts 26 Charles Jahn and Mie Kongo Functional and sculptural works at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago 26 Janet Buskirk Porcelain tableware at the Hoffman Gallery at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland 28 Sandra Delonis Decorative and functional ceramics at Clay on Camden in Charlotte, North Carolina 28 Paradise City Arts Festival Works by 175 artists from 24 states in Marlborough, Massachusetts Ceramics Monthly March 2004 6 Ceramics Monthly March 2004 7 stones. We walked past stone pillars that I recognized the black and white stone letters had collapsed and were scattered across the tiles from the beach near my house. I had sand. Greek statues of athletes and states collected handfuls of them as they washed Ancient Lesson men stared at us with hollow eyes, just as up on the beach in the mornings. Here, Ceramics is one of the oldest arts. I learned they would have long ago. they were scattered about plentifully, a how special it is when I was 12 years old, From a hill, I looked past the great field remnant of the mosaic flooring from the living in Tripoli, Lybia, on the Mediterra of ruined, silent buildings to the dark blue Greek buildings. nean coast. Once, during my family’s three- Mediterranean in the distance. We walked Among the shards of cups and pots, I year stay there, we visited the ruins of Leptis through the ruins and made our way to the found a ceramic bowl, about 3 inches in Magna. It was a quiet, sunny afternoon beach. Scattered on the sandy beach were diameter and 2 inches in height, made of when we strolled through the streets of this ½-inch-square stone tiles and broken pieces reddish-brown clay. It was unglazed and, ancient Greek city. We stepped over the of pottery. Bits of pottery jutted from the except for a few small chips on the rim and ruts that chariots had worn into the cobble sand as the waves gently washed over them. around the base, was in perfect condition. Impressed into the base was a human hand print. Inside the bowl were impressions of several fingerprints. The fine lines showed clearly. That the delicate impression of a human hand remained after 2000 years astonished me. I visualized an ancient pot ter holding the bowl in his palm while the clay was still wet. Cupping the bowl in my hands brought history to life for me. Over 30 years have passed since that visit to Leptis Magna. Thinking of it reminds me of how special, even magical, ceramics is. The heat of an ancient kiln had given that little bowl the strength to survive cen turies buried in the desert. Plastic, wood and metal would have disintegrated. And centuries from now, ceramic pieces will be among the few relics from our civilization. Arnold Howard, Mesquite, TX Inspirational Melting Pot Whether I like or don’t like the featured pieces, it’s all an inspirational melting pot. Sally McCorry, Valenza, Italy Honoring a Ceramics Pioneer Last October, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University honored Harold “Hal” Riegger for his contributions to American ceramics. Riegger, a 1938 graduate of the school, went on to produce a line of domestic wares and one-of-a-kind pieces. He also did some designing for industry. Riegger is a teacher and writer whose books Raku, Art and Technique and Primitive Pottery, and magazine articles (see “Raku Then and Now,” CM, September 2000) helped introduce scarcely known methods to generations of potters.