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Ceramics Monthly Feb00 Cei02 February 2000 1 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY February 2000 Volume 48 Number 2 FEATURES Soda-glazed teapots, approximately 5 inches in 36 Finding Oaxaca by Eric Mindling height, by Lisa Hammond, In search of traditional pottery in Mexico Greenwich, England; shown at the “Chelsea Crafts Fair.” 42 20th Chelsea Crafts Fair by Kim Nagorski 42 England’s top wholesale/retail show 46 The “Nice Girl” Sculptures of Jean Cappadonna-Nichols by Jack Barbera Figurative sculpture with active surface design 50 Don Reitz Workshop by Sherman Hall Ceramics pioneer shares techniques and anecdotes 52 Tom Gray “Student,” 34 inches in Selling Pottery Online by Cathy Ray Pierson height, coil-built stoneware, by Akio Takamori, Seattle. 55 Akio Takamori’s Theater of Memory 55 by Kate Bonansinga Combining a cultural and personal history 58 Blair Meerfeld by Marty Mitchell Colorado potter gets back to his roots 64 Working with an Apprentice by Helen Slater A variety of personalities and styles keep studio life interesting 68 Modern Mashiko by Mary Francis Flodin Variations on a Japanese pottery tradition 73 Lifesprings Michael Games’ Kinetic Ceramic Coils by Karen Games Don Reitz builds a large vessel during an American Ceramic Society workshop 76 Awka Oil-Spot Glaze by Emman Okunna in Westerville, Ohio. Developing glazes with local materials in Nigeria 50 “Lifespring III; Fountain of Youth,” 32 inches in The cover: “Tower Jars,” to height, stoneware, by 19 inches in height, stoneware Michael Games, Stone with white slip and black glaze, Mountain, Georgia. salt fired, by Blair Meerfeld; see page 58. 73 February 2000 3 UP FRONT 12 Barbara McKenzie Raku-fired ware at Green Tara Gallery in Carrboro, North Carolina 12 Wustum Museum Receives Crafts Collection Editor Ruth C. Butler Patrons donate 117 craftworks by international contemporary artists Associate EditorKim Nagorski 12 Susannah Israel and Lawrence LaBianca Assistant EditorConnie Belcher Figurative sculpture at the Richmond Art Center in California Assistant EditorSherman Hall Editorial AssistantRenee Fairchild 14 Simon Ho Design Paula John Geometric forms at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Advertising ManagerSteve Hecker 14 Don Davis Advertising AssistantDebbie Plummer Functional work on view in North Carolina and the Netherlands Customer Service Mary R. Hopkins Circulation AdministratorMary E. May 14 San Diego’s Mudfest ’99 by Karen A. Price PublisherMark Mecklenborg Clay festival designed for fun and to promote public awareness Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 16 Cup National 735 Ceramic Place National juried exhibition at Galeria Mesa in Mesa, Arizona Post Office Box 6102 18 Robert Giordano Westerville, Ohio 43086-6102 Telephone: (614) 523-1660 Sculptural vessels at the St. Petersburg Clay Company in St. Petersburg, Florida Fax: (614) 891-8960 18 National Teapot Invitational E-mail: [email protected] Works by 24 potters at KOBO Shop and Gallery in Seattle [email protected] classifieds@ceramicsmonthly. org 18 Doug Reynoldsby Mark Grey [email protected] Sculpture and pots at Jenison-Meacham Memorial Arts Center in Belmond, Iowa Website: www.ceramicsmonthly.org 20 National Ceramics Invitational in Wisconsin Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 0009-0328) is published monthly, except Works by 18 artists shown at Viterbo College in La Crosse July and August, by The American Ceramic Society, 735 Ceramic Place, Westerville, Ohio 43081. 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Form 3579 requested. 103 Classified Advertising Copyright © 2000 106 Comment: The American Ceramic Society The “Unknown Craftsman” Is Dead by John Britt All rights reserved 112 Index to Advertisers CERAMICS MONTHLY February 2000 5 6 CERAMICS MONTHLY February 2000 7 Express as to how much it costs to send a 5- Letters pound package to Mashiko. Nippon Express was approximately twice as expensive, charg­ ing $75 to the Postal Service’s $37. To get An Attitude for the Times that rate from Nippon Express, I would also My husband and I are both artists, and have to take the package to San Francisco (45 very much aware of the importance of art and miles away). And that only gets the package the artistic attitude in one’s life. With that to Mashiko. thought in mind, we decided to donate our According to the application form, I am copies of art magazines, including Ceramics required to pay $404 in shipping and han­ Monthly, American Craft, American Style, etc., dling to have my work returned (contestants to one of the local libraries in the area. from Europe pay more, those from other Guess what?! jAfter a few months, they Asian countries less). No shipping and han­ called us at our studio, and said that they dling charges were listed for contestants from don’t need these kinds of magazines and that Japan. In other words, the organizers are they wanted us to pick them up. Of course, asking U.S. artists to put up approximately we did. But the question still remains in our $500 simply to enter the contest, without minds: Why did the library not want to make advance knowledge as to whether jurors these magazines available to the public? If (viewing slides) found their works to be nothing else, they could add to one’s life, competitive. Despite the appeal of entering a could open one’s horizon, could open one’s competition dedicated to the international senses to life in general. artist Shoji Hamada, these rules have cer­ By that I don’t mean for the individual tainly dissuaded me. necessarily to pursue art as a profession; Lou Miller, Petaluma, Calif. rather, I mean for the individual to reach for hislher higher potential. One way to be able Another Look at Spodumene to maintain a positive outlook on life is to Some comment must be made to redress find something that one has passion for—art the unfair critical remarks made by Derek J. or otherwise—something that can nourish McCracken toward Richard Eppler [Letters, one deep inside, a creative world aside from October 1999]. Though the facts given about the outside world that is tranquil, private and the lithium ion may be correct, McCracken’s personal.
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