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Ceramics Monthly Dec92 Cei12 William Hunt......................................... Editor Ruth C. Butler.......................Associate Editor Robert L. Creager..........................Art Director Kim S. Nagorski ....................Assistant Editor Mary Rushley.................Circulation Manager Mary E. Beaver.............Circulation Assistant Connie Belcher.............Advertising Manager Spencer L. Davis..............................Publisher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 1609Northwest Boulevard Box 12448,Columbus, Ohio43212 (614) 488-8236 FAX (614) 488-4561 Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 0009-0328) is pub­ lished monthly except July and August by Profes­ sional Publications, Inc., 1609 Northwest Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second Class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Subscription Rates: One year $22, two years $40, three years $55. Add $10 per year for subscriptions outside the U.S.A. Change of Address: Please give us four weeks advance notice. 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All rights reserved 2 CERAMICS MONTHLY December 1992 3 4 CERAMICS MONTHLY V olume 40, Number 10 • December 1992 Feature Articles Mosaics: Solid Images by Timothy Gallucci .................................................................31 Roberta Laidman by Anne Telford.................................................................................. 33 Zero Shrinkage Clay and Other Sculpture Bodies by Jerry Rothman.....................37 The Art of Yixing by Terese Tse Bartholomew................................................................ 38 Part 2 The Clay War by Barry Targan .......................................................................................46 with A Conversation with Barry Targan by Ronald Larsen..........................................48 J. Sheldon Carey by Tracey Cady ................................................................................... 50 Mosaics: Solid Images “Painting” with tile Pennsylvania Burning by James Chaney ...................................................................... 52 allows Pennsylvania artistTimothy Gallucci to combine essential elements of two great Portfolio: traditions: pottery and abstract art; page 31. Surface Thoughtsby John Chalke.................................................................................. 53 Shake that Sales Slump by Ernest W. Fair.................................................................... 81 Surface Thoughts From his first encounter with the triple-beam balance scale, Alberta potter John Chalke has been fascinated by elusive, intellectually challenging glazes; see Up Front the portfolio starting on page 53. Janice Strawder................................................................................................................. 12 The Art of Yixing Handbuilt teapots from China are famous worldwide for their inge­ Free Summer Workshops Listing..................................................................................... 12 nious shapes; turn to page 38 to learn their Iroquois Clay Artists by Joyce Jackson .............................................................................. 12 history and see how two are constructed. New Forms for the Kitchen.............................................................................................. 14 Jack Moulthrop................................................................................................................. 16 Jane Grimm by Judith Joyce ............................................................................................... 16 Revolving Techniques...................................................................................................... 18 Jerry Brown....................................................................................................................... 18 JackTroy by Richard Zakin ................................................................................................. 20 Mary Beth Conrad............................................................................................................20 Keith Bryant..................................................................................................................... 22 Robert Arneson, 1930-1992............................................................................................. 22 Departments Letters .................................................... 8 Ceramics in Multimedia Exhibitions........... 72 Video .....................................................26 Fairs, Festivals and Sales .......................... 75 Zero Shrinkage Clay and Other Sculpture Workshops ............................................ 75 Bodies Jerry Rothman (cover artist last Call for Entries International Events ................................. 76 National Exhibitions ................................ 62 month) discloses several special clay bodies, Suggestions ...................................................79 the most famous of which is a nonshrinking Regional Exhibitions .................................... 62 clay that can be fired over steel; page 37. Fairs, Festivals and Sales .......................... 64 Classified Advertising .......................... 82 Questions ............................................... 66 Ceramics Monthly Annual Index ......... 84 The cover California artist Roberta Laid- Calendar man. Making anthropomorphic sculptures Conferences ........................................... 70 Comment: of dogs that are neither too abstract nor cute International Conferences ......................... 70 I Like Onions with My Potatoes is difficult; see how this artist faces the Solo Exhibitions ..................................... 70 by Dick Lehman ................................... 86 challenge, beginning on page 33. Group Ceramics Exhibitions ...................... 70 Index to Advertisers .............................. 88 December 1992 5 Letters true proprietorship in any endeavors other fore, the discussion of handmade versus than homemaking, bearing children and jiggering, casting, pressing is irrelevant. If we caring for others in the traditionally female are talking only about profits and loss and occupations. other economic criteria, I suppose this argu­ In the Hands of Women Maureen Wallace, Lafayette, Calif. ment is valid. Hats off to Kevin Hluch for pointing out I have been making functional, wheel- the important role women have played in the Crowe Article Applauded thrown pots for more than 20 years. It is a field of ceramic art (“Women’s Visions,” I must congratulate CM on the fine foregone conclusion that the work has to September 1992 CM). I especially appreci­ article by Kevin Crowe. I could visualize have aesthetic value. Beyond that, however, it ated his chronicling the influence of modern everything, even the tea and pancakes. is making the pot that is by far most impor­ women and naming many of these important Thanks for such a homey, entertaining but tant. Breaking it down, the “how” outweighs artists. However, according to Robert Brif- educational piece of work. I hope the maga­ the “what.” fault, women have historically played an even zine publishes many more, because it has The craft movement that grew in the ’60s more crucial role in this field than Hluch really lacked zip lately. and continues today was powered by a no­ cites. Briffault’s incredible three-volume Suzanne Hudson, Northglenn, Colo. tion that we could make the objects with work, The Mothers, published in 1927, is an which we surround ourselves. These objects in-depth investigation into early develop­ The October 1992 article by Kevin did not have to be manufactured either here ments in human society and the roles of Crowe was absolutely superb. I was in­ or abroad. The revelation “I made this with women cross-culturally. All of the facts that formed, enlightened and emotionally moved my own hands” gave us an
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