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April 1990 1 William C. Hunt... ........................Editor Ruth C. Butler .......... ..........Associate Editor Robert L. Creager ............... Art Director Kim Schomburg... .... Editorial Assistant Mary Rushley........... Circulation Manager Mary E. Beaver........ Circulation Assistant Jayne Lohr ................ , Circulation Assistant Connie Belcher.... Advertising Manager Spencer L. Davis ... ...................Publisher Editorial, Advertising and Circulation Offices 1609 Northwest Boulevard Box 12448, Columbus, Ohio 43212 (614) 488-8236 FAX (614) 488-4561 Ceramics Monthly (ISSN 0009-0328) is pub lished monthly except July and August by Professional Publications, Inc., 1609 North west Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212. Second Class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Subscription Rates:One year $20, two years $36, three years $50. Add $8 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 April 1990 3 4 C eramics Monthly Volume 38, Number 4 • A pril 1990 Feature Articles Summer Workshops 1990 ........................................................................ 25 The Old Pecos Museum ............................................................................31 Form and Function ....................................................................................32 Matthew PattonCritic Matthew Kangas shows us the work of an unsung talent Matthew Patton; Interrupted Gesture by Matthew Kangas ........................... 36 from the Pacific Northwest; page 36. Anything Goes by Jacquelyn Rice................................................................ 38 Living for Pottery David Shaner, An Autobiography ........................................................................... 41 Fitzwilliam Museum Treasures ................................................................ 49 Gary DiPasquale’s Geometric Forms .......................................................50 Cone 5—6 Iron Glazes by Beatrice and Robert Pearson ............................... 83 Anything GoesJacquelyn Rice (Rhode Fillers by Robert Tichane ............................................................................. 84 Island School of Design) found making tableware is “a gathering of all thoughts about what magic an object should have, useful in the utilitarian sense and de manding to be taken home”; page 38. Departments Letters........................................... 6 Comment: George Ohr: Outsider Ceramics Where to Show ............................ 8 by Richard Zakin ................................... 18 New Books.................................. 10 Suggestions ................................80 Itinerary ...................................... 12 Classified Advertising ............... 86 Questions .................................... 16 Index to Advertisers ...................88 Form and FunctionSome new ideas on an old subject may jog your sense of what 8c is form and what is function in art or News Retrospect craft. Shown from an Indiana exhibition addressing these concepts is a tea service George Fetzer, 1912-90............................... 57 Clay Studio Residents.................................. 62 by Gail Russell, Delaware, Ohio; page 32. On-Line Arts Health Information ................ 57 Opening Night by Mary Forker....................................... 64 Emmanuel Cooper ....................................... 57 Robert Carlson ............................................ 68 Red Glaze Correction................................... 59 The cover Montana potter David Shaner Explorations in French Ceramics ................ 68 talks candidly about his life, work and TambaJoe: Slipping One By ........................ 59 Christine Pendergrass .................................. 68 long studio career in an autobiography beginning on page 41. “It’s no use be Sally Barbier Feats of Clay II ............................................ 68 coming involved in pottery if you have by Sandra Tivy ........................................ 61 Italian Renaissance Maiolica not decided to live for pottery,” he Larry Eisner by William U. Eiland .............................. 76 comments. Photo: Marshall Noice. by Patrick Williams ................................ 62 Ellen Shankin .............................................. 88 April 1990 5 Letters firing. It is only in recent time that fuels ries.” I enjoy CM’s coverage of experimen other than wood have been used [in ce tal uses of clay because they are not as ramics generally]. Wood firing has a di accessible to me through other magazines, verse history as long as the history of ceram nor do I get around to galleries. ics (in the Song dynasty, German salt-glazed Tom Ward stoneware, Southern folk potters, as well as Petaluma, Calif. Ceramic National Selection countless others). An answer for Susan Graf, the reader Wood firing doesn’t have to be an event More on Tiles and Tilemakers who questioned [in February’s Letters col or Olympic feat. I live in an area where I’d like to see more attention being paid umn] the Everson Museum request for vi scrap wood is plentiful and inexpensive. I to tile artists. We are a strong, new force in tae as part of the application for the 28th use it to fuel a two-chambered kiln, which I the ceramic field. I’d also like to see more Ceramic National: fire in 18 hours with the help of my wife. “business” articles and pricing of art pub We [the jury] looked at slides (2478, to I think it is inaccurate to use the term lished in the magazine. be exact). We did not know or ask for “wood firing” to represent only one aspect Linda Janos names, nor did we look at resumes or vitae. of wood firing. Santa Barbara, Calif. After the selection process was over, we Willem Gebben asked for some names, locations, etc. It Colfax, Wis. Could we perhaps hear more about: wasn’t the situation that [Ms. Graf] sug ceramists who are not “pots & pans” pot gested. It was a normal jurying process. I MacKenzie Explains Choices ters, like tilemakers; some historic pottery don’t have “old boy” buddies when I jury. I want to thank CM for publishing the of the Victorian era; encaustic tiles of me Ken Ferguson photos and comments from the exhibition dieval monasteries and churches; kiln- Shawnee, Kans. Wayne Higby and I did at Kansas City building; “how to weld” for the complete [“Potters’ Choice,” March 1990]. However, bozo. We need more meat, less artsy debate Mino Competition Scam? I would like to correct the statement in the over aesthetics. Last spring CM printed an advertise introduction that said I couldn’t find Diane Cavallero ment for the International Ceramics Com enough exemplary pots at the museum Ypsilanti, Mich. petition in Mino, Japan. I entered, and and so provided some from my own collec have just received a bill of nearly $300 for tion. Since the purpose of the show was to Better Indexing Requested the return of my entry—two tiny sculptural demonstrate two different ways of looking As a long-time subscriber and one who whistles less than 2 inches long and weigh at pots, I felt that my concerns with the enjoys each issue of CM, I have a suggestion ing about 2 ounces each. I turned the mat everyday pot would be better illustrated by I hope will be taken seriously: please reor ter over to the staff of the Vermont Con several pieces which I owned. There were ganize the index in the December issue to sumer Assistance Program after they and many pots in the Nelson collection that include a list of people—alphabetically by the local postmaster stated [the excessive could have been selected, but they would name rather than just by the title of the return charge] smelled strongly of a scam. not say what I wanted to say. article. It is so frustrating to have to read Any other CM readers who fell for this WTiat terrific Spanish