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All rights reserved 2 Ceramics Monthly November 1991 3 4 Ceramics Monthly Volume 39, Number 9 • November 1991 Feature Articles Iron Horse Mural With technical sup­ Portfolio; port from a local brickyard, Nebraska art- Making Decisions by Sara Carone ............................................................. 27 istjay Tschetter carved approximately 1800 monochromatic and color-inlaid bricks to Iron Horse Mural ..................................................................................35 produce a high-relief, 40-foot-long mural for the city of Lincoln; see page 35. Avant-Garde Spanish Ceramics ........................................................... 37 Avant-Garde Spanish Ceramics Intent on maintaining its cultural identity within the Alfred Hering by Marjie Fries................................................................. 42 European Economic Community, Spain with German Traditions in Ceramics ...................................................... 45 is actively promoting/supporting its art­ ists through a series of touring exhibi­ tions; a selection of works shown recently American Craft Classics .......................................................................47 in “The Present of Spanish Ceramics” be­ gins on page 37. 6th Monarch Exhibition .......................................................................48 50:50 Wet Glaze Blends Expanding your 50:50 Wet Glaze Blends by MiltFriedly ..................................................53 glaze palette can be as simple as mixing equal parts of existing glazes; page 53. From Just a Few Shards 6th Monarch ExhibitionWith entries Historical Pottery Reconstruction by Alan Martin and Malcolm Fry 80.... from both established and emerging art­ ists throughout the United States and Canada, this annual competition offers the broadest survey of North American ceramics today; see page 48. Up Front $3.1 Million for Art Residencies............. 10 Artists-in-Education Residencies by Alan McNiel.................................... 16 Narrative Vessels ..................................... 10 Frank Giorgini......................................... 18 Anti Knock-Off Bill Pending................... 10 Fine Dining .............................................. 20 Allen Waters............................................ 12 Diverse Expressions in Clay.................... 12 Design in Vienna ..................................... 20 Frank Ozereko......................................... 12 Sean Henry.............................................. 22 Angelo di Petta Alfred Hering Good business for this American Crafts Awards.......................... 14 a review by Richard Zakin ................. 22 German potter means maintaining a sup­ Texas Vessels: Visions and Revisions portive environment for employees (such by Marty Ray ...................................... 14 Ceramics Now/1991................................ 24 as the recent arrival from East Germany shown above), while making enough ware to sell at prices that cover costs and pro­ duce a reasonable profit. Catalog orders have given Hering control over the busi­ ness’ seasonal nature. The key to success: Departments staggered mailings to the right customer list provide year-round orders; page 42. Letters............................................... 8 New Books ......................................78 The coverRather than lifting fragile raku Call for Entries ................................60 Classified Advertising......................84 ware from the kiln for postfiring reduc­ tion, Brazilian potter Sara Carone simply Questions .........................................64 Comment: removes the kiln’s fiber lid, throws in dry Calendar .......................................... 68 Permission by William Daley ............ 86 sawdust and lowers a steel-drum reduction chamber; her story begins on page 27. Suggestions ...................................... 76 Index to Advertisers ........................88 November 1991 5 Neil Tetkowski’s performance piece, the conflict engendered by Nazis march­ Letters “Ground War,” in bad taste? ing in Skokie, Illinois, within the context To be exact: What is the common of our country’s freedom, which is sup­ ground between hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, posed to allow all varieties of expression as tuxedoed “patrons” and the atrocious war long as no physical harm is done. And I that our government staged, in the name am pleased to see the continuing artistic Superpotter of Americans, on a people thousands of creativity inspired by the bigots among If Superman was a potter, could he use miles away? our political leaders and ourselves, as his heat vision to dry and fire his pieces on It appears as insult to injury that Tet­ [with the works of photographer Robert] the wheel and, if so, would he have prob­ kowski staged his performance in the Mapplethorpe. But I can’t get a handle on lems with S-cracks due to fast drying? name of the ceramic community. It is Matthew Kangas and his Comment article Jeffrey Zachmann equally abominable that CM chose to about “Opinion versus Promotion.” I do Fergus Falls, Minn. portray him as the only one who is sensi­ know that he is in the same genre as a tive to the war issue. Ceramists on the local architect who recently bragged that He Likes the Cover whole have a deep, inherent concern for his buildings get attention, even if they I feel compelled to respond to the the earth and its inhabitants, I would create hostility in the user and the viewer. letter from Linda Johnson (September venture to generalize. I haven’t got a handle on that genre yet. 1991), concerning the Ceramics Monthly Can art be effectively political? (Yes!) But I’m working on it and, when I do, I’m covers. I could not disagree more strongly But there are enough folks out there not going to send it to Ceramics Monthly with her opinion. Whether Ms. Johnson making a buck off of our government’s free of charge. After all, my college degree realizes it or not, there are more impor­ Gulf War. is supposed to help me make bucks. tant things in life than the arrangement of I am genuinely glad that Neil milked That’s why we have a burgeoning number magazines on her coffee table. $5000 for the Buffalo Arts Council (“after of museum directors, chief curators, Perhaps, when she looks at the Sep­ expenses”). However, I am disappointed curators-in-charge, historians, critics- tember 1991 cover, she will try to connect that Ceramics Monthly lacks a discerning turned-dealers, and critics-turned-anthol- that “stranger’s face” with the article enough palate to distinguish between a ogy-in-progress-writers on American inside and the art he creates. This human big name and a creative work of socio­ ceramics, such as Matthew Kangas. connection of art and artist is an applaud- political significance. While I search for the answer to this able part of CM. If I wanted only the Bill