A Potter's Companion: Imagination, Originality, and Craft (Park Street Press)

By Ronald Larsen

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In a celebration of the functional and the handmade, potter Ronald Larsen has gathered an engaging collection of essays, stories, poems, and observations by a wide range of potters, writers, philosophers, and other artisans, exploring the history, aesthetics, and philosophy behind making pots--or anything else--by hand. Includes, among others, the writings of: Marguerite Wildenhain--A Potter's Philosophy Octavio Paz--Use and Contemplation Lafcadio Hearn--The Tale of the Porcelain-God John Updike--From the Journal of a Leper Jamake Highwater--Illusions of Originality Wallace Stevens--Anecdote of the Jar Bernard Leach--The Potter's Challenge

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0892814454

ISBN13:9780892814459

Release Date:November 1992

Publisher:Park Street Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Crafts Crafts & Hobbies Crafts & Hobbies History & Criticism Personal Transformation Self-Help

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