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Step inside designer and sculptor Thomas Bastide's studio to discover the techniques, concepts, and inspirations that lie behind his glass creations. This book retraces forty years in the creative career of Thomas Bastide. The designer and sculptor has collaborated with prestigious French and international companies, including Baccarat, Hennessy, and Christofle, and this volume pays tribute to the unique techniques that he has contributed to the fields of crystal glassmaking, goldsmithery, and porcelain-making. Featuring the themes that are fundamental to the artist's work, such as equilibrium, deconstruction, mechanics, and fluidity, this volume invites readers to discover an exceptional savoir faire combining creativity, technical prowess, resilience, and dexterity. The text paints an authentic, vivacious, yet humble portrait of Bastide, and his anecdotes accompany photographs by Jo Pesendorfer of a selection of his works. <BR><BR> This is a bilingual edition, in English and French.

Smavos, Tnösis, Cephandrion und Graue Sonne: Hier handelt es sich nicht um Science Fiction, hinter diesen Titeln stecken Keramiken von Gereon Krebber, gezeigt in der Ausstellung Keramocringe im Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl. Begleitet werden die Keramiken von raumgliedernden Arbeiten aus verbranntem Holz. Diese Publikation dokumentiert Skulpturen und Architektur im letzten Zusammenspiel vor dem Umzug des Museums. Ein ausführliches Gespräch zwischen dem Künstler und dem Museumleiter Georg Elben erläutert Krebbers Arbeitsweise und die Wirkung seiner Werke. Die Kunsthistorikerin Maria Müller-Schareck zeigt im zweiten Text, wie entscheidend Ton als Schlüsselmaterial für das Verständnis von Krebbers Praxis ist.

Celebrating 50 years of a master craftsman<BR> <BR>Arts and crafts help define a culture; they reflect people’s values, beliefs, and the things they hold dear. Artistic Glass: One Studio and Fifty Years of Stained Glass is the first of its kind: a full-color large format art book contextualizing the history of stained glass in Canada and showcasing the life and work of Josef Aigner, an artist and master craftsman whose 50-year career has had a lasting impact on the Canadian art landscape.<BR> <BR>Written and photographed by the artist’s daughter, Cloe Aigner, Artistic Glass presents a visually stunning showcase and unique insight into the world of stained glass. Celebrating the mastery, innovation, and skill underlying the art form, Artistic Glass illustrates the diverse use of age-old and contemporary techniques behind the projects and reveals the processes of the artist, lifting the veil from this ancient craft. One of Canada’s most pervasive public forms of art, stained glass is a tradition worth acknowledgment and celebration.

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An artist, selling his ceramic sculptures at art festivals, passes the time in his booth by writing pithy observations about neck tattoos, beards, corgis, phone holsters, dairy products, t shirts that feature sassy wordplay, man buns, capri pants, and oh my gosh is there anything that doesn't rankle this guy?

The contributors to this volume were challenged to produce an annotated list of their top ten ceramic objects, artists, or events for our reading pleasure. These contributions are a celebration of ceramic scholarship and collecting, full of personal experiences and provocative opinions that reveal an aspect of the industry not typically seen. Beautifully illustrated, these articles, which include examples that range from ancient Egyptian pottery to contemporary china painted pots, highlight the universal love of ceramics. The journal concludes with a series of bibliographic essays by leading authors on the most inuential ceramic publications they encountered in their careers. Now in its fourteenth year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters.

This volume details the results of the first intra-site examination of Chinese gold miners’ camps in Australia and the compositional analyses of Chinese-made ceramic vessels found there. Ceramic collections from five southeastern New South Wales goldfields, dating from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, were examined. Traditional and non-traditional methods of ceramic analysis were used to answer major questions and thus expand the archaeology of the Chinese in Australia. The analyses enabled conclusions to be drawn about the active role of vessels in everyday life, not only within the domestic sphere but also in communal aspects of food and feasting. On a broader scale, the research considered the nature of Chinese supply networks and revealed how western-style ceramics became appropriate substitutes for Chinese-made vessels as supply sources changed. This study was also the first comparison of contemporary assemblages from Chinese and non-Chinese sites in the same region, evaluating the Chinese access to western ceramic markets, particularly British-made wares. The analysis of ceramic artefacts has given an insight into the Chinese miners’ lives, from the beginning of the gold rush when many worked under the control of a headman to the later nineteenth century when families were at the camps. Overall, this research has highlighted short and long-term occupation sites and established that these camps were not homogenous or static settlements, they changed over time.

Pottery is one of the most important classes of artifacts available to archaeologists and anthropologists. Every year, volumes of data are generated detailing ceramic production, distribution, and consumption. How these data can be interpreted in relation to the social and cultural framework of prehistoric societies in Mesoamerica is the subject of this book. Nine chapters written by some of the most well known and respected scholars in the field offer readers an in-depth look at key advances from the past fifteen years. These scholars examine ethnoarchaeological studies and the Preclassic/Formative, Classic, and Postclassic periods and cover geographic areas from eastern to central Mesoamerica. In a series of case studies, contributors address a range of new and developing theories and methods for inferring the technological, organizational, and social dimensions of pottery economics, and draw on a range of sociopolitical examples. Specific topics include the impacts and costs of innovations, the role of the producer in technological choices, the outcomes when errors in vessel formation are tolerated or rectified, the often undocumented multiple lives and uses of ceramic pieces, and the difficulties associated with locating and documenting ceramic production areas in tropical lowlands. A compelling collection that clearly integrates and synthesizes a wide array of data, this book is the definitive text on pottery economics in Mesoamerica and an important contribution to the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ancient history, and the economics of pre-industrial societies. <BR>CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1 . Conceptual Issues in Mesoamerican Pottery Economics<BR>> 2 . An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective on Local Ceramic Production and Distribution in the Maya Highlands<BR>> 3 . Why Was the Potter's Wheel Rejected? Social Choice and Technological Change in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico<BR>> 4 . Ceramic Production at La Joya, Veracruz: Early Formative Techno Logics and Error Loads<BR>> 5 . Blanco Levantado: A New World Amphora<BR>> 6 . Pottery Production and Distribution in the Gulf Lowlands of Mesoamerica<BR>> 7 . Household Production and the Regional Economy in Ancient Oaxaca: Classic Period Perspectives from Hilltop El Palmillo and Valley-Floor Ejutla<BR>> 8 . Pottery Production and Exchange in the Petexbatun Polity, Petén, Guatemala<BR>> 9 . Aztec Otumba, AD 1200--1600: Patterns of the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Ceramic Products<BR>> References Cited<BR> About the Contributors<BR>>

For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it is called, is renowned for both its beauty and its mystery.In The Portland Vase, Robin Brooks takes us on a vivid journey across Europe and through the centuries, as this delicate piece of glass, less than ten inches in height, passes through the hands of a stunning cast of characters, including the first Roman emperor, Augustus; a notorious tomb raider; a reckless cardinal; a princess with a nasty gambling habit; the ceramics genius Josiah Wedgwood; the secretive Duchess of Portland; and a host of politicians, dilettantes, and scam artists.Rich with passion, inspiration, jealousy, and endless speculation, the story of The Portland Vase spans more than two thousand years and remains one of the art world's greatest enigmas.

Whether placed in a window, beside the bed, or illuminating the dining table as an elegant centerpiece, glass candle holders provoke a rich symbolism of home, comfort, and welcome. Today, these beautiful candle holders capture the eye of many a collector. With over 500 photographs of single, double, and triple candle holders, all listed alphabetically by manufacturer, this book proves the ideal guide to identification, dating, and valuation of your prized candle holders. The book blends style and origin, providing a comprehensive survey of candle holders by major manufacturers such as Beaumont, Cambridge, Fenton, Duncan & Miller, Jeannette Glass, Morgantown, New Martinsville, and Portieux of France with Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Depression era, and modern examples.