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"The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and shiny, and made them -- and Maria -- famous. This inspiring story of family and creativity illuminates how Maria's belief in sharing her love of clay brought success and joy from her New Mexico Pueblo to people all...
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144 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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If you're trying pottery for the first time, it's only natural to want to jump right in and sit down at the wheel. Weber shares tips and trips to help you master each process for wheel throwing, from first forms to unleashing your creativity with a variety of finishing techniques. Gallery work from top artists provides inspiration and a variety of viewpoints. -- adapted from back cover.
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xxiv, 323 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
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"From one of Britain's leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist"--
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American Indian art volume 4
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i, 342 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 29 cm.
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213 pages ; 22 cm
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"One night, Elango has a dream that consumes him, driving him to give it shape. The potter is determined to create a terracotta horse whose beauty will be reason enough for its existence. Yet he cannot pin down from where it has galloped into his mind. The Mahabharata? The Trojan horse legend? His anonymous potter-ancestors? Once it's finished, he does not know where his creation will belong. In a temple compound? Gracing a hotel lobby? Or should...
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296 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
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"Throughout the twentieth century, ceramics was broadly divided into two sectors. Studio pottery, which was a reaction against the mass-made wares of the industrial revolution, and fine art by contemporary artists, who just happened to use clay in their practice but rejected many of its traditional codes of practice. The unprecedented surge in popularity of ceramics in the last five years has helped forge a new type of potter: the ceramic designer....
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