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192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Everything You Need to Get Started with Pottery If you ever daydream about delving into pottery but aren't sure where to begin, this is your book. Professional potter Kara Leigh Ford will be your personal pottery guide, helping you to overcome any doubts about your abilities. All you need are curiosity and a few simple tools to mold stunning stoneware with confidence. Inspiring projects and primers on equipment, technique, clay types and setting...
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Papers of the Southwestern Expedition volume no. 2
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2 preliminary leaves, vii unnumbered pages-viii pages, 1 leaf, 88 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, 35 plates (including frontispiece: portrait) ; 28 cm.
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English
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American Indian art volume 2
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295 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, portraits ; 29 cm.
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English
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287 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (cheifly color), color map, portraits (some color) ; 30 cm
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English
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No art form is more associated with the Native Americans of the Southwest than pottery. For centuries, Pueblo people have made beautiful pottery, often painted with intricate designs, for everyday activities such as cooking, food storage and gathering water, and for ceremonial use. Vessels of these types have been found at ancient sites including Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde. The tradition of pottery-making continues to thrive among Pueblo communities...
86) The pot book
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319 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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The Pot Book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, in a comprehensive and accessible A to Z format. From a delicate bowl made by an unnamed artisan in China in the third millennium BC, or a jug made in eighteenth-century Dresden, to a plate made by Picasso in 1952.
88) Painted perfection: the pottery of Dextra Quotskuyva at the Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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123 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Dextra Quotskuyva is one of the most influential Native American potters of the last half-century. She has learned her masterful handling of clay through her distinguished family, which has excelled in the art for more than 125 years, starting with her great-grandmother, Nampeyo.
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Describes the full range of available clays and their individual qualities, as well as necessary tools and equipment; presents easy-to-follow directions for fashioning pottery; and augments instruction with captioned, step-by-step photos, illustrations, and sidebars featuring troubleshooting tips with solutions to problems that often arise in the process of making pottery. This essential reference book also covers topics such as developing design...
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Profiles artists Grace Medicine Flower and her brother Joseph Lonewolf, potters from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, who have revived and extended the traditional forms and techniques of their pre-Columbian ancestors in their work.
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64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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This how-to book provides readers with information they need to get started on a career in ceramics. Included are the history and cultural significance of ceramics, ceramics tools and techniques, ceramics career paths, and highlights of successful ceramic artists. Step-by-step projects help readers practice ceramics skills, and idea spreads inspire ways to apply what they've learned.
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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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English
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