iandol on thu 4 apr 02
Dear O'Brien Tyrrell,
Of Susan Petersons books, "The Craft and Art of Clay" is a basic =
overview of what can be done and how to do it with photo essays and lots =
of illustrations of ancient and modern works. It also includes photo =
runs of some of the more notable 20Ct potters. It could be one of those =
"I'm going to teach from this" texts which college teachers sometimes =
use to lock step their students into a learning pathway (tonight I want =
you to read, learn and inwardly digest....). I have reservations about =
the inclusion of page after page of test tiles. Takes away the chance to =
find your own way by learning from direct experience with kilns and =
materials which are available. But I am comfortable with the rest, =
except that I avoid scoring clay when I join part together.
I recall the other as a collection of illustrations with text similar to =
"How the Great Masters do...." If your Daughter needs a second text to =
augment the first one this may be all right, but if not she might be =
better served by delving into your extensive library of books and =
collection of back issues of CM and PMI.
Wishing her every success with this course,
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on thu 4 apr 02
The Craft and Art of Clay is on sale at book discounter Hamiltonbooks.com
for 19.95.
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: iandol [mailto:iandol@TELL.NET.AU]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:55 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: : Susan Peterson Books
Dear O'Brien Tyrrell,
Of Susan Petersons books, "The Craft and Art of Clay" is a basic overview of
what can be done and how to do it with photo essays and lots of
illustrations of ancient and modern works. It also includes photo runs of
some of the more notable 20Ct potters. It could be one of those "I'm going
to teach from this" texts which college teachers sometimes use to lock step
their students into a learning pathway (tonight I want you to read, learn
and inwardly digest....). I have reservations about the inclusion of page
after page of test tiles. Takes away the chance to find your own way by
learning from direct experience with kilns and materials which are
available. But I am comfortable with the rest, except that I avoid scoring
clay when I join part together.
I recall the other as a collection of illustrations with text similar to
"How the Great Masters do...." If your Daughter needs a second text to
augment the first one this may be all right, but if not she might be better
served by delving into your extensive library of books and collection of
back issues of CM and PMI.
Wishing her every success with this course,
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
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