This practical and supremely useful manual is the first
comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Japanese ceramics. The
Japanese ceramics tradition is without compare in its technical and
stylistic diversity, its expressive content, and the level of
appreciation it enjoys, both in Japan and around the world. "Inside
Japanese Ceramics "focuses on tools, materials, and procedures, and
how all of these have influenced the way traditional Japanese
ceramics look and feel. A true primer, it concentrates on the
basics: setting up a workshop, pot-forming techniques, decoration,
glazes, and kilns and firing. It introduces the major methods and
styles that are taught in most Japanese workshops, including
several representative and well-known wares: Bizen, Mino, Karatsu,
Hagi, and Kyoto.
While presenting the time-tested techniques of the tradition,
author Richard L. Wilson also accommodates modern technologies and
materials as appropriate. Wilson has gathered a wealth of
information on two fronts--as a researcher of Japanese pottery and
art history, and as a potter who has studied and worked for years
with master Japanese potters. In his introduction, he provides a
short history of Japanese ceramics, and in closing he looks beyond
traditional methods toward ways in which Western potters can make
Japanese methods their own. Richly illustrated with 24 color
plates, over 100 black-and-white photographs, and over 70
instructive line-drawings, "Inside Japanese Ceramics "is
indispensable for potters as well as connoisseurs and collectors of
Japanese ceramics. Above all, it is an invitation to
participate--to study, make, touch, and use the exquisite products
of the Japanese ceramic tradition.
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