Ceramic Artists: Creative Processes (How Ideas are Born)

A Representative Selection of the Work of Some of the Best Ceramic Artists: An Insightful and Visually Rich Book about Ceramics and the Origins of Creativity

This book offers a representative selection of the work of some of the world's finest ceramic artists. The 25 featured artists provide, in their own words, an illuminating glimpse into their creative processes, inspirations, and the distinctive characteristics of their ceramic creations.

Through examples of their most personal and evocative works - objects capable of eliciting emotional responses, surprising the viewer, and stimulating contemplation - the artists reveal intricate details about their creative processes. They describe how each piece was made, shaped, and finished with specific glazes and engobe coatings to achieve desired colors and textures, as well as the firing temperatures and kiln types used.

Paragons of exploration, risk-taking, and versatility, the extraordinary artists highlighted in this book rediscover thousand-year-old traditions, reinvent perspectives, transcend boundaries, tell stories, and rebel against conventional expectations. In the process, they create an exhilarating space where art, clay, water, air, and fire converge to inspire and captivate.

The artists featured in this book are: ARGELIA: Nathalie Doyen (Belgium); BELGIUM: Ann VanHoey; CHINA: Wan Liya; FRANCE: Monsieur Cailloux; GERMANY: Monika Debus; INDIA: Madhvi Subrahmanian; IRLAND: Nuala O'Donovan; ITALY: Paola Paronetto; JAPAN: Shozo Michikawa, Kaori Kurihara (now France), Yuko Nishikawa (now USA); MEXICO: Gustavo Pérez; NETHERLANDS: Cecil Kemperink; NIGERIA: Ngozi Omeje Ezema; POLAND: Monika Patuszynska; SPAIN: Ícaro Maiterena, Xabier Montsalvaje, María Oriza, Myriam Jiménez Huertas, Ana Felipe, Roger Coll; UK: Alice Walton, Nicholas Lees; USA: Lauren Nauman, Godeleine de Rosamel.

This book provides an illuminating and visually rich exploration of the creative processes, inspirations, and distinctive characteristics of some of the best ceramic artists in the world, offering readers an insightful and captivating journey into the origins of creativity.

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