| A Force of Nature: The Ceramic Art of Randy Johnston Contributor(s): Maske, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1879985233 ISBN-13: 9781879985230 Publisher: Pucker Art Publications OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Pottery & Ceramics - Art | Ceramics - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Dewey: 738.092 |
| LCCN: 2011037615 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 11.2" (1.70 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maske chronicles the life and work of Randy Johnston, renowned contemporary American potter. Johnston creates utilitarian wares that recall Neolithic forms and are modernized via their partnership with a Japanese folk aesthetic. His training began in the American Midwest, took him to a year of study with Shimaoka Tatsuzo in Mashiko, Japan, and finally returned him to River Falls, Wisconsin, where he is a working potter who maintains fidelity to the tradition and philosophy that initially turned him to ceramics: mingei. His vessels, fired in Japanese-style wood-burning kilns, are imbued with the mingei ideal: handcrafted, functional, and representative of the Wisconsin setting where he lives and finds inspiration. As an artist, Johnston has been able to observe his environment and translate it into his own voice. He creates work that pays homage to these influences but is still unique and distinctly his own. Characterized by warm and vibrant colors and evidence of intense ash flow within the kiln, Johnston's work ranges from large jars that appear as if they have just been unearthed to artisan sushi platters that look right at home in the twenty-first century. |