Ceramic Artists on Creative Processes - Miguel Ángel Arteaga

A representative selection of the work of some of the best ceramic artists in the world and an insightful and visually rich book about ceramics and the origins of creativity. \n\n This book contains a representative selection \nof the work of some of the best ceramic artists in the world. The 25 featured \nartists explain, in their own words, the creative processes behind their work, \nwhat inspires them, the strategies they use to stay fresh and creative, what \ndistinguishes their work from that of other ceramic artists and how they \nachieve this. Through examples of their most personal creations -objects capable of affecting us \nemotionally, surprising us and making us think-, the artists reveal \nimportant details about their ceramic creations: how it was made, how it was \nshaped, which glaze and engobe coating they used to give the clay color and \ntexture, the firing temperature of the kiln and the type of kiln chosen. The \nreader is provided with an illuminating glimpse into each artist's unique \ncreative world, where they point out the defining features of their work and \nreveal some of the secrets that characterize their artistic processes. Paragons \nof exploration, risk and versatility, the extraordinary artists highlighted in \nthis book rediscover thousand-year-old traditions, reinvent perspectives, \ntranscend boundaries, tell stories and rebel from conventional expectations, \ncreating in the process an exhilarating space where art, clay, water, air and \nfire meet and, ultimately, inspire. \n\n CERAMISTS INCLUDED. ARGELIA: Nathalie \nDoyen (Belgium). BELGIUM: Ann VanHoey. CHINA: Wan Liya. FRANCE: Monsieur Cailloux. GERMANY: Monika Debus. INDIA: \nMadhvi Subrahmanian. IRLAND: Nuala O'Donovan. ITALY: Paola Paronetto. JAPAN: \nShozo Michikawa, Kaori Kurihara (now France), Yuko Nishikawa (now USA). MEXICO: \nGustavo Pérez. NETHERLANDS: Cecil Kemperink. NIGERIA: Ngozi Omeje Ezema. \nPOLAND: Monika Patuszynska. SPAIN: Ícaro Maiterena, Xabier Montsalvaje, María \nOriza, Myriam Jiménez Huertas, Ana Felipe, Roger Coll. UK: Alice Walton, \nNicholas Lees. USA: Lauren Nauman, Godeleine de Rosamel. \n\n \n\n