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John A. Burrison

Beautiful Clay

A Traditional Craft As Art

John A. Burrison

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English
Indiana University Press
22 April 2025
Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass
For most of human history, all pottery was what we would now consider traditional folk pottery. Not all artifacts go beyond the basic requirements of utility in pursuit of beauty, but Beautiful Clay considers those that do.

In Beautiful Clay, noted scholar of traditional ceramics John A. Burrison writes about how a potter applies aesthetics to utilitarian objects to transform raw clay into something beautiful. Though what is considered beautiful in art changes from culture to culture and person to person, there are universal techniques such as manipulating form, color, texture, and more that tap into clay's potential for beauty. Burrison uses an approach from a perspective of international artistry rather than an approach bound by history or geography. After beginning with more than 40,000 images that the author curated as a study resource, Beautiful Clay narrows it down to around 230 images that capture the artistry within traditional ceramics worldwide.

Beautiful Clay examines the aesthetic dimensions of what is essentially a traditional utilitarian craft, the ancient clay-based craft of pottery, from earliest times to the present.
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Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 203mm, 
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:   9780253072184
ISBN 10:   0253072182
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John A. Burrison is Regents' Professor of English at Georgia State University and Curator of the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia at Sautee Nacoochee Center. He is author most recently of Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions (IUP, 2017) and From Mud to Jug: The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia.

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