[Free pdf] The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr
☆ Garth Clark, Robert A. Ellison, Eugene Hecht ☆
| #977063 in Books | Abbeville Press | 1989-10-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 12.40 x1.11 x10.47l,4.23 | File Name: 0896599272 | 192 pages |
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Inspiational !!!|By John Koontz|This is a Christmas present I gave to my brother. He has been working with ceramics for 40 years. He loves this book, says it inspired him to experiment with new techniques, glazes and mixtures of clay. His specialty is making ceramic wind chimes, but he also makes custom tiles, bowls, planters and some figures. You can see some examples of his|From Publishers Weekly|The self-styled "Biloxi Mud Dauber," Mississippi art potter Ohr (1857-1918) produced thousands of ceramic pieces that were out of step with their time. Detractors have called them bizarre, crude, even ugly, but his supporters saw Ohr as a
Misunderstood and unappreciated during his lifetime (1857-1918), George Ohr, America's archetypal artist-potter, pushed the form of the vessel beyond mere function to the point of abstraction. Today the genius of this radical and sophisticated artist has finally been recognized. His thin-walled, paper-light pots, labeled grotesque in his day, are now seen as a tour de force of delicacy and restraint and a stunning exploration of the plasticity of clay. Ruffling, tw... [PDF.pg19] The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr Rating: 4.77 (668 Votes)
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