A Potter's Companion: Imagination, Originality, and Craft

by Ronald Larsen

Book Overview

In a celebration of the functional and the handmade, potter Ronald Larsen has gathered an engaging collection of essays, stories, poems, and observations by a wide range of potters, writers, philosophers, and other artisans, exploring the history, aesthetics, and philosophy behind making pots--or anything else--by hand. Includes, among others, the writings of: Marguerite Wildenhain--A Potter's Philosophy Octavio Paz--Use and Contemplation Lafcadio...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892814454
• ISBN13: 9780892814459
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Park Street Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"