Beautiful Clay: A Traditional Craft as Art

by John A. Burrison

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253072182
• ISBN13: 9780253072184
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 350 Pages