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Pewabic Pottery : the American arts & crafts movement expressed in clay
- Title
- Pewabic Pottery : the American arts & crafts movement expressed in clay / Thomas W. Brunk ; with a foreword by Martin Eidelberg.
- Author
- Brunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter), 1949-2018
- Publication
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Eidelberg, Martin P.
- Description
- xxxvi, 389 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "This book presents a comprehensive history of Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan, its founders, and its place in the Arts and Crafts movement"--
- "Pewabic Pottery is a significant manifestation of the international Arts and Crafts movement in Michigan. As ceramic expert Martin Eidelberg points out in his introductory essay, it was also a striking example of the coterie of talented American female ceramists who broke with traditional norms, seeking to excel both as artists and as entrepreneurs. Founded by Mary Chase Perry and Horace James Caulkins in Detroit at the turn of the twentieth century, Pewabic produced simple objects with unique glazes rooted in ceramic history, yet freshly made their own. This chronological history of Pewabic work--the most extensive study published to date--focuses primarily on the pottery as operated by Perry and Caulkins, and then goes up through the beginning of the Pewabic Society Inc. in 1979. It offers a fascinating, in-depth exploration of the various aspects of the history of Pewabic Pottery, from the personal lives of its founders and prominent potters to discussions of tiles and glazes and finally to Pewabic Pottery's place at Michigan State University. Authored by the most recognized scholar on Pewabic Pottery, this study relies heavily on archival sources to achieve a comprehensive history of one of Michigan's most interesting art studios. "--
- Uniform Title
- Pewabic Pottery (Michigan State University Press)
- Alternative Title
- Pewabic Pottery (Michigan State University Press)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-362) and index.
- Contents
- Mary Chase Perry: artist, china decorator, potter and educator -- Horace J. Caulkins and the Revelation kilns -- The stable studio -- A new home on Jefferson Avenue -- The Society of Arts and Crafts -- Charles Lang Freer -- William B. Stratton: architect and potter -- Going it alone: 1923 to the Great Depression -- Surviving the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar decades -- Tile commissions -- Artists' own homes: the Perry-Stratton residences -- Glazes -- Pewabic Pottery: a comparative analysis -- Michigan State University and Pewabic Pottery.
- Call Number
- JQF 24-50
- ISBN
- 9781611863864
- 1611863864
- LCCN
- 2020021790
- 40030620136
- OCLC
- 1154815875
- Author
- Brunk, Thomas W. (Thomas Walter), 1949-2018, author.
- Title
- Pewabic Pottery : the American arts & crafts movement expressed in clay / Thomas W. Brunk ; with a foreword by Martin Eidelberg.
- Publisher
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-362) and index.
- Added Author
- Eidelberg, Martin P., writer of foreword.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030620136
- Research Call Number
- JQF 24-50