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Edith Heath : philosophies

Title
Edith Heath : philosophies / editors, Jennifer M. Volland and Chris Marino.
Publication
  • [Berkeley, California] : Berkeley Design Books ; Vancouver, BC : Information Office, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
  • Volland, Jennifer M., 1970-
  • Marino, Chris, 1986-
  • Heath, Edith, 1911-2005
Description
319 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, plans, portraits; 25 cm.
Summary
"The book brings together critical essays about ceramist Edith Heath\u0027s life and work, philosophy, and impact on design. Academic-style essays are paired with Heath ephemera from the Environmental Design Archive at UC Berkeley. The book also contains an illustrated historical timeline and product and glaze catalogue of Heath Ceramics."--
Series Statement
Berkeley design books series ; #8
Uniform Title
Berkeley/design/books ; no. 8.
Alternative Title
Philosophies
Subject
  • Heath, Edith, 1911-2005
  • Heath Ceramics
  • 1900-1999
  • Pottery, American > 20th century
  • Art pottery, American > 20th century
  • Potters > United States > Biography
  • Ceramic tableware > United States
  • Art pottery, American
  • Ceramic tableware
  • Potters
  • Pottery, American
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued By (note)
  • Co-published by Environmental Design Archive at UC Berkeley.
Contents
Foreword: The Brian and Edith Heath/Heath Ceramics Collection / Chris Marino and Waverly B. Lowell -- Preface: Finding Meaning in the Life and Work of Edith Heath / Jennifer M. Volland -- Winding Back Time: Memories of Edith and Brian Heath / Jay Stewart -- Edith Heath: Historical Timeline / Rosa Novak and Jennifer M. Volland -- Pacesetters, Place Settings, and Designing for the Homes of Today / Julie M. Muñiz -- Good Design for Everyone / Mara Holt Skov -- Etiquette in Motion: A Comparative Consideration of Edith Heath\u0027s Ashtrays and Mugs / Ezra Shales -- Learning by Doing: The Education of Edith Heath / Brian Trimble -- Use the Earth to Save the Earth: Edith Heath\u0027s Émigré-Influenced Ideology / Rosa Novak -- Edith Heath\u0027s Vancouver Workshops / Allan Collier -- Creative Commons: Edith Heath and the International Design Conference in Aspen / Jennifer M. Volland -- Crosscurrents in Clay: Edith Heath and Leon Galleto\u0027s Architectural Tile / Rosa Novak -- From Surface to Structure: The Evolution of Edith Heath\u0027s Architectural Tile / Emily Vigor -- Making a Place for Art: Collaboration between Edith Heath and Robert Royston / JC Miller -- California Ceramics for a California Museum / Drew Heath Johnson -- Grandchildren of Granite: Edith Heath and the Women of Land Art / Rosa Novak -- The World Is Written in Clay / Jennifer M. Volland -- Epilogue: Unearthing the Heaths\u0027 Legacy / Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic -- Selected Product and Dinnerware Glaze History / Julie M. Muñiz and Rosa Novak.
Call Number
NK4210.H385
ISBN
  • 9781988860121
  • 1988860121
LCCN
2020914853
OCLC
  • 1176468239
  • on1176468239
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries