NEW DESIGN IN CERAMICS
Donald J. Willcox
Donald J. Willcox: NEW DESIGN IN CERAMICS. NYC: Van Nostrand, 1970. First edition. Square quarto. Printed white fabricoid boards. Printed dust jacket. Black endpapers. 120 pp. 19 color plates 210 black and white photographs. Interior unmarked and very clean. Dust jacket scuffed and edgeworn. Out-of-print. A very good or better copy in a nearly very good dust jacket.
8.25 x 8.25 hardcover book with 120 pages and 19 color plates and 210 black and white photographs of current trends in Scandinavian ceramics, circa 1970. An excellent reference volume.
From the Book: "Scandinavia's excellence in design is well known, but her ceramics, which are among her most beautiful products, have been little appreciated. The author of this book has made a thorough study of Scandinavian potters and their craft, and here provides a survey of their creative contribution -- from the basic concepts underlying their art form to the unique artistic opportunities in their environment.
Familiar styles as well as experimental techniques in pottery are discussed and illustrated here by over two hundred photographs, including eight pages of color. Potters and sculptors -- both amateurs and professionals -- will find New Design in Ceramics an invaluable source book of form and design in clay."
- Foreword
- The Potter's Place in Scandinavian Society
- Art Education in Scandinavia
- The Ateneum in Finland
- Programs at other Schools
- A Potter is a Potter
- The Ceramic Form: How it is Made
- Clay
- Glaze
- Firing Methods
- Sand-Casting
- Ceramic Relief
- Box Sculpture
- Color Photographs
- Utilitatrian Ceramic Ware
- Experiments in Red Clay
- Experiments in Sand-Casting
- Relief and Sculpture
- Acknowledgments
- Materials for Further Study
Includes work by the following artisans and companies: Henning Koppel,Finn Hald, Myron Brody, Hertha Bengston, Gertrud Vasegaard,Unni Johnson, Friedl Kjellberg, Rorstrand, Bing & Grondahl, Arabia, Erik Ploen, Bengt Berglund, Gustavsberg, Toini Muona, Turid Mjelve, Friedl Kjellberg, Edith Sonne-Bruun, Lisa Larsson, Lis Husberg, Marianne Westman, Kyllikki Salmenhaara, Liisa Hallamaa, Axel Salto, Fynn Lynggaard, Annikki Hovisaari, Raija Tuumi, Carl Harry Stalhane, Anders Liljefors, Finn Hald, Erik Hoglund, Bjorn Wiinblad, Erik Magnussen, Stig Lindberg, Inger Persson, Tut Fog, Soren Georg Jensen, Oiva Toikka, Dagny Hald, Francesca Lindh, Hans Hegberg, Rut Bryk, Carl Harry Stalhane, Birger Kaipiainen, Anders Liljefors, Birte Kittlesen, Catharina Kajander, Finn Lynggaard, Jacob Bang Annikki Hovisaari, Eija Karivirta, Anna-Maria Osipow, Signe And John Northroup, Raija Tuumi, Lisa Larsson, Wartsila Ab Arabia, Mirja Lukander, Birthe Weggerby, Tue Poulsen, Liisa Hallamaa Edith Sonne-Bruun, Kyllikki Salmenhaara, Toini Muona, Niels Refsgaard, Sten Lykke Madsen, Tut Fog and many others.