Smoke Firing: Contemporary Artists and Approaches

by Jane Perryman

Overview

Actually a very old technique, smoke firing is used today by ceramic artists across the world in new and innovative ways. This book explains and discusses this firing method thoroughly, using step by step images from artists in action, as well as showcasing the variety of work being made.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789940794
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/11/2022
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.94(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Jane Perryman is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association. She is author of Smoke Fired Pottery, Traditional Pottery of India, and Naked Clay: Ceramics Without Glaze, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword

1. An Introduction to Smoke Firing
Smoke Firing in Antiquity
Traditional Firing Technology

2. Smoke Firing in Contemporary Traditional Societies
Nigeria
India
Native America (New Mexico)

PART 1: SMOKE FIRING WITHOUT A KILN
3. Smoke Firing in the Open
Siddig El'Nigoumi (Sudan/UK)
Susan Halls (UK/USA)

4. Smoke Firing in a Container
Inger Sodergren (Sweden)
Antonia Salmon (UK)
Ann Marais (South Africa)
Gabriele Koch (Germany/UK)
Jimmy Clarke (USA)
Madhvi Subrahmanian (India/USA)

5. Smoke Firing in a Pit
Janey Burton (USA)
Gudrun Kainz (Austria)
Signe Lassen (Denmark)

PART 2: SMOKE FIRING WITH A KILN
6. Smoke Firing in a Saggar
Magdalene Odundo (Kenya/UK)
Richard Notkin (USA)
Pao Fei Yang (Taiwan/USA)
Eva Marie Kothe (Sweden)
Jane Perryman (UK)
Duncan Ross (UK)
Alison Tinker (UK/Spain)
Sebastian Blackie (UK)
Nattinee Satawatthamrong (Thailand)
Pamela Gorgone (USA)

7. Smoke Firing in a Kiln
Pierre Bayle (France)
Ellen Schopf (Germany)
Munemi Yorigami (Japan)

8. Post-raku Smoke Firing
Giovanni Cimatti (Italy)
Anne James (UK)
Joy Bosworth (UK)
Ashraf Hannah (Egypt/UK)
Mark Verbruggen (Belgium)

9. Smoke Firing in Groups
Smoke firing with groups of children and adults using a variety of firing techniques and locations

Conclusion and Acknowledgements
Health & Safety and Suppliers List
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

...fabulous...Perryman explores this wondrous subject by highlighting contemporary artists and approaches to smoke-firing.” —www.karenplatt.co.uk (June 2009)

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