Craft and the Creative Process
/July/2005
An Online Exhibition, Archives of
American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. Visit:
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International Museum of Ceramic Art
/July/2005
The Schein-Joseph International Museum
of Ceramic Art at Alfred houses nearly 8,000 ceramic and glass
objects, ranging from small pottery shards recovered from ancient
civilizations to contemporary sculpture and installation pieces to
advanced ceramics reflecting the cutting edge of ceramic
technology. The Museum is a teaching and research facility, one
educational component of the New York State College of Ceramics at
Alfred University. Visit:
Mingei and Mashiko (Japanese Folk Crafts)
/July/2005
In the wake of the great tide of
industrialism in the early part of the last century, something of
the human touch and spirit was lost in everyday articles of use. It
was with a sense of urgency that Yanagi and his lifelong
companions, the potters Bernard Leach, Hamada Shoji, Tomimoto
Kenkichi (who later left the Mingei group) and Kawai Kanjiro sought
to counteract the desire for cheap, mass-produced products by
pointing to the works of ordinary craftsmen that spoke to the
spiritual and practical needs of life. The mingei movement is
responsible for keeping alive many traditions. Visit:
The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
/July/2005
The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art is the only museum in
Canada entirely devoted to ceramics. It was founded in 1984 by
Toronto philanthropists George and Helen Gardiner to house their
outstanding ceramics collection, and has often been described as a
"jewel-box" of ceramic treasures.
World Ceramics
/July/2005
Hosted
by the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, this site takes you on a
tour of the history of world ceramics. Visit: