Author: Michael Cardew
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713659450
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
When he went to West Africa in the 1940s, Michael Cardew found himself in a land where the potter's art had been flourishing for centuries without the use of wheels, or kilns, or glazes. This book grew out of his desire to share all that he had learned from the African pioneers of pottery.
Pioneer Pottery
Author: Michael Cardew
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713659450
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
When he went to West Africa in the 1940s, Michael Cardew found himself in a land where the potter's art had been flourishing for centuries without the use of wheels, or kilns, or glazes. This book grew out of his desire to share all that he had learned from the African pioneers of pottery.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713659450
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
When he went to West Africa in the 1940s, Michael Cardew found himself in a land where the potter's art had been flourishing for centuries without the use of wheels, or kilns, or glazes. This book grew out of his desire to share all that he had learned from the African pioneers of pottery.
The Radical Potter
Author: Tristram Hunt
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250128358
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From one of Britain’s leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist Wedgwood’s pottery, such as his celebrated light-blue jasperware, is famous worldwide. Jane Austen bought it and wrote of it in her novels; Empress Catherine II of Russia ordered hundreds of pieces for her palace; British diplomats hauled it with them on their first-ever mission to Peking, audaciously planning to impress China with their china. But the life of Josiah Wedgwood is far richer than just his accomplishments in ceramics. He was a leader of the Industrial Revolution, a pioneering businessman, a cultural tastemaker, and a tireless scientific experimenter whose inventions made him a fellow of the Royal Society. He was also an ardent abolitionist, whose Emancipation Badge medallion—depicting an enslaved African and inscribed “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”—became the most popular symbol of the antislavery movement on both sides of the Atlantic. And he did it all in the face of chronic disability and relentless pain: a childhood bout with smallpox eventually led to the amputation of his right leg. As historian Tristram Hunt puts it in this lively, vivid biography, Wedgwood was the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century: a difficult, brilliant, creative figure whose personal drive and extraordinary gifts changed the way we work and live. Drawing on a rich array of letters, journals, and historical documents, The Radical Potter brings us the story of a singular man, his dazzling contributions to design and innovation, and his remarkable global impact.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250128358
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From one of Britain’s leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist Wedgwood’s pottery, such as his celebrated light-blue jasperware, is famous worldwide. Jane Austen bought it and wrote of it in her novels; Empress Catherine II of Russia ordered hundreds of pieces for her palace; British diplomats hauled it with them on their first-ever mission to Peking, audaciously planning to impress China with their china. But the life of Josiah Wedgwood is far richer than just his accomplishments in ceramics. He was a leader of the Industrial Revolution, a pioneering businessman, a cultural tastemaker, and a tireless scientific experimenter whose inventions made him a fellow of the Royal Society. He was also an ardent abolitionist, whose Emancipation Badge medallion—depicting an enslaved African and inscribed “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”—became the most popular symbol of the antislavery movement on both sides of the Atlantic. And he did it all in the face of chronic disability and relentless pain: a childhood bout with smallpox eventually led to the amputation of his right leg. As historian Tristram Hunt puts it in this lively, vivid biography, Wedgwood was the Steve Jobs of the eighteenth century: a difficult, brilliant, creative figure whose personal drive and extraordinary gifts changed the way we work and live. Drawing on a rich array of letters, journals, and historical documents, The Radical Potter brings us the story of a singular man, his dazzling contributions to design and innovation, and his remarkable global impact.
Pioneer Studio Pottery
Author: Sarah Riddick
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Bulletin ...
Author: Ohio. Division of Geological Survey
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Fourth Series, Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Fourth Series, Bulletin
Author: Ohio. Division of Geological Survey
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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Engineering Experiment Station Series
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Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112113370347 and Others
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Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Pages : 618
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An Investigation of the Iron Ore Resources of the Northwest
Author: Arthur Homer Fischer
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Category : Cables
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
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Category : Cables
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
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