Talking With the Turners
Subtitle: Conversations With Southern Folk Potters
Contributors: William R. Ferris (Foreword); Charles R. MacK (Editor); Lynn Robertson (Introduction)
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: January 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781570036002
Subjects: Ceramics; History of specific subjects; c 1980 to c 1990; Folk & Outsider Art; Art; United States - State & Local - South; Art & Art Instruction; Potters; Central Southern states; Folk artists; American - General; Southern States; Folkcrafts; Interviews; Pottery, American
First sentence: At one of my very first stops in the summer of 1981, at Byron, Georgia, just south of Macón, Cleater Meaders reminded me that potters don't really "throw" pots, they "turn" them.
Table of contents: title: Commentary on the turning tradition; title: Biographical sketches of those interviewed; title: The turners talk: excerpts from the 1981 interviews.; title: On being a potter; title: Family origins and family ties; title: Growing up and being trained; title: Recollections of changes and transitions; title: Into the business; title: The distaff side; title: From clay pit to pot shop; title: When they turned; title: How they turned; title: What they turned; title: Innovations in technique and style; title: Glazing; title: The potter's kiln; title: Kiln burning; title: Marketing matters; title: Turner tales; title: What the future holds; title: Epilogue: A generation later; title: Appendix: Terms and techniques