Masters: Collage arrives as both a manifesto and a museum in miniature: a compact, image-forward anthology that insists collage is not merely a technique but a living vocabulary. Where many art manuals dutifully catalogue materials and recipes, this volume privileges the collision — of image fragments, cultural histories, and the private logic that governs creative … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Masters: Collage by Lark Press
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Masters: Porcelain: Major Works by Leading Ceramists by Lark Press
Porcelain is the element of modern ceramics that most insistently asks to be read: thin as a page, luminous as lamp-glass, it carries with it histories of trade, empire, ritual and domestic intimacy. Masters: Porcelain is, at its best, a sustained act of close-looking — not a how-to manual but a catalogue raisonné of presence. … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Masters: Porcelain: Major Works by Leading Ceramists by Lark Press
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 400 Polymer Clay Designs: A Collection of Dynamic & Colourful Work by Lark Press
At first glance this is a book that does exactly what its title promises: it assembles—visually, insistently—four hundred discrete answers to a single set of questions about colour, form and surface. But read as a sculptural essay rather than merely a compendium, 400 Polymer Clay Designs offers a fuller argument about what a low-cost, thermoplastic … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 400 Polymer Clay Designs: A Collection of Dynamic & Colourful Work by Lark Press
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques by Lark Press
The Penland Book of Ceramics is less a manual than a curated conversation: a communal atlas of gesture, material, and the apprentice's slow apprenticeship into the logic of clay. Brought together under the auspices of a school whose name has become shorthand for intensive craft pedagogy, this volume reads like a series of masterclasses transcribed … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques by Lark Press
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Designs by Ray Hemachandra
500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Designs, edited by Ray Hemachandra, offers both the aficionado and the casual reader a panoramic survey of seating as a sculptural, functional, and cultural artefact. Structured into thematic chapters—ranging from “Frameworks of Form” to “Innovations in Materiality”—the volume showcases five centuries of chair design, from the humble Windsor to … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Chairs: Celebrating Traditional & Innovative Designs by Ray Hemachandra
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Cabinets: A Showcase of Design & Craftsmanship, edited Ray Hemachandra
In 500 Cabinets: A Showcase of Design & Craftsmanship, editor Ray Hemachandra orchestrates an exquisite symphony of form, function, and fantasy, offering a sumptuous visual anthology that redefines the cabinet not merely as a utilitarian object but as a philosophical and artistic proposition. Published as part of Lark Books’ renowned “500 Series,” this volume succeeds not … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Cabinets: A Showcase of Design & Craftsmanship, edited Ray Hemachandra
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Framework Techniques, Edited by Ray Hemachandra
The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Framework Techniques by Ray Hemachandra is a magisterial contribution to contemporary glass artistry, offering both a panoramic survey of framework methods and an intimate glimpse into the creative processes of some of today’s most innovative practitioners. Hemachandra, himself a seasoned educator at the storied Penland School of Crafts, … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Framework Techniques, Edited by Ray Hemachandra
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form by Ray Hemachandra
Ray Hemachandra’s 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form situates the humble vase at the intersection of functional craft and high art. By juxtaposing a broad array of contemporary practitioners—from established maestros to emerging voices—Hemachandra underscores the vase’s enduring capacity to inspire innovation. As a reference work, it collects photographic documentation of five hundred distinct forms … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form by Ray Hemachandra
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation by Katherine Duncan Aimone
Katherine Duncan Aimone's 500 Wood Bowls is more than just a catalog of extraordinary craftsmanship; it is a visual and conceptual journey into the intersection of utility, art, and nature. The book, curated with a meticulous eye for detail, presents a gallery of wooden vessels that challenge the boundaries of form and function, while simultaneously honoring the … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – 500 Wood Bowls: Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation by Katherine Duncan Aimone
The New Renaissance Mindset 