Make It in Clay: A Beginner’s Guide to Ceramics reads less like a glossy craft manual than like an apprenticeship compressed into a book. First published in 1997 and revised in 2001, it appears as a spiral-bound, 224-page guide by Charlotte F. Speight and John Toki, aimed at a “simple, beginning studio situation.” That phrase … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Make It in Clay – A Beginner’s Guide to Ceramics by Charlotte Speight & John Toki
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Easy Concrete: 43 DIY Projects for Home & Garden by Malena Skote
Malena Skote’s Easy Concrete: 43 DIY Projects for Home & Garden is a surprisingly graceful book for a material so often associated with heaviness. Published in 2010 and circulated in English-language editions under both Lark Books and New Holland, it presents concrete not as brute substance but as a medium for domestic invention. Library and … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Easy Concrete: 43 DIY Projects for Home & Garden by Malena Skote
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture More by Sherri Warner Hunter
Sherri Warner Hunter’s Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden invites readers into a world where the utilitarian meets the poetic, transforming raw cement into vessels of whimsy and wonder. Hunter, a seasoned artisan and educator, structures the book as both a technical manual and a meditation on the sculptural possibilities of a humble medium. At once precise … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture More by Sherri Warner Hunter
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures by Susan Halls
Susan Halls’s Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures positions itself at the intersection of pedagogical clarity and sculptural imagination. Aimed squarely at novices, this volume nevertheless aspires—even at the introductory level—to cultivate both technical facility and aesthetic sensibility in its readers. As a literary scholar might probe a text for subtext, narrative arc, and ideological underpinnings, so … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures by Susan Halls
The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory
Ian Gregory’s Sculptural Ceramics emerges as a pivotal text within contemporary ceramic discourse, deftly bridging the divide between traditional craft and avant-garde sculptural practice. As both an artist and educator, Gregory crafts a compelling narrative that situates ceramics not merely as functional or decorative vessels, but as an expressive medium capable of engaging with complex conceptual frameworks … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Gregory
Weekend Book Reviews: Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More by Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson
Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson's Concrete Garden Projects offers a fresh and surprisingly artistic approach to DIY gardening and outdoor design, elevating concrete from its utilitarian associations to a medium of creative expression. In a world where sustainability and self-reliance are ever more valued, this book captures the zeitgeist of modern gardening by merging practicality with the … Continue reading Weekend Book Reviews: Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More by Camilla Arvidsson and Malin Nilsson
Sun-bleached Details – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Another multiple stacking structure... the initial stack placed on the plateau of. a larger boulder (the whole base is out of frame)... it started with three big stones and I wasn't sure what to add next, so I wandered about the beach until finding a few other stones I could balance on top... I especially … Continue reading Sun-bleached Details – Precarious Stones Rock Art
On The Shoulders of Giants – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Ok, so maybe this title is a little obvious, but what can you do when you find a perfect giant boulder, but build upon it? The boulder has to have a good five to six foot diameter... the small stones on top are balancing on the point of the boulder. I didn't think I could … Continue reading On The Shoulders of Giants – Precarious Stones Rock Art
Of All The People – Precarious Stones Rock Art
To be honest, I really don't remember why I chose this title. Perhaps it reminded me of someone I thought it could be very unlikely, but welcome to meet while making these sculptures... I've meditated on it and feel it was a response to where I placed the sculpture in the composition... off to my … Continue reading Of All The People – Precarious Stones Rock Art
General Curiosities – Precarious Stones Rock Art
The warm sunny day I kayaked out to the little island in Riviere-des-Prairies, I discovered that many people do the. same. I was uncertain that any sculpture I build would remain untouched, especially after a young family stopped by to see what. I was doing and told me they'd visit to take a. closer look … Continue reading General Curiosities – Precarious Stones Rock Art
The New Renaissance Mindset 