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Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus: An Eyewitness Anthology$80 (compare to Amazon at $160)
[Hardcover] 11 x 8.5 in. 776 pages. 837 illustrations
Book out of print.
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About the Book
More than ten years in the making, this exhaustive collection of essays, memoirs, interviews, diary excerpts, art works, and archival photographs was published in 2007. The first detailed account of the life of French-born American potter Marguerite Wildenhain (1896-1985) is still available in the Northern Clay Center's Sales Gallery. The anthology places Wildenhain in the context of a ceramic tradition that began in Germany in 1919 at the Bauhaus, the most famous art school in history. Conceived and compiled by Dean and Geraldine Schwarz (founders of South Bear Pottery School), this vivid and compelling account illuminates not only of the life and work of an extraordinary artist and teacher, but also of the historical roots of the European concept of Handwerk; the role of pottery at the early Bauhaus; the establishment of Pond Farm by the Herr family; and the continuing, prospering legacy of the Bauhaus pottery tradition in such diverse places as (in Germany) Dornburg and Halle, and (in the US) Decorah, Iowa (South Bear), Fairbanks, Alaska (North Bear), and Spring Green, Wisconsin (Adamah).
About the Author
Dean Schwarz is a potter, painter, teacher, writer and editor who lives and works at South Bear School and Pottery in rural Decorah, Iowa. He was a student and teaching associate of Marguerite Wildenhain. Geraldine Schwarz is a writer and editor who teaches minority literature at the North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa. The book was designed by Roy R. Behrens, author of False Colors: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage, a writer and design professor at the University of Northern Iowa, who was also a student at Pond Farm.Books available for purchase at NCC
SELECT TITLES ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE. SHOP ALL TITLES, OR CLICK TITLE LINKS BELOW FOR INDIVIDUAL BOOKS.| Title | Author/Editor | ||
| 10,000 Years of Pottery | Emmanuel Cooper | ||
| 500 Animals in Clay | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Bowls | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Ceramic Sculptures | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Cups | Suzanne Toutillott |  |
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| 500 Figures in Clay | Veronika Gunter | ||
| 500 Pitchers | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Plates and Chargers | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Raku | Ray Hemachandra | ||
| 500 Teapots | Suzanne Tourtillott |  |
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| 500 Tiles | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| 500 Vases | Ray Hemachandra and Julia Galloway | ||
| A Ceramic Continuum: 50 Years of the Archie Bray Influence |
Peter Held | ||
| A Chosen Path: The Ceramic Art of Karen Karnes |
Mark Shapiro | ||
| A Potter's Workbook | Clary Illian |
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| Alternative Kilns | Ian Gregory | ||
| Celadon Blues | Robert Tichane | ||
| Ceramics | Philip Rawson | ||
| Ceramic Figures | Michael Flynn | ||
| Ceramic Formulas: The Complete Compendium |
John W. Conrad | ||
| Ceramic Millennium | Garth Clark |  |
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| Ceramics for Beginners: Animals & Figures | Susan Halls | ||
| Ceramics for Beginners: Handbuilding | Shay Amber | ||
| Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing | Emily Reason | ||
| Ceramics for Gardens and Landscapes | Karin Hessenberg | ||
| Ceramics and the Human Figure |
Edith Garcia | ||
| China Paint and Overglaze | Paul Lewing | ||
| Coiling (Ceramics Handbooks) | Michael Hardy |  |
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| Complete Ceramics | Collins & Brown | ||
| Contemporary Porcelain | Peter Lane | ||
| Copper Red Glazes | Robert Tichane | ||
| Crystalline Glazes (Ceramics Handbooks) | Diane Greber | ||
| Danish Ceramics |
Boymans-van Beuningen Museum |  |
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| Dry Glazes (Ceramics Handbooks) | Jeremy Jernegan | ||
| Earth Transformed | Wu Tung | ||
| Force of Nature | Randy Johnston | ||
| Glazes Cone 6 (Ceramics Handbooks) | Michael Bailey | ||
| Glazes From Natural Sources | Brian Sutherland | ||
| Gilded Vessel: Beatrice Wood | Garth Clark | ||
| Image Transfer on Clay | Paul Wandless | ||
| Jun Kaneko | Susan Peterson | ||
| Lucie Rie: Modernist Potter |
Emmanuel Cooper |
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| Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey |
Marilyn Karmason with Joan Stacke | ||
| Makers: A History of American Studio Craft |
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf | ||
| Making and Installing Handmade Tiles | Angelica Pozo | ||
| Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus | Dean and Geraldine Schwarz | ||
| Masters: Earthenware | Ray Hemachandra |  |
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| Masters: Porcelain | Suzanne Tourtillott | ||
| Michael Simon Evolution | Susan Stokes Roberts | ||
| My Life with Clay | Don Reitz | ||
| On Design | Eva Zeisel | ||
| Postmodern Ceramics | Mark Del Vecchio | ||
| Raku: A Practical Approach | Steven Branfman | ||
| Resist and Masking Techniques | Peter Beard | ||
| Robert Turner: Shaping Silence—A Life in Clay |
Marsha Miro and Tony Hepburn | ||
| Slipware: Contemporary Approaches | Victoria and Michael Eden | ||
| Soda Glazing | Ruthanne Tudball | ||
| Surface Design for Ceramics | Maureen Mills | ||
| The Art of Toshiko Takaezu | Peter Held | ||
| The Ceramic Glaze Handbook | Mark Burleson | ||
| The Ceramic Narrative | Matthias Ostermann | ||
| The Ceramic Spectrum | Robin Hopper | ||
| The Ceramics Bible | Louisa Taylor | ||
| The Complete Guide to High Fire Glazes | John Britt | ||
| The Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting |
Andrew Martin | ||
| The Great Clay Adventure | Ellen Kong | ||
| The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz | Walter Parks | ||
| The Pot Book | Edmond deWaal | ||
| The Studio Protector | Craft Emergency Relief Fund and Artists' Emergency Resources | ||
| Ting-Ju Shao | Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum | ||
| Warren MacKenzie: American Potter | David Lewis | ||
| Winged Manor | Cheryl Tall | ||
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