{"title":"Mark Hewitt","description":"Mark Hewitt, a British potter who lives and works in Pittsboro, North Carolina, is the author of numerous articles about potters and pottery. His own work has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, and other publications. Nancy Sweezy, potter and former director of Jugtown Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina, is the author of Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition.","products":[{"product_id":"the-potters-eye-art-and-tradition-in-north-carolina-pottery-hardcover","title":"The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassic North Carolina stoneware pots -- with their rich textures, monochromatic glazes, and minimal decoration -- belong to one of America's most revered stoneware pottery traditions. In a lavishly illustrated celebration of that tradition, Mark Hewitt and Nancy Sweezy trace the history of North Carolina pottery from the nineteenth century to the present day. They demonstrate the intriguing historic and aesthetic relationships that link pots produced in North Carolina to pottery traditions in Europe and Asia, in New England, and in the neighboring state of South Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith hundreds of color photographs highlighting the shapes and surfaces of carefully selected pots, \u003ci\u003eThe Potter's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e honors the keen focus vernacular potters bring to their materials, tools, techniques, and history. It is an evocative guide for anyone interested in the art of North Carolina pottery and the aesthetic majesty of this resilient and long-standing tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of the way traditional North Carolina potters look at shape, color, and decoration, this volume honors the keen focus that these potters bring to their materials, tools, techniques, and history. It examines the genesis of NC's stoneware pottery tradition, traces its evolution in the nineteenth century, and looks at its ongoing expression by contemporary artists. Includes interviews with six contemorary NC potters as well as hundreds of breathtaking color photographs that pay close attention to the shapes and surfaces of pots.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50123051532511,"sku":"9780807829929","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kHJEkQ8jR29780807829929.webp?v=1781680462"},{"product_id":"gustav-stickleys-craftsman-farms-the-quest-for-an-arts-and-crafts-utopia-hardcover","title":"Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms: The Quest for an Arts and Crafts Utopia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1911 to 1917 Craftsman Farms--now a major museum--was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the rich and sometimes contradictory ideas that informed not only Stickley but many of the artists and literary figures of the progressive era in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year 1900 was the fulcrum in a long arc of utopian ideals dating back to Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and William Morris in England, a movement which would eventually lead up to the art communes of the Guild of Handicraft, Woodstock, and the MacDowell colony. Craftsman Farms was at the center of a large group of American experiments in \"living the artistic life.\" With this book, Mark Alan Hewitt provides a foil for a critical examination of the theories that guided many architects, artists, and craft artisans at the turn of the last century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with specially commissioned photographs as well as many archival photographs from the Winterthur Museum and Library, this book provides both a visual and historical record of Stickley's life and work during his most fertile creative period.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50123210064095,"sku":"9780815606895","price":43.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DXc9rLn-419780815606895.webp?v=1781687956"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/mark-hewitt.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}