Color - Vol. 35 No. 1 | Studio Potter

December 2006

Color - Vol. 35 No. 1

The Language of Color: articles by Rebecca Harvey, Molly Hennen Huber, Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, Gary VanWyk, Lisa Orr, Steve Roberts, Ben Waterman and Chuck Hindes, Amanda Jaffe, Sandi Pierantozzi, Gary Erickson, Louise Allison Cort, Josh DeWeese, Craig Stockwell, Linda Arbuckle, Betty Woodman, Sarah Jaeger, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Rob Sutherland, Jon Singer, Eva Kwong, Kirk Mangus, Meredith Brickell, Kathryn Finnerty, Jack Troy, and Owen Rye. (Print version is sold out.)

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Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain

By Louise Allison Cort

Color in Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Chinese imperial porcelain is a result of complex interactions among the requirements of ritual, the aspirations of taste, and the possibilities of technology.

Blue

By Betty Woodman

As soon as I pick up a brush and paint with some form of cobalt on a piece, I am putting it into the context of ceramic history, from China to Persia to Holland, Portugal, and Italy.

Color in Counterpoint

By Deborah Schwarzkopf

To develop depth of surface, emphasize where a pot might be touched, and highlight hidden or intimate places, I contrast strong shiny glazes against mottled neutrals, so that bright details reach out from a receding background.

Celadon

By Eva Kwong

Celadon is what drew me to ceramics. It is both subtle and deep, a color that defies easy description. It moves with you and seems to change slightly according to the light, the time of day, and where you stand.

Delivering Color

By Jack Troy

Every potter's Christmas stocking should at some point contain a Coddington magnifier, for the same reason that bird-watchers use binoculars: until we see ceramic surfaces or migrating hawks through magnification, we can't imagine how much we're missing

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