Reading Materials

Textbooks:

(1) “Postmodern Ceramics”, author Mark DelVecchio, Thames and Hudson, New York, NY, 2001, ISBN:0-500-23787-5, Optional. On reserve in Fine Arts and Architecture Library. Reading required for first project: Chapter 5 – Organic Abstraction

(2) "The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists”, Suzanne Tourtillott editor, Lark Books, available at the bookstore. Required. (On reserve at the Fine Arts and Architecture Library.)

(3) "Hands in Clay", Charlotte Speight will be used for technical readings. Required. (is available at the bookstore and on reserve at the Fine Arts and Architecture Library. Specific readings will be required for some projects to aid you with concept development.)

(4) “Plaster Mold and Model Making”, Chaney and Skee (will be used for mold making this semester and next semester. It is suggested that you purchase this technical reference so that you will have it for all mold making projects for Art 3764C and Art 3768C. It is available as a used book on-line and on reserve at the Fine Arts and Architecture Library.)

Other references specific to this course:
“The Ceramic Narrative”, author Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black Publishers Ltd., London, 2006
(A good image and conceptual resource)
“Fingerprints of the Artist: European Terra-Cotta Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections", Harvard U. Press, 1981. ISBN 0-674-30202-8 (A good resource which pictures historical examples of ceramic figure sculpture)

"From the Sculptor's Hand: Italian Terracottas From the State Hermitage Museum", (Art Institute of Chicago) University of Washington Press, 1998. (A good resource which pictures historical examples of ceramic figure sculpture)

“The Sculptural Idea”, author James J. Kelly, Burgess Publishing company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Second Edition,, 1974, SBN: 8087-1112-1.(An overview of modern sculptural ideas and considerations including describing form types and materials usage. I have this book in my office. It is part of my personal library.)

“Ceramic Sculpture: Parameters and Contemporary Issues”: (Course packet used in my sculpture classes in the past to offer readings about artists presented in image lectures. Avaialble at Target Copy upon request – not required.)