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Alive: Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist
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Softcover · 8-1/4 x 10-7/8 128 pages · 100 color photos
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Robin Hopper |
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Internationally recognized artist and author Robin
Hopper details survival strategies for developing a personal lifestyle as
a creative artist. The text is a combination of pragmatism, practicality,
and philosophy, liberally spiced with humor and anecdotes from Hopper’s
45 years of personal experience. The book also incorporates the personal
life stories of 19 full-time studio artists. Between them, these artists
have more than 500 years of studio experience in the art of staying alive.
Also includes, from four specialists in the field,
information on legal and financial matters, how to approach magazine
publishers, and tips for photographing work.
 | Details survival strategies for the creative artist
| Personal stories from 19 full-time studio artists
| Provides legal and business advice |
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 | The Potter's Professional Handbook:
A Guide to Defining, Identifying and Establishing Yourself in the Craft
Community
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Paperback - 240 pages (February 1999),
100 B&W photos, 40 color photos
7.25"x9"
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Steven Branfman |
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Thousands
of potters considering moving from potter to profession potter have
hundreds of questions. They need information, coaching, and
instruction on doing pottery from a professional point of view. With
detailed information and step-by-step guidelines for everything from shelf
building to record keeping, aspiring professional potters will find a
treasure trove of practical suggestions and instruction in this new book
from the author of the best-selling Raku: A Practical Approach. This
book offers a comprehensive guide to building a professional life in clay,
including philosophy and lifestyle, business practices, studio space,
marketing, equipment selection. It is presented in a down-to-earth,
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| Sept 1999 Paperback 128 pages 125
photos/illustrations including 100 full color |
| Jeff Zamek |
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| Sept 1999 Paperback 128 pages 125
photos/illustrations including 100 full color |
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 | The
Business of Being an Artist
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| Daniel Grant |
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The third edition of this classic artists’
reference has been thoroughly updated and expanded to cover today’s
pressing issues-creating and marketing art on a personal Web site,
copyright and trademark protection for artists, handling controversy and
censorship, and the latest trends in fundraising and grant writing.
Art world insider Daniel Grant teaches emerging and established
artists the essential information they need to: Get Exhibited; Promote and
sell their art; Work with Art dealers; Expand sales beyond the gallery
market; Pursue a second career, including teaching; Protect their health;
Win grants and commission; Handle criticism and hype |
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Practices, Techniques and Tips
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| 2003, Paperback, 144 pages |
A collection of articles,
suggestions, and Q&A from the Ceramics Monthly archives
published over the past 20+ years. Potters share their knowledge on a full
range of topics including designing a studio, making and using tools and
equipment, photographing work, marketing and sales, kilns and firing.
Woven through the fabric of this book are also the stories of problem
solving, insightful solutions, and the individual stories of challenges
and successes. This is a must-have book for any potter of clay artist
setting a course for pursuing clay beyond the casual past-time.
| A 21st Century Potter by Janet Buskirk
| Finding Your Niche by Brad Sondahl
| Making a Living in the 90s by Ray Bub
| Learning Through Apprenticeship by Alisa Carroll
| The Marketing Dance by Richard Selfridge
| Attention to Detail by Tony and Sheila Clennell
| Red Star Studios by Paula Sibrack Marian
| Selecting and Designing a Studio by Ric Swenson
| A Garden Exhibition by Alice Heystek
| Photographing Ceramics Black & White by Glenn
Rand and William Blanchard
| Photographing Ceramics Color by Glenn Rand
| Photographing Ceramics Revisited by Glenn Rand
| Attaining Merchant Status by Mark E. Battersby
| Pack With Care by Debra Burke
| Writing an Artist’s Statement by Ariane Goodwin
| Is It Covered by Mark E. Battersby
| Questions to Ask a Gallery by Karen Shelly-Genther
| Customers: How to Get Them by Constance Hallinan
Lagan
| Profiting Under the Right Label by Mark E. Battersby
| Going for the Gold by Garth Clark
| Build a $75 Electric Wheel by Jolyon Hofsted |
| A $50 Ball Mill by Onis Cogburn
| Modifying a Cement Mixer for Mixing Clay by Susan
Nykiel and Ray Bub
| A Dry Clay Mixer by Brian VanNostrand
| The $1200 Studio by Lili Krakowski
| The Versatile Extruder by William Shinn
| An Environmentally Safe Spray Booth by Bill Campbell
| A Low Cost Spray Booth by Lawrence Blazey
| A Utilitarian Spray Booth by Carol and Jim Gross
| Bamboo Tools by Mel Malinowski
| The Brush as Art by Pete Helzer
| Glaze Dipping: Tubs and Tongs by Bennett Welsh
| Mining with the Potter in Mind by David Hendley
| The Perfect Clay Body? by Jeff Zamek
| Clay Body Absorption and Shrinkage by Jeff Zamek
| Q&A/Suggestions
| Salt and Refractory Coatings by Mel Jacobson |
| Insulating Existing Kilns by Regis Brodie
| What Size Burners? How Much Gas by Robert D. Schmitz
| The Mysterious Hole by Marc Ward
| A Castable Venturi Burner by W. Lowell Baker
| The Oxygen Probe: A Potter’s Tool by Nils Lou
| Firing with Waste Oil and Water by Ali Sheriff
| Firing with Vegetable Oil by John Britt
| George Wright by Janet Buskirk
| Lessons from a City Kiln by Marc Leuthold
| A Fast-Firing Test Kiln by Rick Childs
| Kazegama by Steve Davis
| A Double-Chambered Kiln by Penelope Fleming
| Building a Modular Kiln by Bob McWilliams
| A Doorless Fiber Kiln by Hank Murrow |
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Mud Pie Dilemna: A Master Potter's Struggle to Make Art and Ends
Meet
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| 2003, second edition hardback, John Nance |
| The universal dream of doing work you love and
earning a living at it forms the heart of this new edition of a book that
has become a favorite of many potters. This fresh account of The Mud-Pie
Dilemma updates by 25 years the classic story of Tom and Elaine Coleman
and their struggles to create a successful, loving marriage and family
while master potter Tom seeks to realize his extraordinary potential as a
ceramic artist. The first edition of this book ended with them achieving
high artistic and critical success, and low financial rewards. This new
edition extends their story from 1977 to 2002, from a farmhouse and studio
in Canby, Oregon, to a house with swimming pool and studio in the desert
outside Las Vegas, Nevada. A new chapter documents how their lives and
work have changed and grown over a quarter-century, and 75 new photographs
show the dazzling results. Tom’s work achieves new heights of artistry
and recognition, and Elaine emerges as a notable artist in her own right.
The Mud-Pie Dilemma also provides inside information about the craft and
art of working in clay–including recipes and tips for 40 of Tom’s
much-praised glazes. |
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