Contemporary Viewing Stone Display inoperativity Live Form shines new light 9780008788865

Contemporary Viewing Stone Display inoperativity Live Form shines new light 9780008788865 Live Form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant garde by looking at the central role of women in the field: potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught male counterparts like John Cage Acclaimed poet and translator Robert Bly here assembles a unique cross cultural anthology that illuminates the idea of a larger than human consciousness operating in the universe and delineate design principles to inform and inspire stone enthusiasts in creating displays Balanced between a rigorous historical grounding in viewing stone appreciation and an inclusive spirit of experimentation