From Mud to Jug The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia

Name: From Mud to Jug The Folk Potters and Pottery of Northeast Georgia
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ISBN: 9780820333250

ISBN-10: 0820333255

ISBN-13: 9780820333250

Edition: 2010

Authors: John Burrison, Henry Glassie

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John Michael Vlach calledBrothers in Clay"not only the best study of American stoneware pottery now available but also a fine model for the presentation and analysis of hand-based technologies." The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss noted, "Mr. Burrison has brought to this undertaking a sensitivity, a finesse, and a flair for description and analysis that entitle the book to a place among the classics of this type." From Mud to Jug-both a companion and sequel toBrothers in Clay-deepens and enriches Burrisonrs"s earlier study by focusing on the northeast corner of Georgia, which has maintained a continuous tradition of pottery making since the early nineteenth century. Through interviews, a…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 3/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



A Foreword in Celebration



Preface


Acknowledgments



Folk Pottery: A Handed-on Tradition



Clay County: Northeast Georgia



From Near and Far: Roots of the Tradition



Clay Cans: Two Pottery Dynasties



From Mud to Jug: The Production Process



Staying Alive: Original Uses of Folk Pottery



Changing Times: Threats to Functional Folk Pottery



New Markets: Keeping Their Hand in Clay



A Home for North Georgia Folk Pottery



The Living Tradition: North Georgia Folk Pottery Today


Notes


Books on Southern Folk Pottery


Index of Potters