Playing with Clay


This course introduces students to contemporary ceramic practices in India and abroad.
We look at developments in functional and utilitarian ceramics and also sculptural works.
Students propose the work that they would like to undertake and are encouraged to play with clay.
The course would also seek to critically understand how traditional and studio potters and ceramic artists, interpret "play".

Videos
Gurcharan Singh, Delhi Blue Pottery
Ceramics Fest Delhi '24: Delhi Blue Pottery Trust
Wabi-Sabi and Swadeshi - Annapurna Garimella
Golden Bridge: Deborah Smith, Ray Meeker, GBP Pondicherry
Jaipur Blue Pottery
Lee Kang-hyo 'Onggi Master'
Korean Master Potter
Bizen - Kazuya Ishida
Peter Volkous
Moved by Beauty: Works by Lucie Rie
Hans Coper
Edmund De Waal, Cambridge Union
Edmund De Waal, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

Catalogues
Contemporary Ceramics
References
Shafer Thomas, Pottery Decoration, Watson-Guptil, 1976
Jones Jeffery, Studio Pottery in Britain 1900 - 2005, A&C Black, 2007
Singh Gurucharan, Pottery in India, Vikas Publication, 1979
Harvey David, Imaginative Pottery, Pitman Publication, 1976
Audrey Blackman, Rolled Pottery Figures, Pitman Publication, 1978
Livingstone Andrew, Petrie Kevin (Eds), Ceramics Reader, Bloomsbury, 2017
Velar Ramu, Geetha V., A Potter's Tale, Tara Books, 2021
Clark Garth, Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878 - 1978, E.P. Dutton, 1979
Clark Garth (Ed), An Anthology of Writing on Modern Ceramic Art, E.P. Dutton, 1978
Miller Roy Andrew, Japanese Ceramics, Toto Shuppan, 1960
Sullivan Michael, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of Sir Allan and Lady Barlow, Faber & Faber, 1963
Wills Geoffery, Wedgewood, Pyramid Books, 1989
Kenny John B,. Ceramic Design, Chilton Books, 1963
Sotsass Ettore, Ceramics, Chronicle Books, 1995
Nagumo Ryu, Creative Ceramics, Japan Pub., 1974
Taylor Luisia, Ceramics Bible, Chronicle Books, 2011
Whiting David, Modern British Potters and their Studios, A7C Black, 2009
Phethean Richard, Throwing, A&C Black, 2012

Journals
MRIN: ICAF Journal, Volumes 1-4