My Lists
Featured Lists
Body of Clay, Soul of Fire
Richard Bresnahan and the Saint John's Pottery
By Welch, Matthew & Williams, Gerry & Bresnahan, Richard
- ISBN
- 978-1-89043-446-5
- Publisher
- Afton Historical Society Press
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2002
The work produced by prominent North Dakota-born potter Bresnahan is an expressive and original synthesis of centuries-old craft and a truly modern aesthetic. Apprenticed to Nakazato Takashi, an innovative 13th-generation Karatsu-style potter, Bresnahan discovered much about the intersection of pottery and other traditional art forms (e.g., the tea ceremony), which is evident in his work. Welch (curator of Japanese and Korean art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts) illustrates the potter's compelling story with a mixtu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
