The Teabowl
East and West
$75.99
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2017
Summary
A complete history of the tea ceremony and teabowls with beautiful pieces from international potters.
The teabowl has become an iconic form in contemporary ceramics. Having travelled from Japan, where it was an inherent part of chanoyu, or tea ceremony, it has evolved and adapted to become something very different in the West.
Revered for its associations of its past and its connotations of sophistication and simplicity, the teabowl enjoys an elevated…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472585608 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472585607 |
| Author: | Bonnie Kemske |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Herbert Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 900g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 226mm x 282mm |
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Critics Review
Bonnie Kemske has crafted a compelling and deeply personal meditation on the power of the teabowl in Japan and in the world of ceramics today. This volume is beautifully illustrated and attentive to an array of historic and contemporary teabowls. * Morgan Pitelka, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and author of Handmade Culture (2005) and Spectacular Accumulation (2015) *
Bonnie Kemske
Bonnie Kemske is a professional writer and critic, as well as a ceramic artist with a PhD from the Royal College of Art, UK. She was editor of Ceramic Review from 2010 to 2013, and has contributed articles to many international magazines such as Ceramics: Art & Perception and New Ceramics. In 2013 she curated an exhibition of teabowls at the Embassy of Japan in London. She is the author of Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend.
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