Ceramics Books and Magazines

International Publications about Ceramic Research, Industry, Products, and Art

Location: Home » Ceramics Books » Pottery & Ceramics » Pueblo And Navajo Contemporary Pottery: And Directory of Artists (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Main Categories

•	Ceramics Books
•	Ceramics Magazines

Popular Topics

Ceramics

Ceramic Kilns

Ceramics Pottery

Ceramics Clay

Fiber Glass

Paint Ceramics

Bisque Ceramics

Ceramics Hopper

Heat Ceramics

Ceramics Essential Guide

Industrial Ceramics

Carbo Ceramics

Advanced Ceramics

Antique Ceramics

Ceramics Supply

Ceramics Art

Contemporary Ceramics

Architectural Ceramics

Picasso Ceramics

Ceramic Tiles

Ceramic Raw Materials

Ceramic Fiber

Duncan Ceramics

Electric Kiln Ceramics

Wheel Thrown Ceramics

Popular Ceramics Books

Handbook of Ceramics Grinding and Polishing

Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics

Dictionary of Enamelling

Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery

Dictionary of Glass Making in 3 languages

The Kiln Book

The Big Book of Ceramics

New Dictionary of Marks: Pottery &Porcelain 1850 to Present

The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques

The Encyclopedia of Art Techniques

") winpops.document.close(); } //-->

Pueblo And Navajo Contemporary Pottery: And Directory of Artists (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

enlarge

Authors: Guy Berger, Nancy Schiffer
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$29.95~~
Buy New: $22.76
You Save: $7.19 (24%)

Avg. Customer Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 496835

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Rev Exp
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5

ISBN: 0764318969
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.308997
EAN: 9780764318962

Publication Date: August 30, 2000
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Customer Reviews:

Showing reviews 1-1 of 1

DON'T BOTHER June 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Although this book is filled with clear color photos, it is not worth buying. It claims to be about Pueblo and Navajo Pottery and "for collectors" but it only covers three pueblos in any kind of depth. The section on Acoma pueblo is one of the largest, but it has far too many examples of greenware (pre-made pots painted by the artist) and other low-end pieces to be taken seriously. The same is true for the smaller section on Navajo pottery--not even a mention of Alice Cling, Samuel Manymules or Harrison Begay to name a few. The section on Santa Clara is the best, and has the broadest selection, however San Ildefonso (home of Maria Martinez and family and many of the greatest contemporary potters) gets less than two pages. Several other pueblos--Santa Ana, San Felipe, Pojoaque and Sandia--only merit one pot each, while Taos, Nambe, Picuris, Isleta and Cochiti don't even get a mention. Cochiti even gets completely short-changed in the excessively long chapter on Storytellers--with no mention or credit to their inventor, Helen Cordero, from Cochiti.

I also wonder a bit at some of the "current retail prices" listed for most of the pieces shown. Granted, this book came out in 2004, but a half hour spent surfing the websites of any number of reputable dealers showed many of these prices to either be considerably too high or too low.

You would do infinitely better buying Allan Hayes and John Blom's "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni" for a few dollars less, getting an equally illustrated and far more complete and better written guide. Or save your money for one of Gregory Schaaf's artist directories, which again, are equally illustrated and infinitely more complete. In regards to the aforementioned excessively long section on Storytellers, read either Mark Bahti, Barbara A. Babcock or Nancy Howard.

This book might serve the purpose of a tourist going to New Mexico for the first time, wanting to familiarize themselves with some low-end pottery, but any collector, even a beginner, doesn't need to waste their time or money on this one.

Copyright by CeramicsBookshop.com Cart powered by Amazon.com
All logos and trademarks on this site are property of their respective owners.
Industrial Ceramics and Pottery : Ceramics Books and Magazines