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"The book brings together critical essays about ceramist Edith Heath's life and work, philosophy, and impact on design. Academic-style essays are paired with Heath ephemera from the Environmental Design Archive at UC Berkeley. The book also contains an illustrated historical timeline and product and glaze catalogue of Heath Ceramics."--

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Title
Edith Heath, philosophies
Creator
Volland, Jennifer M., 1970-, editor.
Marino, Chris, 1986-, editor.
Heath, Edith, 1911-2005,, artist.
Variant Title
Philosophies
Published
Berkeley, California, Vancouver, BC, Berkeley Design Books, Information Office, 2020
Full Collection Name
Selections from the Library
Series
Berkeley design books series ; #8
Subject (Person)
Heath, Edith, 1911-2005.
Heath, Edith, 1911-2005.
Subject (Corporate)
Heath Ceramics.
Heath Ceramics.
Subject (Topic)
Pottery, American 20th century.
Art pottery, American 20th century.
Potters United States -- Biography.
Ceramic tableware United States.
Céramique américaine 20e siècle.
Céramique d'art américaine 20e siècle.
Céramistes États-Unis -- Biographies.
Vaisselle de céramique États-Unis.
Type
Text
Format
Biography
Biographies.
Biographies.
Extent
319 pages
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, plans, portraits
Dimensions
25 cm.
Archive
The Library
Contents
Foreword : The Brian and Edith Heath / Heath Ceramics Collection / Chris Marino and Waverly B. Lowell
Preface : Finding meaning in the life and work of Edith Heath / Jennifer M. Volland
Winding back time : Memories of Edith and Brian Heath / Jay Stewart
Edith Heath : Historical timeline / Rosa Novak and Jennifer M. Volland
Pacesetters, place settings, and designing for the homes of today / Julie M. Muñiz
Good design for everyone / Mara Holt Skov
Etiquette in motion : A comparative consideration of Edith Heath's ashtrays and mugs / Ezra Shales
Learning by doing : The education of Edith Heath / Brian Trimble
Use the Earth to save the Earth : Edith Heath's émigré-influenced ideology / Rosa Novak
Edith Heath's Vancouver workshops / Allan Collier
Creative commons : Edith Heath and the International Design Conference in Aspen / Jennifer M. Volland
Crosscurrents in clay : Edith Heath and Leon Galleto's architectural tile / Rosa Novak
From surface to structure : The evolution of Edith Heath's architectural tile / Emily Vigor
Making a place for art : Collaboration between Edith Heath and Robert Royston / JC Miller
California ceramics for a California museum / Drew Heath Johnson
Grandchildren of granite : Edith Heath and the women of land art / Rosa Novak
The world is written in clay / Jennifer M. Volland
Epilogue : Unearthing the Heaths' legacy / Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic
Selected product and dinnerware glaze history / Julie M. Muñiz and Rosa Novak
Contributors' biographies
Index
Image credits and captions.
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