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Turners & Burners
Zug, Charles G., Iii
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Description for Turners & Burners
Paperback. Turners and Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina Num Pages: 473 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: AFPC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1406.
This richly illustrated portrait of North Carolina's pottery traditions tells the story of the generations of ""turners and burners"" whose creations are much admired for their strength and beauty. Perhaps no other state possesses such an active and extensive ceramic heritage, and one that is entirely continuous. This book is an attempt to understand both the past and the present, the now largely vanished world of the folk potter and the continuing achievements of his descendants. It is a tribute that is long overdue. From the middle of the eighteenth century through the second quarter of the twentieth century, folk ... Read more
This richly illustrated portrait of North Carolina's pottery traditions tells the story of the generations of ""turners and burners"" whose creations are much admired for their strength and beauty. Perhaps no other state possesses such an active and extensive ceramic heritage, and one that is entirely continuous. This book is an attempt to understand both the past and the present, the now largely vanished world of the folk potter and the continuing achievements of his descendants. It is a tribute that is long overdue. From the middle of the eighteenth century through the second quarter of the twentieth century, folk ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
473
Condition
New
Number of Pages
473
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807842768
SKU
V9780807842768
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99-15
About Zug, Charles G., Iii
Charles G. (Terry) Zug III is professor emeritus of folklore and English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of Five North Carolina Folk Artists and The Traditional Pottery of North Carolina and coeditor of Arts in Earnest: North Carolina Floklife.
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