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Faces in Ceramics: People, Pots and Poems is a visually stimulating and aesthetically pleasing book which consists of original photographs and poems showing one-of-a-kind ceramic faces, pots and masks by two Australian sculptors and one American author/poet/photographer. The book draws together photography, poetry and ceramics and is a celebration of the clay medium in its most beautiful form. Accompanying most of the ceramic pieces is a poem that richly describes the essence of and gives meaning to each of the photographed ceramics.
The photographs in the book lie at the intersection of art, sculpture and poetry. The arts are visual and tactile and are coupled with rich and provocative literary allusions. The photographs are designed to evoke emotions since visual data often bypasses the brain and moves straight to the heart. As this occurs with the book''s images, the poetry is designed to provoke humanistic images which are in many cases historically based on key moments in the characters'' lives. Among the heroic and historic faces are ceramics depicting Joan of Arc, Anne Boleyn, Anne Page, Shakespeare''s Desdemona and Lady Beatrice, Hildegard of Bingen and Jesus of Nazareth.
In addition to heroic figures and prototypical adults, the book covers themes such as love, longing and devotion; mythical figures and quirky faces; family; emotions; the human condition; and faces in other places.

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Publié par	Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
Date de parution	30 septembre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781528913041
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Faces in Ceramics
Kris-Ann Ehrich, Lisa Catherine Ehrich and Fenwick W. English
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-09-30
Faces in Ceramics About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © About the Structure of the Book Introduction From Clay to Faces Section 1 Heroic Figures and Proto-Typical Adults Section 2 Love, Longing and Devotion Section 3 Mythical Figures and Quirky Faces Section 4 Family Section 5 Emotions Section 6 The Human Condition Section 7 Faces in Other Places
About the Author

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Two Australian artists and one American author/poet are the creators of this book.
It is an amalgamation of their talents and their quest for an understanding of the universal human condition through the construction of Faces in Ceramics: People, Pots and Poems .
Kris-Ann Ehrich

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Kris-Ann Ehrich’s fascination with sculpture began in childhood but it was not until 2004 that she commenced studies with a Brisbane-based sculptor, creating mainly ceramic pieces but progressing to casting her work in bronze a couple of years later.
Her portfolio of ceramic and bronze sculptures has, over time, propelled her towards an evolving trajectory exploring figurative, religious and mythical icons. The human condition with its frailties, emotion and vulnerability continues to inspire her.
Since 2011, Kris-Ann has worked as an independent sculptor and has completed several important commissions. One of her most significant commissions was securing the Gallipoli project that saw her design and manufacture life-sized bronze busts of the nine Australian soldiers and one New Zealand soldier who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
Other commissions include Stations of the Cross for a Catholic school chapel; a life-sized portrait of Blessed E.I. Rice, a life-sized portrait of a Brisbane actor; and several portraits for private collectors. Her work has been selected for inclusion in Contemporary Masters Volume VII and Important Artists of the World, Volume 1. Kris-Ann has been invited to exhibit in the United States and Europe.
Lisa Catherine Ehrich

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Lisa Catherine Ehrich is an educational leadership consultant and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Formerly, she served for twenty-four years as an academic at QUT. She has co-authored nine books, over 100 refereed papers, 34 book chapters and presented her research at international and national conferences.
It was during a sabbatical in 2011 that she commenced working with Fenwick English on several research projects that continue to this day. In 2016, Routledge published their first book, Leading Beautifully: Educational Leadership as Connoisseurship. For this book, they interviewed ten artists, one of whom was Kris-Ann Ehrich (Lisa’s sister) and the seeds of their collaboration were sewn.
Since 2013, Lisa has studied ceramics with Kris-Ann. Lisa is delighted that her ceramic pieces are included in this collection alongside her sister’s work, and accompanied by Fenwick’s insightful and emotive words.
Fenwick W. English

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Fenwick W. English is the author and poet/photographer of this book. He is a former school teacher and administrator, and for the past twenty-five years a professor of educational leadership at more than seven US universities. His research on leadership has been conducted in America, Australia and England. He is the author or co-author of more than forty books over a thirty-year time period. He began writing poetry in college for the literary magazine and has continued to write poems on and off since then. He met Lisa Catherine Ehrich in 2011 when she came to study with him in the U.S. Together, they co-authored the book Leading Beautifully: Educational Leadership as Connoisseurship released in 2016. As part of the book, he met and interviewed Kris-Ann Ehrich and began to follow her work as a commissioned artist.
Dedication
Dedicated to the restless spirits of all humans who have come before us and felt the desire to fashion in sculpture the world around them from bone, ivory, clay or stone to appease the gods, celebrate life or death and to offer some sort of gift to control the weather or other natural forces.
Copyright Information ©
Kris-Ann Ehrich, Lisa Catherine Ehrich and Fenwick W. English (2020)
The right of Kris-Ann Ehrich, Lisa Catherine Ehrich and Fenwick W. English to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
This is a poetry book, which is a product of the author’s imagination. It reflects the author’s recollections of experiences over time. Any resemblance to other works of poetry, quotes, slogans, to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
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About the Structure of the Book

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The book is divided into sections comprising common themes such as heroic figures and proto-typical adults, love longing and devotion, mythical figures and quirky faces, family, emotions, the human condition and faces in other places.
Most of the ceramic pots and the faces they embody are accompanied by a poem which is a response to an image conjured up by it. The poems are meant to be a stimulus for each viewer to find his or her own meaning in what is otherwise a multi-layered phenomenon of interpretation.
Art has at least three essential images. The first is from the artist when constructing the object. The second is the object itself by itself. The third is the image from the viewer.
There is no final meaning. The purpose of art is to open up the viewing of what is perceived to multi-possibilities because reality is multi-perspectival and eternally fluid.
Introduction

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The creation of images in objects of art, estimated to have occurred some 25000 years ago, represents a turning point, a bold departure to try and bring into consciousness the meaning of the most important moments of life to provide comfort, create group identity, celebrate beauty, and confront the enigma of mortality.
The clay of the earth has been the first and closest material for human civilisation from which to construct pots, bowls, plates and art objects. Archaeologists know that potshards offer an important insight into the sophistication, wisdom, and daily life of any given community. Of particular importance are the art objects. While bowls and pots offer clues as to the rhythms of routines and sustenance, art objects provide glimpses into the beliefs, values and narratives of the inner life of a people. Art is often representative of how people make sense of the meaning of their existence, what they worship and value, and how they face the two inevitable facts of living: birth and death.
The objects of art of this book are centred on the human face. Scientists know that the human face is one of the most complex organs of the human body. Dozens of muscles with such Latinate names as frontalis, pars medialis, depressor glabeliae, depressor supercilli, corrugator, aculi, incisivil labil, superioris respond to prompts of emotions felt at any particular instance to register the feelings of the moment.
The human face is the only bodily organ that can be observed externally by observers and provide clues as to how a person is feeling. Facial cues provide a multiplicity of signals which can be read. Sadness, anger, fear and happiness are some of the emotions which can be discerned when displayed. They are surprisingly versatile and universal across time and culture as well. In addition to skin colour and bone structure are also the shape of the nose, the position of the eyes and mouth, and the structure of the chin and jaw.
Over time, facial signals involve wrinkles and alterations in skin texture and muscle aging. These signs display chronic sorrow or grief, constant worry and other repetitive reactions and emotions. A person’s life, occupation and circumstances can sometimes be read from these muscular embedded signals. Like a beautiful and well-constructed poem, the human face is multi-message system. It projects messages about temperament, attitudes, mood, character, intelligence, inner intensity and more, all simultaneously. It can be understood on many levels and many dimensions. It also resembles some painting and music in that regard.
Faces show the long