Susan Peterson Ceramics

Susan harnly peterson july 21 1925 mcpherson kansas march 26 2009 scottsdale arizona was an american artist ceramics teacher author and professor.

Susan peterson ceramics. A special feature of this collection is the range of work from china almost unknown outside of this country until now. In 1950 she earned a master of fine arts in ceramics at the new york. Susan harnly peterson ceramic research archives. Susan peterson a ceramics artist educator and writer who revealed the lives and techniques of native american women potters of the southwest to a broader american audience has died.

The program works together with the asu art museum ceramics research center and the asu clay club to promote lectures exhibitions workshops and fundraising events that are open to the community. Contemporary ceramics by susan peterson professor emeritus at hunter college is a survey of recent ceramic art showing the work of over 260 artists each with full color illustrations artist statements and brief biographies. Oct 8 2014 explore aphro platko s board susan peterson on pinterest. By the 1960s ceramics was an outmoded technology in need of a wider audience sorkin writes.

Susan harnly peterson archives ceramics research center asu art museum arizona state university tempe. Peterson dedicated her career to researching writing lecturing and teaching about ceramics. See more ideas about susan pottery american indian pottery. The craft and art of clay by leading ceramics teacher susan peterson is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics packed with step by step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world this completely revised fourth edition contains more than 150 new illustrations and includes.

In 1946 she earned her bachelor s degree at mills college in oakland california. It also contains the susan harnly peterson archive and provides unparalleled opportunities to study and research ceramics. It is not a technique book or a history of ceramics edition. This unprecedented survey of the most outstanding ceramics being created today offers a sweeping close up look at the work of more than 260 artists from more than thirty countries.

An accomplished ceramist peterson cannily understood that reaching a broad public via the 54 episode wheels kilns and clay. In 2002 the susan harnly peterson ceramic research archives at the asu art museum ceramics research center was established. Susan annette harnly was born in mcpherson kansas on july 21 1925.