Looking in the opposite direction: the West's response to Japanese crafts

de Waal, E. 2007. Looking in the opposite direction: the West's response to Japanese crafts. Ceramic Review. 225, pp. 40-43.

TitleLooking in the opposite direction: the West's response to Japanese crafts
Authorsde Waal, E.
Abstract

This essay comes out of research into the history of aesthetic responses to Jaopanese ceramics. It attempts to understand the placve of 'creative misreading' in relation to the alternate aestheic epitomised by gestural firing in Japanese ceramics.

JournalCeramic Review
Journal citation225, pp. 40-43
ISSN0144-1825
YearMay 2007
PublisherCeramic Review Publishing Ltd.
Web address (URL)http://www.ceramicreview.com/issue_details.asp?p_issue=225
Publication dates
PublishedMay 2007

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