Art Consulting Scandinavia:Applied Arts/Design/Crafts

WEIL, SUSAN: ILLUMINATIONS. Bookworks of Susan Weil

Author: van Holten, Ragnar, ed.; Olle Granath, Susan Weil, text
Country: Sweden
Language: English/ Swedish
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 61
Illustrations: 6 Color Illustrations. 31 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9171005471
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 3792

Price: $29.50

The tradition of fine book craftmanship and the opportunities for departure from these traditions have been an important source of inspiration for this artist. Focusing on one-of-a kind or limited edition art books, Weil’s use of defined formats and unexpected juxtapositions of materials provide the poetry in her work with a combination of intimacy and focus. The strength of her metaphors stems from the meeting between personal everyday experiences and a close study of the great classics of literature. Each form for a book she creates pays homage to the author, whether it be Joyce, Rumi, or Sophocles. This catalog contains beautiful illustrations of her innovative and varied work, each of which is accompanied by an explanation written by the artist herself.

WESTERN EUROPEAN PORCELAIN. Collection Vera Saarela-The National Museum of Finland

Author: Heikki Hyvönen
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English
Year Published: 1989
No. of pages: 141
Illustrations: 13 Color Illustrations. 110 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”sq
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9519526706
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 2401

Price: $29.50

Especially useful to the collector of European porcelain, this catalogue lists the items of the Vera Saarela collection in Finland including a complete index of artists. Containing mainly porcelain, but some earthenware from seventeen European factories dating from about 1735 to the late nineteenth century, including Meissen, Bloch, Viennese porcelain, Doccia, Höchst, Damm, Wedgewood, Sevres and much more. Each piece is comprehensively described with size, mark and every detail imaginable for the collector.

Wiener, Ed: JEWELRY BY ED WIENER.

Author: Brown, Milton W, Brown, Blanche R., Wiener, Ed
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1988
No. of pages: 72
Illustrations: 26 Color Illustrations. 91 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 7188

Price: $49.50

Ed Wiener began making jewelry after World War II and, working from studios/shops in Provincetown and New York, established a reputation for creating inventive pieces which reflected trends in modern art. This catalogue was published to accompany a retrospective exhibiton at Fifty/50 Gallery in 1989, and is divided into eleven sections documenting the course of Wiener’s career, from his early silver pieces to his later work with gold and gemstones. Each section begins with commentary by Ed Wiener, and introductory essays by art historians Dr. Milton W. Brown and Dr. Blanche R. Brown shed further light on Wiener’s contribution to twentieth-century studio jewelry design. The catalogue is profusely illustrated with photographs of 117 pieces, spanning the period from 1946 to the year of the exhibition, each accompanied by information on materials, the date of design and dimensions.

Wildenhain, Frans 1950 - 75 CREATIVE AND COMMERCIAL AMERICAN CERAMICS AT MID-CENTURY.

Author: Austin, Bruce A.
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2012
No. of pages: 245
Illustrations: 150 Color Illustrations. 25 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Size: 10”x 9”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9780615645278
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 7207

Price: $29.50

Steeped in modernist ceramic aesthetics, Frans Wildenhain studied under Gerhard Marcks and Max Krehan at the Bauhaus pottery workshop in Dornburg, Germany. There, Wildenhain met another potter, Marguerite Friedlaender, his future wife. Following World War II, Wildenhain emigrated to the U.S. Earning prizes for his art at the 1939 International Exposition in Paris and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, Wildenhain also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958, became a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and his work is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Everson Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.This book features archival images as well as more than 150 rich, color photographs of the ceramics exhibited in 2012 at the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. Six chapters offer contributions to scholarship on the artist, mid-century studio pottery and modern design, monetizing and commercial acceptance of mid-century handcrafted art at an innovative artists' cooperative, university education at the School for American Craftsmen, and an interview with collector Robert Johnson who donated his Wildenhain collection to RIT. The book is an essential document of the exhibition and an excellent reference for those interested in ceramics, crafts, mid-century design and art entrepreneurship.

WILDENHAIN, MARGUERITE - BAUHAUS TO POND FARM.

Author: Cloutier, Dane Steven
Country: California
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 48
Illustrations: 32 Color Illustrations. 1 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Bio.
Code: 7191

Price: $49.50

Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work, with biographical notes from the exhibition’s curator. Marguerite Wildenhain was a master potter of mostly functional pieces made in stoneware with earthy reduction glazes. Selected Works from the Forrest L. Merril Collection.