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With clarity and a simple lifestyle as inspiration, Michael Simon creates pottery that claims a singular position within our modern culture. In 1980, after ten years of potting, Simon felt the need to keep a record of the development of his work. Before any sorting, he began to save one pot from each kiln load. The pots he chose were not always the best but often were an example of a desired form achieved, a new motif realized, or an expression brought to comprehension. This beautiful book is edited and art directed by Susan Stokes Roberts, an award-winning designer married to Simon. Here, she records the life of an artist, placed in context with a foreword by his teacher Warren MacKenzie; commentaries by his colleague Mark Pharis and art historian Glen R. Brown; an extensive interview with the artist by Mark Shapiro; and more. Over 100 striking color photographs chronicle the evolving nature of Michael Simon's work, vividly showing the way one pot leads to the next. Adding to this rich collection is the potter's own voice. Simon reflects on his forms, his craft, and his life, revealing the decisions behind and emotional connections to his labor. This volume offers a wonderful, in-depth look at the development of an enormously influential American potter. The contributors are: Glen R. Brown Emily Galusha Warren MacKenzie Mark Pharis Susan Stokes Roberts Mark Shapiro Michael Simon |This beautiful book records the life of potter Michael Simon, placed in context with a foreword by his teacher Warren MacKenzie; commentaries by his colleague Mark Pharis and art historian Glen R. Brown; an extensive interview with the artist by Mark Shapiro; and more. Over 100 striking color photographs chronicle the evolving nature of Michael Simon's work, vividly showing the way one pot leads to the next.

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This beautifully illustrated survey of Michael Simon's evolution as a masterpotter<br>reveals an ongoing exploration of ceramic forms with links to distant origins in human necessity. With utility as their touchstone, Simon's works have conjured universal principles from the long and varied history of pottery even as his distinctive, soft-spoken aesthetic innovation has taken its place among the major achievements of modern studio ceramics. --Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University

This is the best summing up of a talented potter who exemplifies that 1960s inspired revitalization of the American craft scene. For readers who are interested in making or collecting ceramics, this is essential. <br>- The Library Journal

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Susan Stokes Roberts is an environmental graphic designer, a painter, and professor of art at the University of Georgia.

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