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Explore the remarkable life of influential ceramicist, Karen Karnes

Renowned ceramic artist Karen Karnes has created some of the most iconic pottery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The body of work she has produced in her more than sixty years in the studio is remarkable for its depth, personal voice, and consistent innovation. Many of her pieces defy category, invoking body and landscape, pottery and sculpture, male and female, hand and eye.

Equally compelling are Karnes's experiences in some of the most significant cultural settings of her generation: from the worker-owned cooperative housing of her childhood to North Carolina's avant-garde Black Mountain College, and more.

Published by Longleaf Press

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Ryan G. ★★★★★

The hardcover feels substantial in hand, and the photo plates of Karnes' glazed forms are beautifully rendered. I've only gotten a few chapters in, but the writing gives a real sense of her creative process and evolution.

Sebastian T. ★★★★★

The book arrived in great condition, and flipping through the photos of her studio practice really brings her clay work to life. It’s a thorough look at her iconic forms, and I’ve already gone back to the glaze sections twice.

Natalie ★★★★★

Reading about Karen Karnes' trajectory from her early functional pots to her later monumental sculptural work gave me a whole new appreciation for how a ceramicist's voice can evolve over decades. The book's coverage of her iconic forms really captures the raw, honest quality that made her pieces so

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