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Author : Laban Carrick Hill
Release : 2010-09-07
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 310/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dave the Potter by : Laban Carrick Hill
Download or read book Dave the Potter written by Laban Carrick Hill. This book was released on 2010-09-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter.
Author : Leonard Todd
Release : 2008
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 567/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Carolina Clay by : Leonard Todd
Download or read book Carolina Clay written by Leonard Todd. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His jugs and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their beauty and sometimes massive size they are now highly sought after by collectors. Born about 1801, Dave was taught to turn pots in Edgefield, South Carolina, the center of alkaline-glazed pottery production. He also learned to read and write, in spite of South Carolina's long-standing fear of slave literacy. Even when the state made it a crime to teach a slave to write, Dave signed his pots and inscribed many of them with poems. Though his verses spoke simply of his daily experience, they were nevertheless powerful statements. He countered the slavery system not by writing words of protest but by daring to write at all. We know of no other slave artist who put his name on his work." "When Leonard Todd discovered that his family had owned Dave, he moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, where his ancestors had established the first potteries in the area. Todd studied each of Dave's poems for biographical clues, which he pieced together with local records and family letters to create this moving and dramatic chronicle of Dave's life - a story of creative triumph in the midst of oppression. Many of Dave's astounding jars are found now in America's finest museums, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Charleston Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Andrea Cheng
Release : 2013
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Etched in Clay by : Andrea Cheng
Download or read book Etched in Clay written by Andrea Cheng. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Dave the Potter, an enslaved man and talented potter who carved poetry on his pottery.
Author : Jill Beute Koverman
Release : 2024-02-06
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 220/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Words and Wares of David Drake by : Jill Beute Koverman
Download or read book The Words and Wares of David Drake written by Jill Beute Koverman. This book was released on 2024-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the remarkable poem vessels of Dave the Potter David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield in the backcountry of South Carolina near the Savannah River. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, David was literate and signed some of his pots. His practice was not only to add his name and a date but also to embellish his work with verse—a powerful statement of resistance. The Words and Wares of David Drake collects multifaceted scholarship about David and his craft. Building on the 1998 national traveling exhibit catalog, I Made This Jar: The Life and Works of Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave, and featuring more than one hundred beautiful images and six new essays, this authoritative volume presents the diverse perspectives of scholars, artists, and collectors. The Words and Wares of David Drake adds important depth and context to our understanding of both Edgefield pottery and the life of Dave. David's work is now so highly prized it is the cornerstone of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's traveling exhibit of nineteenth-century ceramic art from Edgefield. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 8, 2022–February 5, 2023) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (March 6, 2023–July 9, 2023) University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (August 26, 2023–January 7, 2024) High Museum of Art, Atlanta (February 16, 2024–May 12, 2024)
Author : Dave
Release : 1998
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 125/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis I Made this Jar-- by : Dave
Download or read book I Made this Jar-- written by Dave. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
