Talking With the Clay: The Art of Pueblo Pottery in the 21st Century, 20th Anniversary Revised Edition (Native Arts and Voices)

The book is quite interesting. Anyone collecting pottery from the South West would appreciate reading it.

Well-written and informative book. Comprehensive examination of the history and art of Pueblo pottery!

I make pots out of local clay that I gather and process, use my own vegetal and mineral pigments, fire in backyard, so it was great reading about all the different approaches. Gave me some ideas, so that's what I was looking for. There is no tradition of pottery here, although lots of lovely clay, so this book is very helpful. Also very inspiring to hear about the spiritual connection with the Earth that these potters have, as that is my whole reason for working with the clay from my Place. What I got is this: you can get all kinds of advice about methods and techniques, but there are as many ways of making pots as there are potters and kinds of clay. The spirit of a place is what guides you best in your journey. It was this that Trimble understood.

This book was recommended to me by the owner of a well known Native American Arts gallery as possibly THE best book on the subject, and it completely lives up to the recommendation. Based on a series of interviews with prominent potters from each pueblo, it not only gives an overview of the history of the different potteries, it is filled with personal thoughts and views of the various artists about their work--not only the processes of creating pottery, but their feelings about how they as modern potters fit into the "history" as well. If you are at all interested in Southwest Pueblo Pottery, you MUST read this book. It's not a "picture book" like so many others, though it does have many great photos, but it's not a scholarly text book either. I cannot recommend this book highly enough and I cannot thank my gallery owner friend enough for recommending it to me.

The previous edition was by far one of the very best books on the subject (see my review), but author/photographer Stephen Trimble has made this 20th Anniversary edition even better. He has kept all that made the last one great, and updated it by adding new photos and interviews with the new generations of potters, truly bringing this classic into the 21st century with more recent approaches to pottery making and the traditions from which this fascinating art arose.Even if you have the first one, this book is a must have for any student of pueblo pottery or any serious collector.Bravo!

As a potter/ceramic artist this book was written from an artist's viewpoint about the creation of the art work. That is much appreciated by me. I should have started taking notes about what I read from the beginning.

The book arrived well within the expected time frame. It's a wonderful book and is in excellent condition. A personalized bookmarker was also included. A very talented calligrapher wrote my name in the most beautiful example of copperplate that I have ever seen. Thank you!

I liked the fact that the potters whose names you see signed are given a voice