Bibi
A Life in Clay
- Publisher
- The Prairie Art Gallery
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2012
- Category
- General
-
Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780978064648
- Publish Date
- Apr 2012
Classroom Resources
Where to buy it
Description
Documents the life and work of Bibi Clement, a remarkable Dutch-Canadian maker of traditional Japanese pottery, living and working in northwestern AlbertaPublished in 2009, to accompany the exhibition Vigil of Angels at the Prairie Art Gallery in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Bibi: A Life in Clay illustrates and documents the remarkable life of Bibi Clement, whose skill and accomplishment in ceramics as well as her traditional Japanese kilns attract potters from around the world to visit her in northwestern Alberta to make and fire their work with her. Works from all periods of her long career are illustrated, as are her remarkable kilns, and her home and family.Introductions by Yasuo Terada and Ross Bradley, text by the artist's own daughter Dymphny Dronyk.