Autographed Copy of "Dave the Potter"
Item Number: 310
Time Left: CLOSED
Online Close: May 14, 2012 11:00 PM EDT
Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!
Description
HARDCOVER CHILDREN’S BOOK
“DAVE THE POTTER” BY LABAN CARRICK HILL
AUTOGRAPHED BY BRYAN COLLIER, ILLUSTRATOR
A Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Reading Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave is like being invited to observe an act of creation. In lyrical verse, Laban Carrick Hill describes the process of making a pot, telling how this 19th-century artisan mixed and threw his clay, kicked his wheel, buried his hands "in the mounded mud," and, "Like a/magician/pulling/a rabbit/out of/a hat...pulled out the shape of a jar."
Special Instructions
Bryan Collier's stunning watercolor collages create a sense of time and place while also revealing the potter's intense focus, his strength and skill, and the transcendent power of his art. An appended note provides more background about this remarkable master craftsman, describing his life as a slave in South Carolina and accentuating the exquisite beauty of his pottery and the heartfelt self-expression of his poetry. A photo of several of Dave's works forges a connection between the past and present and underscores the magnitude of his artistic legacy. - School Library Journal.