Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant-Garde - Hardcover

Since the beginning of the 1970s, Japan's economic ascendancy has resulted in a surge of museum building and art collecting, which in turn has led to buoyancy in the world of Japanese crafts. There have been two distinct trends during this period: a diversification of avant-garde tendencies in fields such as ceramics and metalwork, and in new areas such as fibre art; and the continuation of the more traditional art movements. Rupert Faulkner examines these different approaches to studio crafts, and uses a broad range of examples of each craft to describe the sophistication of the making processes used. He is also the author of "Shino and Oribe Kiln Sites" and "Masterpieces of Japanese Prints".