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Joanne Copp: Elegance

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Joanne Copp's sculptural ceramic vessels are irresistible to both the eye and the hand. Their exteriors feel cool and satiny. To achieve this Copp burnished the surface with a smooth stone. This is an ancient technique used around the world to make a watertight container. She developed her own contemporary method of lining the vessels with different hues of gold leaf — palladium, rose and antique gold. This generated a stunning luminosity, as if light is coming from within the vessel itself. The exterior and interior meet at a swirling, exhilarating edge just as waves and stone met near her home on the exposed shoreline of BC's Sunshine Coast. In another ARTIST STUDIO BOOK Jonathon Bancroft-Snell relates her life to her work.

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Ronald P. Frye & Co. is proud to present the latest publication from poet and translator Seymour Mayne. The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories is a collection of humorous, witty, and wry comic stories.

An old blue couch is heisted away by neighbourhood thieves; a comforterfrom Poland undergoes a new utilitarian transformation; a prayershawl mayhave ended up on the wrong shoulders; a synagogue kiddush club facesa crisis of whiskey drought—these and other situations give rise to humourous and hilarious predicaments for the characters in this collection of endearingand deliciously comic stories. The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories, for both its warmth and wit, meritsan honoured place at the literary banquet table.

Seymour Mayne is the author, editor, or translator of numerous books.Volumes of his selected poems recently appeared in French, Hebrew,and Spanish editions. He lives and works in Ottawa.

The Old Blue Couch & Other Stories
by Seymour Mayne
119 pages
black & white
printed on classic laid paper
price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-1-77081-057-0

Ronald P. Frye & Co. is pleased to announce, in collaboration with the Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, a new series which will seek to change the way Canadians think and appreciate Canadian Ceramics. Each Studio Artist book will highlight the invaluable contribution of a pre-eminent ceramacist to Canadian ceramics. The title of the series indicates, not only the process and practice of these individuals, but also the importance of the artists to the more general artistic landscape of the 20th Century. Ceramics is one of the most widely practiced artforms in the country, and the calibre of artists specializing in this unique and challenging art form is truly exceptional. Join Jonathon Bancroft-Snell in this inaugural volume as he recounts, with vivid personal touches, the very important contribution of Walter Dexter RCA to Canadian Art.

Walter Dexter: The Torso Masterworks
by Jonathon Bancroft-Snell
190 pages
full colour
printed on super smooth Pegasus paper
price: $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-77081-106-5

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