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Title: I Shock Myself: The Autobiography of Beatrice Wood by Beatrice Wood, Lindsay Smith ISBN: 0-87701-498-1 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fabulous Life
Comment: Being a potter and a Beato fan, I truly enjoyed the time I spent with this autobiography. I was fascinated by how her life unfolded from her relationships with those in art to her own creation of art. How her world which was largely centered around the men she knew, changed as she found herself in clay.
I loved how this story unfolded and I was sad when it ended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant,..Funny..,Thoughtful...,Adventurious....Honest!
Comment: I am going to be honest and say what this autobiography meant to me.... Starting with her early days as an artist to an actress breaking from her mother's shell. To her associations with Duchamp,Roche,Varese,Reginald Pole,Krishnumarti and other well-known men. And it tells of the struggles she went through in paying the price to learn of life and her amazing stories in India,France..etc; were very interesting to read. I enjoyed her stories with the beloved Arensbergs' for they were very important in her life. Before this book I didn't have knowledge of most of the artists in her life. She has opened new doors! I laughed hysterically at her descriptions of her years with Pole and Steve.She is a riot!
An amazing woman really. This book will remain with me forever and I will read it again and again. For someone like myself can't beleve there is so much adventure in life. She died this spring at 105,in her heart 32. I would have loved to meet her.All I can do now is remember her and try to learn more about her life and art. I loved her and she is an inspiration to all humanity with her marvelious statements on the facts of life.Afterall,she lived 105 years and paid the price. A definate book to add to a collection for any Beato fan or curious book reader!
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing, thoughtful and honest!
Comment: As a potter, I'd hoped to learn more about her art. However,there were some gems to be found in the text. I really enjoyed the stories about several other famous people in her life. She is brutally honest in her opinions and I like that. On the downside... it was a bit too "socially conscious" in places, for my own taste. Overall, I enjoyed the book and will read more by her. I wrote a personal letter to her, regarding her book and she answered me promptly... twice! Great lady! Wonderful clay-artist! :-) An interesting read, for sure.
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Title: Gilded Vessel: The Lustrous Life and Art of Beatrice Wood by Garth Clark, Beatrice Wood ISBN: 1893164136 Publisher: Guild Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Playing Chess With the Heart: Beatrice Wood at 100 by Beatrice Wood, Marlene Wallace ISBN: 0811806073 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr by Garth Clark, Robert A. Ellison, Eugene Hecht, John White ISBN: 0896599272 Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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Title: Wheel-Thrown Ceramics: Altering * Trimming * Adding * Finishing (A Lark Ceramics Book) by Don Davis ISBN: 1579901859 Publisher: Lark Books Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Living Out Loud by Keri (Author/Illustrator) Smith ISBN: 0811836746 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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