Among the highlights of this book documenting twenty years in the life and work of a major Texas artist is Watkins s creation of the double-walled caldron that has become his forte.Offering an extensive photographic explanation of Watkins s techniques, the book shows how the vessels are built, how various materials are used to create different surfaces, how clay slips are made from organic materials collected at the various sites Watkins often visits in Texas, and how both technology and serendipity are part of the firing process.Describing the construction and the aesthetics of Watkins s...

Representing at once a diversity of style, medium, and scale and an intersection of inspiration and response, Art of West Texas Women celebrates twenty women visual artists living and working in an expansive, rugged landscape the vast western half of Texas, far from the dynamics of urban art communities and large national markets.Without attempting to serve as a comprehensive catalog impossible considering the breadth of activity in a huge region the book is a sampler of creative expression. The painters, photographers, installation artists, sculptors, fiber artists, and printmakers in these...