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No Green Berries or Leaves: The Creative Journey of an Artist in Glass
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No Green Berries or Leaves is a collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J. Stankard, recognized widely as one of the world s master glass artists. Stankard is particularly renowned and respected for his flameworked floral motifs expressed in crystal paperweights, rectangular columns, and orbs.
Paul was trained in scientific glassblowing and worked in industrial scientific glass during most of the 1960s. Challenged by an inner sense of creativity and the need to establish his creative independence, he started making paperweights in the early 1970s. Attracted to the emerging studio glass movement, recognized as a maker of fine paperweights, and driven by an intense and incessant pursuit of excellence, Paul was by the 1980s recognized as a highly accomplished glass artist, a member of the pioneering generation of glass artists in America. As the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of his art matured, and as he continued to develop new techniques for expressing his art, he also assumed more prominent influence in the development of educational programs and institutions that celebrated and expanded art in glass. Throughout his life, Paul also wrestled with, and learned how to succeed in spite of, a learning disability dyslexia.
No Green Berries or Leaves presents the author s record of his life as a struggling, then highly successful, artist; reveals insights into the challenges he faced as a dyslexic and how he came to understand, then circumvent, his disability; and records his perspectives on the history of the studio glass movement in America as he witnessed and experienced it during the past fifty years. This book will be of value to readers interested in the life of a major American artist and the history of the glass art movement in America, as well as to those looking for an inspirational story of how, in one man, the human spirit faced, addressed, and outwitted a learning disability and climbed the steep road to success to become a master artist in glass.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 748.092
EAN: 9780939923694
Feature: ISBN13: 9780939923694
ISBN: 0939923696
Label: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
Manufacturer: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 2007-09-15
Publisher: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
Studio: McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
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• ISBN13: 9780939923694
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Refreshingly Frank - 
I enjoyed "No Green Berries or Leaves." It was fun to follow Stankard's development, and it brought back memories of my own learning process, too. I especially appreciated the author's frankness in discussing his challenges and occasional struggles along the way. In some respects I think that is the most valuable stuff to share, because it lets students know they are not alone in their struggles.
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An intimate account of the human experience as it pertains to artistic discovery and growth. -
With unabashed honesty, Paul has captured profound soujourns of discovery in the human experience that artists and non-artists alike will appreciate. Pertinent to any individual who seeks solace in knowing that they are not alone in fascination with the simple journey of life.
As he shares the engaging accounts of his own journey with family, freindship, self, god, humanity, and glass, Paul articulates many personal experiences in a way that anyone who has ever considered the human experience profound will give thanks and relate to. Readers will undoubtedly appreciate the honest delivery that Paul has provided, and contemplate the revealing accounts long after they have put the book down.
Buy it. Read it. Keep it.
Paul Stankard's Heart-Warming Journey to Created Beauty in Glass -
I'm biased in my review of this book because I have known Paul Stankard personally and studied (briefly) under him. When Bonnie Marx, glass art dealer suggested I buy and read this book, I did so at my earliest opportunity. I became very emotional as I read through Paul's own words which described his struggles as a passionate and motivated but dyslexic individual. I knew something about his career and his love of nature, but did not want to be disappointed by reading a book that fell short of my perception of Mr. Stankard's accomplishments. I was more than satisfied when I read it -- I was deeply moved.
I am enamored of true stories that transport the reader through the hero's growth process from frustration to partial success and manage to succeed with page-turning suspense to recreate his experience of artistic and technical breakthrough. I reread books like this one again and again and store them in my library where I will never lose them as a precious resource.
I did not know that Paul Stankard had suffered with dyslexia, but I do remember my experience one day in Corning, New York. During an afternoon field trip portion of one of Paul Stankard's classes in paperweight making, he took us into the small wooded area next to the Corning Museum's Studio where we searched for wildflowers. When we discovered one lovely specimen, I was able to identify its scientific name because I was also a lover of wildflowers, and Mr. Stankard seemed pleased that others enjoyed this passion also. I had never even dreamed that an artist could recreate these gems of nature inside glass with such clarity and magnificence. This book takes the reader into the world of creativity in a way that few others can do. Read it and enrich your soul.
An artist's journey of life, through glass -
"No Green Berries or Leaves" is a poignant and revealing self-portrait of an artist driven to create and express his vision, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
If you're familiar with Stankard's work but not his life, this story will no doubt take you by surprise and instill an appreciation for the journey of this important American artist. His successes and victories go well beyond his artistic achievements, which in themselves are monumental. As his work inspires the artist in all of us, his story touches the humanity we all share.
In addition to Stankard's personal story, this book offers insight into the birth of the contemporary glass art movement, its modest beginnings, and perspective into the important role it has claimed in the art world. Paul's story is all the more fascinating as the reader is afforded insight into the influential role this artist has played and continues to play in the development of this magical art form.
Brad Pressman, Architect
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