This is the Day: Work and Words of Brother Thomas - Hardcover

Thomas, Brother

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802863124 ISBN 13: 9780802863126

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2005

Synopsis

This daybook is a fascinating collection of images from Brother Thomas’s ceramic work spread out over the span of a year. An introduction penned by Brother Thomas meditating on the conjunction of creativity and quantum physics sets the tone for the reflections contained in the book. Each page combines wisdom from Brother Thomas with a picture of one or more of his famous vessels.

This magnificent book will be treasured, not only by Brother Thomas’s legion of fans, but also by anyone who appreciates the wonderful potential of congruence between faith, physics and art.

About this title

About the Author

Brother Thomas Bezanson, a Benedictine monk at Weston Priory in Vermont for twenty-five years, has worked as an artist-in-residence with the Benedictine sisters of Erie since 1985. His porcelains can be found in over fifty national and international public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and private collections in America and abroad.

Synopsis

Spanning a year's time, this daybook displays full-color images of Brother Thomas Bezanson's ceramic vessels, along with his wise and eloquent observations on the nature of art and faith. Praised as "one of the greatest artists in the Western pottery world" by Japanese ceramicist Tatsuzo Shimaoka, Brother Thomas explores his faith and the process of creating the celebrated porcelains that are his life's work.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802863124
• ISBN 13: 9780802863126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 140