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Vandiver, Pamela Bowren was born on January 12, 1946 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Daughter of Roy King and Patricia Evans.
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Ceramic Masterpieces: Art, Structure, Technology
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Ceramic Masterpieces: Art, Structure andTechnology was first published by the Free Press in 1986. It won a publisher's award for art (American Publishers' Association, Scholarly and Technical, Honorable Mention, 1986). The copyright is held by David Kingery's son, William D. Kingery, Jr., who about 11 years ago signed over to the American Ceramic Society the rights to publish a second edition of the book. This second edition is divided into four parts. In the introductory section, it states : "The appearance of a ceramic is determined by its internal structure, which is in turn determined by the technology of its manufacture. Revolutionary new methods of study and analysis have advanced out understanding of ceramics. This book applies these new methods, connecting visual impact, internal structure, and technology for a deeper appreciation of ceramic masterpieces." Each chapter outlines the transformative art and structure of a ceramic material by providing a general outline of history, artistic value, antecedent technologies, manufacture of the particular dated example, analysis of macrostructure, then microstructure, then composition, then firing, variability and its relation to appearance, and finally significance of technology and its contribution to art and culture. In the ceramic technology section, the sequences and variability of processing, exemplified in the case studies, is inventoried with emphasis on structure and transformation.
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Pamela Bowren Vandiver
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Bachelor in Humanities and Asian Studies, Scripps College, 1967; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1968; Master of Arts in Art, Pacific Lutheran U., 1971; Master of Science in Ceramic Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Near Eastern Archeology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.
Career
Instructor in glass and ceramics, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 1972;
lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1973-1978;
research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1985;
research physical scientist, Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1985-1989;
senior scientist in ceramics, Smithsonian, Center for Materials Research and Education, Washington, since 1989. Instructor semester-at-sea U. Pittsburgh, spring 1995. Visiting professor Northwest Institute Light Industry, Xianyang, China, 1996.
Board directors Rolatape Corporation, Spokane, Washington. Guest researcher National Institute Studies and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1989-1991.
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Ceramic Masterpieces: Art, Structure, Technology
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Sponsor mentorship program Thomas Jefferson H.S. of Science and Technology, Alexandria, 1992. Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Archeology, Society American Archeology, International Institute of Conservation, Society for History of Technology, American Ceramics Society (ancient ceramics committee since 1978), Materials Research Society (guest editor bulletin 1992), American Chemical Society, Annapolis Yacht Club, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi.
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Avocations: sailing, diving, photography. E-mail: [email protected].
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Married J. Kim Vandiver, August, 1968 (divorced 1984). 1 child, Amy.
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American