"Hansen-Ross Pottery : Pioneering Fine Craft On The Canadian Prairies is a ground-breaking exploration of the work of David Ross and Folmer Hanson. Hansen-Ross Pottery, which operated in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada from the late 1950s to 2005, was named after two artists : Danish:born Folmer Hansen (1930-)and Winnipeg-born David Ross (1925-1974). This long overdue history of the finely crafted modernist ceramics of Hansen-Ross Pottery presents over 70 colour images of their work as well as 87 archival images and illustrations and is published in association with an international, touring exhibition which features over sixty ceramic objects made by Hansen-Ross Pottery. The essays by Alan C. Elder, Curator, Canadian Crafts and Design, Canadian Museum Of Civilization; Julia Kruger, PhD candidate, University Of Western Ontario; and Heather Smith, Curatorial Director, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery explore the beauty of their work and asses the provincial and national context for this extraordinary contribution to Canadian fine crafts. The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery actively collects, exhibits and celebrates the rich history of Saskatchewan craft, and this book highlights a number of works from their important collection of Saskatchewan art." From the dust jackets front flap.
