Great newspaper print zine of the wild ceramic constructions by the quietly radical artist JB Blunk.
In 1946, Blunk was in California studying Physics at UCLA. He was failing badly, so a college counsellor got him to take an aptitude test. The results said he shouldn’t be studying physics, but art (More people should take that test!). Blunk switched courses and went from an F student to a straight A. He studied ceramics, then went to Japan for a few years to study with mingei master craftsmen, and spent the rest of his life working with ceramics, metal and wood in his uniquely experimental style.
Blunk created an extensive body of work in wood and stone, cast bronze, painting, jewelry and clay. Ignoring the traditional separation of sculpture and furniture he worked without a conception of fixed categories, and his attitude towards these classifications suggests the Japanese disregard of the distinction between art and craft.