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Carolina Clay - by Leonard Todd (Paperback)

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  • The compelling story of a talented potter, enslaved by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century.He signed many of his works simply as "Dave" and is known today as Potter David Drake.
  • About the Author: Leonard Todd, the author of three previous books, is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Art and Architecture.
  • 336 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Artists, Architects, Photographers

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"A talented potter, enslaved by the author's ancestors, is now recognized as one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century. He signed many of his works simply as 'Dave' and is known today as Potter David Drake. He made pots and storage jars -- everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because he signed and inscribed many with poems, they are valuable works of art, now commanding six figures at auction. Many of Dave's astounding jars are found now in America's finest museums. There is no other enslaved artist on record who dared to put his name on his work, a dangerous advertisement of literacy. Fascinated by this man and by his own troubling family history, Leonard Todd moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, South Carolina, the place where his ancestors had established the thriving pottery industry in which Dave worked. Todd studied each of Dave's poems for biographical clues, which he pieced together with local records and family letters to create this moving and dramatic chronicle of Dave's life -- a story of creative triumph in the midst of slavery."--Back cover.



Book Synopsis



The compelling story of a talented potter, enslaved by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century.

He signed many of his works simply as "Dave" and is known today as Potter David Drake. He made pots and storage jars--everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because Dave signed and inscribed many with poems, they are valuable works of art, now commanding six figures at auction. Many of Dave's astounding jars are found now in America's finest museums.

There is no other enslaved artist on record who dared to put his name on his work, a dangerous advertisement of literacy. Fascinated by this man and by his own troubling family history, Leonard Todd moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, South Carolina, the place where his ancestors had established a thriving pottery industry in the early 1800s. Todd studied each of Dave's poems for biographical clues, which he pieced together with local records and family letters to create this moving and dramatic chronicle of Dave's life―a story of creative triumph in the midst of slavery.



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"The life of the slave potter Dave unfolds against a backdrop of cruelty, repression, war and unexpected tenderness in this intimate history. . . . [N]ot so much a definitive biography of Dave as a sweeping tale of the South itself and a touching testament to the artist."--Publishers Weekly



About the Author



Leonard Todd, the author of three previous books, is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Art and Architecture. He is a former Fulbright Scholar to France. He now lives and writes in Los Angeles, California. Visit the author at www.leonardtodd.com.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Artists, Architects, Photographers
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 336
Publisher: Blair
Format: Paperback
Author: Leonard Todd
Language: English
Street Date: October 29, 2024
TCIN: 89603613
UPC: 9781958888193
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-4443
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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