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Articles & Publications
 "I
make utilitarian pots to satisfy
customer demand, and glowing stories of their use have
been a source of tremendous personal satisfaction. If the pots
give moments of daily pleasure, then my goal has been reached.
The apparent irrelevance of and contempt for beautiful,
classically formed pots by the ceramic community and the art
world are offset by an inner knowledge that a really good pot
can hold its own with any clay “objet d’art,” however sexually
explicit, confrontational, or ugly the piece may be. That a
smattering of superb pots continues to be included in the
biennial NCECA National is proof of this fact."
David
Beumée, (excerpt) "When She Calls," The Studio Potter
Summer / Autumn 2009, Volume 37
#2, pp. 76-77
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Innovative Expressions of Function & Style
Published by Lark
Books, 2008
pages 98 and 125
 "I
remember my introduction to white clay.
I was standing by my favorite wheel one day, near the end of my
art schooling at Montana State, when I was given a ball of white
stoneware to try. I threw a tumbler, decorated it with black
slip, and later covered it with clear glaze. When I saw the
black-and-white contrast on the fired piece, I was hooked. Ever since
then, I have been working with porcelain fired to Cones 10 and
11 in reduction..."
David
Beumée, (excerpt) "Porcelain
Bodies for Potters, Recipes, Testing, and Mixing”,
Ceramics Monthly, January 1994, pp. 38-42
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 "I
think it's time that potters
were given more tools and information to find out about the
stoneware and porcelain clay bodies that they use. My own bias
is toward making one's own clay, because in the process the
artist becomes close to the source of their materials when
changes need to be made... I want to present a process by
which potters are able to generate their own clay bodies,
because clay is the most important material we use. I understand
all too well the time constrains placed on all of us who wish to
make a living from sales of our work..."
David
Beumée, (excerpt) "High-fire Stoneware
and Porcelain," The Studio Potter December 2003, Volume 32
#1, pp. 41-50
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 "(David
Beumée) One of the youngest artists represented at the Kirkland
museum, this widely respected
clay artist builds on many of the technical and stylistic
traditions represented in the collection."
(Excerpt)
The Denver Post "A Home for Colorado Art," December
21, 2003
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