Word: rectangularity
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...wheel method operates on much the same principle as a lathe. The medium (in this case clay) rotates so that all applied distortions become symmetrical and unified; abstraction becomes constricted. The other methods of pottery include slab construction, in which the potter joins planes of clay to make rectangular or free-form shapes, and coil construction, in which he carefully rolls cords of clay, and coils them on top of each other to build the shape. With one exception, both alternatives are absent from the show...
Jeff Kristeller is the only professional potter in the show. His work, thrown during his leave of absence from Harvard this past year and a half, shows the widest range in the group, and contains the sole constructed piece (a rectangular slab, darkly glazed). His techniques include glossy enamelware and spartan slip-decorated stoneware; gigantic perfectly thrown jugs and tiny one-flower vases. The diversity of his work verges on disunity, and as with Allon's work, one senses the exploratory exercises of the craftsman rather than the developed and selective expression of the artist...
...them carrying babies in a type of backpack improvised from a bright-banded, carefully-woven cloth. Soon 25 or 30 people were sitting on the hard wooden benches of the church, silently gazing at the two candles that stood unkindled on the small platform at the head of the rectangular church...
...design an inconspicuous building which will have a most conspicuous range of environmental effects. The visual closure which reinforces one's sense of security within the Yard is gone. A vast new vista will be opened across the new rooftop. When the Pusey Library's foundations were excavated, the rectangular spatial envelope of the Yard was destroyed--possibly not forever, but probably for a long time...
...plans show that the $2.8 million red brick dormitory, designed to house 207 students, six proctors and one senior adviser, will consist of seven entries located in three rectangular structures with connecting basements...