JB Blunk Monograph

This monograph, now in its fourth edition, documents an artist who erased the line between making and living. JB Blunk carved the bowls his family ate from, forged the jewelry his partner wore, built the house they lived in – all by hand. His Inverness, California property wasn't just a studio; he called the entire place "one big sculpture." The full spectrum of Blunk's practice unfolds here: never-before-seen archival photographs alongside newly commissioned images of jewelry, ceramics, paintings, furniture, and the hand-built house itself. Massive redwood burls salvaged from beaches, transformed into communal seating. Delicate ceramic vessels marked with just a few gestural strokes. Stone works that feel ancient and immediate at once. Essays trace his path from apprenticeship with Japanese master potters to his off-grid California life. Archival interviews span forty years – one from 1978, another with his longtime studio assistant – offering rare insight into work and process. For those drawn to artists who lived completely immersed in their practice. Who saw no separation between the functional and the sculptural, the everyday and the profound. Hardcover, 8.25 × 10.25 in. / 226 pages / 71 color / 73 b&w