الشكل و المضمون في النصب الخزفية للفنانين ماهر السامرائي و بيتر فولكس

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Modern pottery contain special techniques that are unique to other forms of Arts.

The potteries has different ways of creating artistic forms not in pottery, but in ceramic, clay, glazing as well as in sculpture of states and other expressionist forms.

The artist in glazing for example must have avision of creation and expression in both abstract and realism.

In comparing various artists among the creative Iraqi artist such as (Mahir – Al Samarrai) and the American (Peter Foulkas), one can see aspecial ability in one artists over another.

In this respect , the Iraqi artists display apower of creation in expressing his own views with out rules.

Such an artist more likely will succed at creating powerful images of his own making from looking at various artist, one can see that the ture artist are the ones who expand their own artistic dimensions and apply the power of the mind rather than the intellect.

The scientific comparison of different artist depends up on the ability of the artists to express his vision, ideas in on both the design creation and application of ideas.

They both have tha ability to creat "see" the product of his creation early on in the process, as the artist chooses his own vocabolary.

In the first phase of artistic research is to explain form in modern pottery and form in art schools.

In second phase importance is given to the artistic content of the end product, in the third phase we explain the modern pottery in united states.

At the end phase, the results, recommandations and suggustions.