Description
Book SynopsisCovers the various aspects of contemporary ceramic practice and includes work of all scales from a few centimetres in size to vast room-sized installations. With over 600 illustrations, this comprehensive survey is suitable for ceramists, students and collectors alike.
Trade Review'Its scope is exemplary, and his selection likely to be the subject of lively and valuable controversy ... This is a sourcebook of the highest calibre' - Crafts Magazine
'Beautiful' - The Daily Telegraph
Table of ContentsIntroduction • Beyond Utility – bold and original, yet functional ceramics, including tea sets, cups, teapots and dinner services Defining Space – the vessel and its relationship to space and the void, featuring wheel-thrown shapes, slip-cast forms and hand-built structures Mind the Gap – the plasticity of clay and its earthy associations, including sculptural work from precise and mechanical to freely modelled forms • A Sense of Space – installations, the site-specific and the environmental • The Line of Beauty – new creative possibilities and collaborations between art and industry, many of which have resulted from recent advances in technology
