Pots have existed across the world and in different cultures for thousands of years. This volume explores how contemporary makers use the ancient language of the pot to convey contemporary ideas, from the sculptural and painterly to the ecological and satirical. This beautifully produced book is a visually rich and critically in-depth focus on the work of twenty-four potters. A companion volume to Contemporary British Ceramics: Beneath the Surface, it reveals how pots can be extraordinarily powerful forms of expression.
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Weight: 843g
Dimensions: 215 x 280mm
Publication Date: 15 Aug 2023
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780719842429
About Ashley Thorpe
Ashley Thorpe is a collector of ceramics a writer performer and an academic. He has seriously collected contemporary British studio ceramics for almost twenty years and has extensive knowledge of the field. His first book Contemporary British Ceramics: Beneath the Surface was published by The Crowood Press in 2021. Its publication was marked by an exhibition of the same name which was held at Eton College. In 2019 the prestigious international journal Ceramics: Art + Perception awarded him their inaugural writing prize for an essay on the work of Tessa Eastman. In 2022 he was invited to become a Trustee for the Maak Foundation an organisation established to support and promote British studio ceramics. He currently teaches Drama at Royal Holloway University of London where he gained his PhD.