Contemporary British Studio Pottery - Forms of Expression

This beautifully produced book is a visually rich and critically in-depth focus on the work of twenty-four potters.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ashley Thorpe, Thorpe Ashley
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2023
• EAN: 9780719842429
• ISBN: 978-0-7198-4242-9
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 280 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 843 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Ceramics
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; ART / Ceramics, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Pottery & Ceramics, Ceramic arts, pottery, glass, Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts, ART / European, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Glass & Glassware, ART / Glass, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks