Chinese Antiquities: An Introduction to the Art Market
Chinese Antiquities: An Introduction to the Art Market provides an essential guide to the growing market for Chinese antiquities, encompassing all sectors of the market, from Classical Chinese...
View ArticleSusie Cooper
During her 65-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, making her one of the most prolific, versatile and influential designers the industry has ever seen....
View ArticleShapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France
<span><span><span>French artisans began trials to reproduce fine Chinese porcelain in the 1660s. That challenge proved impossible, but inspired radical forms of experimentation....
View ArticleFired Up With Raku: Over 300 Raku Recipes
The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan, where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and...
View ArticleGeorge Ohr: Sophisticate and Rube
<p>The late nineteenth-century Biloxi potter, George Ohr, was considered an eccentric in his time but has emerged as a major figure in American art since the discovery of thousands of examples of...
View ArticleDishes
<p><i>Dishes</i> is the dish obsessive's dream come true-a definitive guide to the colorful, wonderful dinner plate, with hundreds of patterns organized thematically and annotated...
View ArticleA Teacup Collection: Paintings of Porcelain Treasures
In paintings as pretty as the porcelain they depict, this gift book celebrates one of the finest teacup collections in the world: the 300-piece archive of the Clark Art Institute, which dates back to...
View ArticleThe White Road: Journey into an Obsession
<p>An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and...
View ArticleA Guide to Modelling in Clay and Wax and for Terra Cotta, Bronze and Silver...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high...
View ArticleCeramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay
This ebook presents the work of 30 contemporary artists who have turned to clay to shape their most innovative ideas into stunning works of art. From cups shaped like crystals to a tree trunk made of...
View ArticleGreat and Noble Jar: Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina
First published in 1993, this was the first authoritative study of South Carolina stoneware and its history, including he methods used to throw, glaze, decorate, and fire the vessels. Illustrated with...
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