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The show was the culmination of three years spent choosing particular historical objects, paintings and treasures from the museums collections, from 16thcentury corals, dragonshaped vessels and roman fibulae to works by joachim patinir, cranach and. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk. Resistance and persistence takes its title from sean scullys essay on the mid 20th century italian painter giorgio morandi. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. In 2011 edmund was commissioned by phaidon to write the pot book, a colourillustrated anthology of 300 ceramic vessels. Her mothers life was the one for which the startlingly beautiful, fictional resi was bred and should have grown into. The porcelain containers encased in a variety of horizontal and vertical vitrines, such as in the series just lately 20072008, vary subtly in. The book was inspired by tiny japanese sculptures that were passed down through five.

Oct 03, 2011 the pot book is a beautifully illustrated az guide to over 300 makers and styles of ceramics from all over the world. A potter who has been working with porcelain for more than forty. The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. His bestselling memoir, the hare with amber eyes has been published in thirty languages and won the costa biography award and the rsl ondaatje prize. Years after the war, she would find a way to return them to the family shed served even in their exile. His 2010 book, the hare with amber eyes, was a surprise best seller and is now. The pot book is a beautifully illustrated az guide to over 300 makers and styles of ceramics from all over the world. No intended as comprehensive encyclopedia, it is instead a selection representative of the beautiful, the intriguing and the inspiring that which most demonstrates the skill and the imagination of the potter. Each of the exiles describes an aspect of the author herself. My father, chaplain of kings college cambridge, dean of. A familys century of art and loss, and read a book excerpt. This autumn, to coincide with the publication of the white road, the ra library and print room hosts his exploration of the colour white, a display of unusual objects including sculpture, ceramics, paintings and manuscripts. The pot book, published by phaidon, is a weighty compendium of more than 300 pots and ceramic artworks, dating from the third millennium bc.

Now hes written a history of his first love, ceramics. Other titles include the pot book, a history of ceramics, and a monograph of the seminal british potter bernard leach. The ephrussis lost almost everything in 1938 when the nazis aryanized their property. A gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the awardwinning and bestselling international sensation, the hare with the amber eyes. Laura barnett talks to him about life behind the wheel. It shows in the beautiful and useful volumne he has put together. Portrait of a dynasty a selfquestioning, witty, sharply perceptive book. This visual anthology of 300 ceramic vessels reveals this to be a magnificent truth. Being a ceramics artist he has a sixth sense for these items. The show was the culmination of three years spent choosing particular historical objects, paintings and treasures from the museums collections, from 16thcentury corals, dragonshaped vessels and roman fibulae to works by. This page contains details about the nonfiction book the hare with amber eyes. The pot book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, from a delicate bowl made by an unnamed artisan in china in the third millennium bc, or a jug made in eighteenthcentury dresden, to a plate made by picasso in 1952, a spade form made by hans coper or the vases of. The pot book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, in a comprehensive and accessible a. Pots are some of the very earliest artefacts created, and the span of our cultures can be traced through bowls and vases, dishes and beakers, made, glazed and decorated with lyricism and with vigour.

He handed me, for instance, a 1,000yearold chinese porcelain plate the kind of object you would expect. Every once in a while a book comes out that is so great, all you have to do is summarize the plot to hint at its greatness. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In 2011 he was awarded the order of the british empire obe for service to the arts. He is known for his largescale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. An az history of ceramic art by one of the worlds leading ceramic artists. Nov 22, 2011 the pot book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, in a comprehensive and accessible a. See more ideas about ceramics, ceramic art and ceramic artists. His other publications include a monograph on bernard leach 1997 and a survey of 20th century ceramics 2003. But the netsuke were smuggled away by a loyal maid, anna, and hidden in her straw mattress. He was one of several artists who went to the factory in leningrad where porcelain had been made for the aristocracy and the court. Universal themes made unique by the methods used to bind them all into one fascinating story. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book is the 257th greatest nonfiction book of all time as determined by.