Studio Porcelain Book

Porcelain is the most demanding and exquisite of all pottery mediums and today and increasing number of studio potters are responding to its challenge, wiht many of their pieces becoming collectors' items. This book brings into focus for the first time the exciting innovations in contemporary studio porcelain and reveals the working methods and ideas of some of the leading potters from Britain, Europe and North America.A brief outline of the historical tradition of porcellanous wares is followed by an appraisal of modern developments in design and form. Peter Lane discusses the potters' approaches to working with porcelain; their sources of stimulus; and how they best exploit its special qualities of translucency, delicacy, purity and strength. The many different techniques for making and decorating porcelain are explained in detail with sections on throwing, turning, hand-building, slip-casting, glazing and firing.Superbly illustrated with 100 colour photographs and over 200 black and white pictures.Read More