The history of ceramic art is ingrained in the history of mankind. Clay is one of the very first materials ‘invented’ by man. An essent ial part of our lives it has been moulded, thrown, glazed, decorated and fired for over 30,000 years in order to preserve

and transport food and water. And it was on the surface of these early jugs, vases, dishes, plates, beakers and amphorae that man placed some of his first decorative markings. In more recent times clay has been used not just by artisans and potters, but also by artists, designers and architects. 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 eighteenth-century Dresden, to a plate made by Picasso in 1952, a ‘spade form’ made by Hans Coper or the vases of Grayson Perry today. Each entry is sequenced in alphabetical order by the name of the artist/potter, the school, or style, creating a grand tour through the very finest examples of the artform.

最重要的是這是一本有著300頁清晰大圖的講罐子的書。裏麵的罐子都很美。值得買

作者是英國的一個專門做罐子的陶藝傢做瞭25年多瞭。長的挺可愛的。他還偶然寫瞭本書叫做 The Hare with Amber Eyes.講的似乎是他通過他傢裏代代流傳下來的一些個小東西來探索傢族曆史。然後忽然那書就暢銷瞭，他就成瞭一個有錢的陶藝傢！

另外他似乎還是chair of jerwood makers