Contemporary Ceramics
Author:   Emmanuel Cooper
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500514870


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   21 September 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Emmanuel Cooper
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.460kg
ISBN:  

9780500514870


ISBN 10:   0500514879
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   21 September 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction * Beyond Utility - bold and original, yet functional ceramics, including tea sets, cups, teapots and dinner services Defining Space - the vessel and its relationship to space and the void, featuring wheel-thrown shapes, slip-cast forms and hand-built structures Mind the Gap - the plasticity of clay and its earthy associations, including sculptural work from precise and mechanical to freely modelled forms * A Sense of Space - installations, the site-specific and the environmental * The Line of Beauty - new creative possibilities and collaborations between art and industry, many of which have resulted from recent advances in technology

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A comprehensive guide for collectors and artists alike.


'Beautiful' - The Daily Telegraph 'Its scope is exemplary, and his selection likely to be the subject of lively and valuable controversy ... This is a sourcebook of the highest calibre' - Crafts Magazine


'Its scope is exemplary, and his selection likely to be the subject of lively and valuable controversy ... This is a sourcebook of the highest calibre' - Crafts Magazine 'Beautiful' - The Daily Telegraph


Author Information

Emmanuel Cooper is Visiting Professor in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. Among his previous books are Bernard Leach: Life and Work, Janet Leach: A Potter's Life and Ten Thousand Years of Pottery.

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