The pot book de waal porcelain

In 2015 he was awarded the windhamcampbell prize for non fiction by yale university. See more ideas about ceramics, pottery and ceramic art. Today his porcelain is in thirty international museum collections. These captions are highly stimulating and make the book far more than just a picture book of carefully selected clay pots from diverse traditions in time and space. The white road is the story of how objects, through the accumulation of intent, labor and the patina of history, accrue a sense of self.

His bestselling memoir, the hare with amber eyes, won the rsl ondaatje prize and the costa biography award. Celadon is a type of porcelain of a pale jadegreen colour. It is an important book for the field, and the larger world. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. See more ideas about ceramics, pottery and ceramic pottery.

Now hes written a history of his first love, ceramics. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases books electronics gift ideas todays deals new releases books electronics gift. The pot book is a beautifully illustrated az guide to over 300 makers and styles of ceramics from all over the world. And jingdezhen is the great city, the sort of ur place where it all starts. He is most well known for his large scale installations of porcelain vessels and has received several awards and honours for his work.

Quite quickly, this porcelain is on its travels through the great trading missions and the great caravanserai which go across asia. The pot book is the first publication to document the extraordinary range and variety of ceramic vessels of all periods, in a comprehensive and. 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 somewhat erratic selection of 300 pieces of pottery by different authors, schools and. A favorite of many collectors, his vast groupings can be found in private collections throughout europe and north america. The chinese had begun making porcelain many centuries ago, and the book is about. Instead, it is a personal telling of wellresearched history. Sep 22, 2015 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 grayson. I teach ceramics and it is a fabulous teaching tool. Brian thomas gallagher, the seattle times a shimmering paean to porcelain.

Here you will find royal copenhagen porcelain next to a spade form. Oct 24, 2011 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 grayson. Both his artistic and written practice have broken new ground through their critical engagement with the history and potential of ceramics, as well as with architecture, music, dance and. To ask other readers questions about the pot book, please sign up.