Ceramic Form - Design and Decoration

£15

Potter Peter Lane brings together the work of over 150 contemporary potters, explaining their methods, ideas and inspiration. This is an essential reference book for potters, historians and collectors.

The book is in six sections:

Introduction

• Origins and evolution of potter vessels in the form of bottles and bowls.
• The relationship of form to function

Vessel Form

• Visual and physical considerations in determining balance and proportion
• Symmettry and assymmetry
• Sense of volume and capacity
• Working methods and processes
• Vessels as sculpture

Design

• Sources of stimulus
• Elements of design for forms and surfaces
• Thematic explorations
• Sculptural developments
  

Vessel Form

• Use of colour, pattern and texture
• Visual impact and optical illusion
• Manipulation of forms and their surface treatment

Traditions and Innovations

• Further developments of familiar and experimental themes
• The continuing search for a personal mode of expression through the use of old and new technology

Forms in Profile

• A visual library of shapes in silhouette