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Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln examines the history of the first glass, from its early sporadic occurrence, through the height of its production in the late second millennium BC, to its disappearance at the end of that millennium. The book draws on an exceptionally wide range of sources including ancient texts detailing recipes and trade in glass, iconographic depictions in tombs and temples, archaeological excavation of the most important sites including Amarna and Qantir, and the description of th...

The humble pot sherd can be used to date archaeological sites, assess economic activity and help in an understanding of patterns of manufacture and trade, especially within the Roman Empire. This study is concerned with the history of Roman pottery in Britain and offers a thorough and accessible evaluation of the subject. It examines the role of ceramic studies in Romano-British archaeology, together with the development of pottery studies themselves. The author includes an atlas of almost 100 s...

A mass of new material on Greek vases is included in this huge volume of proceedings from an international conference held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in December 1994. The forty three papers include: New light on the earliest Attic black-figure drinking cups (Herman A G Brijder); 'Attic vases, Etruscan stories' - Les echanges et les hommes (N Malagradis)l Eleusis in Athenian vase-painting (E Simon); Le peintre des demi-palmetts (F Lissarrague); Der Augen-Sirenen-Maler...

The essential guide to raku techniques, covering clay types, glazes, kilns, firing methods and reduction processes. Over the last thirty years interest in the raku pottery technique has grown hugely – the excitement, immediacy and unpredictability of the raku process catching and firing the imagination of professional and amateur potters alike. Despite its association with amateur pottery classes, when practised at a higher level, it is an unforgiving, demanding medium which tests pots and pott...

Puerto Rico is best known for piña coladas and Salsa music but it is also home to beautiful examples of Spanish Colonial and modern Caribbean architecture. Puerto Rico experienced a building boom at the beginning of the 20th century, just as the technology for designing and making hydraulic tiles was becoming popular in the Caribbean. In recent years, the tile industry in Puerto Rico has been seeing a revival of traditional designs and new wave of tile design. The designs featured in this book a...

Illustrating work from her earliest student days to tablewares in current production, this major publication forms an invaluable handbook to the work of Susie Cooper, the important and influential ceramic designer whose work is avidly collected today. There is an index of marks, a glossary and bibliography as well as useful appendices listing, among other things, her employees and associates and the retailers who dealt in her wares.

This volume is the definitive account of Tiffany’s highly collectible art glass, which he considered his signature artistic achievement. Called Favrile glass – a term presumably coined by Louis Comfort Tiffany himself from the same root as the Latin faber (craftsman, artisan) to underscore its one- of-a-kind quality – every piece was blown and decorated by hand. With a foreword by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and complete with...

This research monograph investigates the aspects of a large Tang dynasty (618-907) porcelaneous mortuary figure of an ethnic Sogdian that belongs to a small, cohesive group of Chinese ceramic figures depicting foreign wine merchants. As key merchants on the famous "Silk Road," the Sogdians, an Eastern Iranian people, played a significant role in China's exposure to Western cultures. The interaction among the Chinese, the Sogdians, and the Turkic Eurasian nomads left an indelible mark on Tang Chi...

The excavations at Canhasan Höyök I in the Konya plain of central Turkey revealed a series of settlements running through the Chalcolithic period (c.5500-3000 BC). The pottery from the site, much of it of types previously unknown or not found elsewhere in stratified contexts, is of fundamental importance for an understanding of this period in Anatolia. In this volume, Dr French, the excavator of Canhasan and for many years director of the British Institute at Ankara, carefully and concise...

This Research Report offers a comprehensive catalogue, analysis and interpretation of a major assemblage of post-Conquest medieval pottery. Accompanied by over 350 individual vessel drawings, the study also offers a wide variety of analytical methods to extend the impact of the research beyond a regional investigation. The extensive coverage of imported wares and their distribution also provides fascinating insights into patterns of European trade and industry.

Contemporary craft presents a profusion of paradoxes. It bridges ancient traditions and state-of-the-art technologies, cutting edge concepts and enduring tenets about skilled making, and in so doing blurs the lines between art, craft, and design. This pioneering publication brings together work by nearly forty international artists, whose varied approaches are not only pushing but redefining the boundaries of what we call craft today. Author and museum curator Emily Zilber investigates the role...

Launched in 2002, Swarovski Crystal Palace is a shimmering series of sculptural pieces that had its debut at the Milan Furniture Fair. This ongoing forum has commissioned such noteworthy talents as Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid and Ross Lovegrove to develop original artworks in crystal. Through a brief history of Swarovski crystal we learn of its refined tradition as well as its bold vision for the future. Along the way, we delve deeper into the Crystal Palace designers, with interviews and articles on t...

Clarice Cliff remains one of the most revered and respected ceramic artists of the 20th century. "Clarice Cliff: The Art of the Bizarre" comprehensively records her life and work, celebrating it with excellently reproduced images of her major pieces from her collections all around the world.

From his childhood on, Mallorca was to be a second home for Joan Miro. His mother hailed from the island, as did his wife Pilar Juncosa. It became his permanent place of abode from the mid-fifties onwards, after he acquired a plot of land upon which he commissioned his friend Josep Lluris to build a large studio. He died there on the 25th of December 1983 at the age of 90. This study concerns itself primarily with the varied themes and techniques of the artist's later works painting, sculpture,...