Glenn Adamson

Simon Olding

Martina Droth

For nearly a century British potters have invigorated traditional ceramic forms by developing or reinventing techniques, materials, and means of display. Things of Beauty Growing explores major typologies of the vessel--such as bowl, vase, and charger--that have defined studio ceramics since the early 20th century. It places British studio pottery within the context of objects from Europe, Japan, and Korea and presents essays by an international team of scholars and experts. The book highlights the objects themselves, including new works by Adam Buick, Halima Cassell, and Nao Matsunago, featured alongside works by William Staite Murray, Lucie Rie, Edmund de Waal, and others, many published here for the first time. Rounding out the beautifully illustrated volume is an interview with renowned collector John Driscoll and approximately fifty illustrated short biographies of significant makers.

British Studio Pottery

Things of Beauty Growing

Juliet Kinchin

Mark Bills

Edwin Longsden Long

In his London heyday, Long's work adorned the central position at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition as well as being a permanent feature of the Bond Street galleries in London. Edwin Longsden Long RA is the first work to catalogue Long's prolific output and to give an account of his life and of the context within which he worked. Essays by Simon Olding and Juliet Kinchin focus respectively on The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum's prominent collection of Long's work, and on his London studio houses.

Simon Olding

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