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That continuous thing : artists and the ceramics studio, 1920-today / edited by Sara Matson and Sam Thorne ; with contributions from Glenn Adamson, Aaron Angell, Alison Britton, Tanya Harrod, Bernard Leach, Sara Matson, Julian Stair, Sam Thorne, Edmund de Waal, Jesse Wine, Sōetsu Yanagi.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Tate Publishing, 2016.Description: 156 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781849764339
  • 1849764336
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Contents:
Introduction : that continuous thing / Sam Thorne and Sara Matson
Towards a standard / Bernard Leach
Beyond East and West? / Edmund de Waal
Leach in Japan / Sōetsu Yanagi
Factive plasticity : the abstract pottery of William Staite Murray / Julian Stair
American potters today / Alison Britton
Peter Voulkos and Ken Price / Glenn Adamson
Out of the studio / Tanya Harrod
The plant : notes on Troy Town Art Pottery / Aaron Angell
In conversation / Sam Thorne and Jesse Wine
Work, practice and site / Glenn Adamson
Summary: From the rise of studio pottery in the 1910s to a number of new commissions by a young generation of UK-based artists, That Continuous Thing traces the changing shape of the ceramics studio over the last century, from the radical to the apparently traditional. Opening with exchange between Japan and the UK in 1910s and 1920s through the emergence of studio potters such as Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada and Dora Billington, the book leads on to the Californian "clay revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s, with sculptures by the pioneering artist Voulkos. The book also includes works by contemporary artists made over the last three years at Angell's London-based Troy Town Art Pottery, which has been described as "a radical and psychedelic workshop for artists."
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Book Book CGLAS Library Cream 738.0904 MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 31/10/2025 10411

Published to support the development of the exhibition held at Tate St Ives, 31 March -3 September 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index.

Introduction : that continuous thing / Sam Thorne and Sara Matson

Towards a standard / Bernard Leach

Beyond East and West? / Edmund de Waal

Leach in Japan / Sōetsu Yanagi

Factive plasticity : the abstract pottery of William Staite Murray / Julian Stair

American potters today / Alison Britton

Peter Voulkos and Ken Price / Glenn Adamson

Out of the studio / Tanya Harrod

The plant : notes on Troy Town Art Pottery / Aaron Angell

In conversation / Sam Thorne and Jesse Wine

Work, practice and site / Glenn Adamson

From the rise of studio pottery in the 1910s to a number of new commissions by a young generation of UK-based artists, That Continuous Thing traces the changing shape of the ceramics studio over the last century, from the radical to the apparently traditional. Opening with exchange between Japan and the UK in 1910s and 1920s through the emergence of studio potters such as Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada and Dora Billington, the book leads on to the Californian "clay revolution" of the 1950s and 1960s, with sculptures by the pioneering artist Voulkos. The book also includes works by contemporary artists made over the last three years at Angell's London-based Troy Town Art Pottery, which has been described as "a radical and psychedelic workshop for artists."