Master Ceramists:Porcelain 500 Figures, Vessels & Sculptures by 40 Leading Artists

What motivates and inspires the finest porcelain artists working today? Approximately 40 internationally celebrated masters reveal their secrets, explaining just how they work with this incredibly demanding ceramic material, prized for its pristine beauty. Pure white and wonderfully delicate, porcelain is what clay potters usually graduate to only after years of honing their skills. This diverse collection showcases the results of that dedication, and the versatility is simply breathtaking: Claire Curneen presents highly emotive, tactile figurative forms. Fukami Sueharu's elegant blue-green celadon glazed sculptures are renowned for their technical perfection. Elaine Coleman's finely carved vessels take inspiration from nature's organic forms, while Bodil Manz's eggshell porcelain cylinders are so translucent that you can sometimes discern light and shadow passing through the walls of his pots.Tourtillott, Suzanne J. E. is the author of 'Master Ceramists:Porcelain 500 Figures, Vessels & Sculptures by 40 Leading Artists', published 2008 under ISBN 9781579909727 and ISBN 1579909728.