Bernard Leach è stato un ceramista da studio e insegnante d'arte britannico, considerato il "Padre della ceramica da studio britannica". Il suo lavoro ha enfatizzato la fusione tra artigianato ed espressione personale, traendo ispirazione da tradizioni orientali e occidentali. La filosofia di Leach si è concentrata sulla creazione di oggetti funzionali ed esteticamente gradevoli che arricchissero la vita quotidiana. La sua influenza sullo sviluppo della ceramica moderna è ancora evidente oggi.
Written by Bernard Leach, the father of British studio pottery, this seminal book is the first treatise to be written by a potter on the workshop traditions handed down from the greatest period of Chinese ceramics in the Sung dynasty. With this book, potters can learn everything from how to adapt recipes for pigments and glazes to designing kilns.
There can be no potter in the world whose name is more widely known and respected than that of Bernard Leach. He is as famous in Japan and the East as he is in Europe and America, not only as an artist-craftsman but also as a thinker.
A new edition of Bernard Leach's autobiography featuring previously unpublished photographs and drawings
. gilt als die Bibel dieses Handwerks. In der Tat wird hier alles, was der Töpfer können, kennen und wissen muss, mit seltener Anschaulichkeit beschrieben. (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
