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Firing Earth
An Unexpected History of Pots and Potters
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'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.' Firing Earth is Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From...
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Star of Channel 4's THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN 's passionate and revealing exploration of what pottery has given to him and to the world.
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'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.'
Firing Earth is Pottery Throwdown judge Keith Brymer Jones's very personal journey through the history of ceramics. From wine jars to ink pots, Keith enthrals and entertains us with his knowledge of pottery and potters, what they made and how they did it, exploring what an important role ceramics have played in history. Keith's own life is inextricably linked to an industry that demands the same of its makers today as it did thousands of years ago: creativity, patience and respect for the material itself.
You will never look at a mug in the same way again.
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ISBN: 9781399766432
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Illustration: N/A
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Keith Brymer Jones is a British potter and ceramic designer, internationally known for his homeware 'Word' range and celebrated as the lead judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown, Love Productions television series for Channel Four and HBO. In February 2021, the Evening Standard described him as 'Quite simply the best person on TV at this present moment in time'.
After an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery, he started hand-making ceramics for retailers including the Conran Group, Habitat, Barneys New York, Monsoon, Laura Ashley and Heals. As Head of Design for MAKE International he collaborates with other designers including Jane Foster, Scion Living, Hokolo and Becky Baur.Also by Keith Brymer Jones
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