Top 3 Studio Pottery Books (and/or top 3 informative websites)

Hi all,

I'm interested to know what 3 books relating studio pottery you would say are the best and advise someone to buy.

As you all know, I'm quite new to Studio Pottery and I'm trying to make a small yet concise collection of books to read through.

What most interests me is learning to identify marks/styles and once identified, would like to learn a bit about the potter/pottery without going into too much depth on 1 potter (for the time being)

If you don’t have 3 you can recommend, 1/2 is still very helpful.

Thanks all,

Potty.

the best website depends on what sort of studio you like,if you like the Leach era then there are a few specialist sites but if you like more experimental studio then you can learn a lot here on the forum or by twawling ebay every few days

Studiopottery.co.uk has some amazing pottery on it.
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I tend to pick a potter then google them to death,one potter leads to another on these sites so I always get more than I bargained for

what's really nice about that site though, is that they do a 'preview' piccy thing of some of each of the potters so you get to scroll through loads of different work and then, as you spot something you like, can delve further by looking them up on the site and by googling.
I've found lots of my more contemporary studio pottery that way, by realising I've spotted it somewhere.
I also love Studiopottery.com.
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My main aim at the moment is to know a little about a lot :)

Studiopottery.com is the main site I have been reading through so far

Studiopottery.co.uk I like, but no not find it as easy to read through was the previous one.

Hoping more for book references, because I find books more handy to read/skim through :D

Would like to know about Leach a bit more, because of the history/impact it has on what was to follow.

Potty

:)

My biggest problem I find with google'ing a potter, is that I find endless sites with ebay spam(not actually ebay, but all ebay stuff listed)

the best information tends to come from specialist books but to spend £30-£40 on each pottery leaves no money to buy the pots,this is why I feel our forum is so important

Hi, here is a classic: "20th century ceramics" by Edmund de Waal, Thames & Hudson. It has the essencial historic references.

Thanks all,

Thumbs up to ed, in a sense I had forgot the library existed O.o

this is my newest find

http://www.lowfarm.net/Studio_One/Potters.html

dantheman wrote:this is my newest find

http://www.lowfarm.net/Studio_One/Potters.html

Thanks :)

Bookmarked.

big ed wrote:Learning from books should always start at your local library (assuming they haven't closed it down yet), if they don't have it they may order one for you, british studio ceramics by Paul Rice is good ,as is art of the modern potter by Tony Birks, there is plenty of info on Leach /Cardew on the net if that is your thing , or you could try googling a particular area such as Cornwall .

I agree with Big Ed on the first two books and for Leach there is Leach Pottery St. Ives: The Legacy of Bernard Leach by Marion Whybrow.