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Michael Cardew and the West Counrty Slipware Tradition

Book Synopsis

This important title tracing the early part of the career of the Studio Pottery pioneer, sets the wider West Country pottery scene for the reader, with general coverage of the most famous makers of the area before providing a comprehensive review of Cardew's output at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. Lavishly illustrated mostly with examples from private collections, a brief overview is also provided of Cardew's later career in Africa and Cornwall, an area covered comprehensively in our sister publication of 2008, Michael Cardew and Stoneware.

ISBN: 0-97809550315-2-6

Size, Specifications and Contents:

1

Cardew and the philosophy of craft

  • A brief introduction setting the scene
2

Country Potteries and their Community

  • A short chapter on the changing role of the country and rural potter
3

The Ceramic Heritage of the West Country

  • A brief chapter looking at traditional forms
4

Bideford, Fremington and the Fishley Family

  • An illustrated chapter covering the essence of the Devon pottery tradition
5

Edwin Beer Fishley: An Illustrated Overview

  • An illustrated coverage of the wares of 'the last peasant potter'
6

Eric Gill, Ditchling and the Nobility of Craft

  • A full overview of the Ditchling craft community of the 1920s
  • An analysis of its impact on Cardew, Leach and the Studio and Mingei movements
7

Cardew in the West Country and at St Ives

  • Cardew's earlier years and university life
  • Cardew at the Leach pottery in St Ives
  • An analysis of St Ives slipwares with exxamples by Leach, Cardew & Hamada
8

Cardew at Winchcombe: An Illustrated Analysis

  • The largest chapter (c 7000 words)
  • A structured review of all main slipware forms made at Winchcombe
  • Some 80 pots described and illustrated in full colour
9

WW2 and the desertion of slipware: a postscript

  • The circumstances of Cardew leaving Winchcombe
  • A brief overview of his work at 4 subsequent potteries with illustrations

Appendices

  • Cardew forms and decoration: an analysis of his main forms and their likely inspiration, together with marks and monograms
  • Quotes and reflections on Cardew: By potters, contemporaries and writers
  • Interpretive charts: Visual guides to the key studio potters and their traditional influences
  • Bibliography listed by subject
  • A Cardew and slipware glossary

This title was published in June 2007 in conjunction with the show of the same name

Images from the 2007 show Michael Cardew and the West Country slipware tradition at Long Room Gallery in Winchcombe

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