The Ceramics Reader

Edited by Kevin Petrie and Andrew Livingstone

The Ceramics Reader is an impressive editorial collection of essays and text extracts, covering every discipline within ceramics, past and present. Tackling such fundamental questions as “Why are ceramics important?”, the book also considers the field from a range of perspectives – as a cultural activity or metaphor, as a vehicle for propaganda, within industry and museums, and most recently as part of the 'expanded field' as a fine art medium and hub for ideas. Newly commissioned material features prominently alongside existing scholarship, to ensure an international and truly comprehensive look at ceramics.

Kevin Petrie is a well-known writer and ceramic artist and is Head of the School of Art and Design and Professor of Glass and Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, which has one of the best glass courses in the UK. He is best known for ‘blending’ printmaking and glass/ceramics for creative use.

Andrew Livingstone is a Reader in Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017, softcover, 10 x 7 inches, 616 pages.