GABRIELE KOCH: HAND BUILDING AND SMOKE FIRING. (SIGNED)

KOCH, Gabriele, Tony Birks, David Attenborough (In

ISBN 10: 1840334703 / ISBN 13: 9781840334708

Published by Stenlake Publishing,, London,, 2009

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 128. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver on spine. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Signed presentation from the artist on the front cover, "To Jo, best wishes, Gabriele Koch." ISBN: 1840334703 Much admired potter Near fine in near fine dust jacket; faintly bumped at head of spine.

Seller Inventory # C52767

Bibliographic Details

• Title: GABRIELE KOCH: HAND BUILDING AND SMOKE FIRING. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Stenlake Publishing,, London,
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840334703
• ISBN 13: 9781840334708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signedes
• Seller catalogs:
  • Applied Arts
  • Pottery

About this title

Synopsis

What is it about some art that makes the heart leap? In the case of pots by Gabriele Koch it is not just the careful making process based on years of skill. It is not even the form, however original and refined. It is not just the beauty of the surface with its marriage of clay body, burnished slips and smoke. In her work we find the passion and intensity that lies beyond skill and experience.

From the Publisher

Tony Birks collaborates here with the potter herself to produce a book which documents over a quarter of a century of pot making, demonstrating what he himself calls the "continuous slow and purposeful development" which makes her process so unique. With an introduction by Sir David Attenborough