Kate Malone: A Book of Pots

by Lesley Jackson, Kate Malone

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: The Overlook Press (2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1-58567-470-2
Dimensions: 11.25" x 10.0" x 0.9"
Shipping Weight: 3.01 lbs.

Kate Malone has been acclaimed as one of the most fearless innovators in the field of ceramics. She brings to her work a maverick sensibility, outrageous sense of humor, formidable dexterity, and a penchant for exploring the boundaries between high and low culture. In her famed Balls Pond studio, she has transformed the inspirations of nature into her own dazzlingly crafted creations—pineapple teapots, pumpkin jugs, starfish pie dishes, fish candelabra, vases with exteriors mirroring the spiral movement of whirlpools. Her outdoor installations—spectacularly colored fish sculptures emerging from a lake, intricately decorated bronze fountains, and others—simultaneously blend into and enhance their surrounding environment.

Kate Malone: A Book of Pots follows the evolution of this dynamic career, with 321 full-color photographs tracing the continuity of one creation to the next, and at the same time displaying the full breadth and scope of Malone's renowned imagination and varied output. Malone also reveals the secrets to many of her innovations, detailing the specific techniques, glazes, and tools used in her work.

For anyone interested in the field of ceramics—both collectors and practitioners—Kate Malone: A Book of Pots is the perfect glimpse into the cutting edge of this dynamic field.