Written by sisters Kylie and Tiffany Johnson, their second book examining the handcrafted, Earth & Fire introduces the reader to forty-five active ceramicists, their thoughts, materials, and processes when working with their chosen medium.
The foreword, written by Melbourne-based, Thai-born ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa, offers a preparatory insight into the book's anticipated content, which delves deep into artists' studios and their kilns to explore the magic behind ceramics, from the plasticity, kneading, or throwing of material to the extreme pressures and firing of high temperatures, all to create something durable and nearly impermeable, but more importantly, something still fragile full of beauty and meaning.
Split into six main chapters (following the foreword, introduction, and two insightful essays on clay – written by ceramists), the book takes shape in two sections of…
