Ceramic Review Issue 300

CR’s pick of the crop of current ceramics exhibitions

Read an extract from the recently published memoirs of Emmanuel Cooper, including a fascinating account of the setting up of Ceramic Review

Colin Martin reviews Blanc de Chine, a new exhibition at the V&A that celebrates historic porcelain ware from Dehua, China, paired with pieces by contemporary makers

Fascinated by Palissy’s aim of capturing life in his work, Kerry Jameson explains how discovering the French artist had a profound impact on her own sculptures

Curator Corinne Julius outlines the aims of Future Heritage at the interiors exhibition Decorex and why ceramics have been a key element since its inception

Sue Herdman meets ceramic artist Neil Brownsword to discuss the endangered heritage of his home town Stoke-on-Trent and the use of disruption in his art

Viscount Eccles is donating some of his studio pottery collection in aid of the Craft Pottery Charitable Trust. Alex McErlain visits him to learn about his generous bequest

Emma Crichton-Miller catches up with Jacqueline Poncelet to discover more about her diverse making career, infuences and recent return to working with clay

We talk to emerging maker Luke Fuller about his organic vessels and sculptures inspired by geological processes of the earth and the industrial environment of Wales

Jack Doherty takes us step-by-step through the processes he uses to throw a large porcelain bowl at his studio in Cornwall, which he then soda-fires in a gas kiln

Peter Beard shares his recipe and methods for creating his distinctive ground and polished textured surfaces

We focus on Jacqui Ramrayka’s porcelain vessels