
War/Warrior
by Linda KieftLate in 2013 I watched a BBC documentary about soldiers returning from the conflict in Afghanistan. I was moved by the ways that some had come through their experiences apparently untroubled, but many…

Concept and Form of ‘Two Gods of He-He’ in Ancient Chinese Ceramic Art
From ceramic statues to ceramic patterns, the Two Gods of He-He demonstrates Chinese traditional belief, their attitude to life, and their aesthetics. It is a product borne of a perfect combination be…

Don’t Make it Pretty
Mary Bowron (1933–2017), was an intensely private ceramic artist, painter, and printmaker, who lived to work, doing so until a fall in 2015 left her unable to pursue her passion for clay sculpture, an…