Garth Clark

I saw this exhibit when it was at the PEM and loved it, but didn't pick up the book then. It came up for sale when I was doing an Amazon order so I added it and am glad I did - one more gorgeous coffee (tea? :-) table book for me. Gorgeous photos, sometimes with multiple views of complicated teapots, grouped according to general categories. Some feature people or animals, some are in a particular artistic style, all are beautiful to me. :-) My only quibble is that each chapter starts with a lot of text talking about the artists in that section, then you get all the photos with small captions. I ended up paging back and forth a lot to match up descriptions to pictures.… (mehr)

When we got married, Nancy started collecting teapots, and I used my little influence to steer her toward more eclectic works. This book is a fascinating look at unusual works of art that happen to be teapots, and also includes some nicely-presented articles about the history of tea and its customs. There are teapots here that are beautiful, whimsical and charming, humorous and silly, abstract and -- yes, eccentric. And the crowning pleasure of the book for me is that the teapot that graces the cover, "Bellhop Teapot", is one that I got for Nancy shortly after we got married.… (mehr)