500 Bowls: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design

500 Series

by Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott (Editor)

Five hundred inspiring variations on the simple, functional bowl will fire any potter's imagination. Displayed on each page are bowls that reinvent and reinterpret the form, and use techniques from across the globe and through the centuries. More importantly, every piece, such as Kate Maury's wheel-thrown porcelain, Stephen F. Fabrico's slab-built bowl with handles, and Ruchika Madan's stoneware Fruit Bowl, testifies to the artist's boundless inventiveness. Captions give each bowl's size, with details on its material and glazes.

Genres: Art, Reference, Nonfiction

416 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Suzanne Tourtillott was born in post-war Germany but lives and works, happily, in Asheville, North Carolina. After studying and then teaching fine art and commercial photography, she turned to writing arts journalism for periodicals and, ultimately, to writing and editing craft books. Suzanne has edited more than 50 titles in jewelry, ceramics, needle crafts--even poetry. Her business/Twitter is @editorious; see the site at http://editorious.org and tweets via #editorious. you can follow Suzanne's visual interests on Pinterest (pinning as username suzanne33).

Reviews

[dead letter office · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read (it's mostly photos) this again and again. It sits in various places in my house and reemerges to fascinate me at odd intervals.

[Edie Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much to my surprise I liked all the selections. Some were absolutely stunning. What’s more, these ceramic pieces could actually function as bowls!

Though differing in style and technique the choices were spot on. Occasionally the artists wrote an bit about their work. I found their explanations enlightening. I also appreciated that the book’s large photographs enabled you to see details

A very enjoyable art book and I recommend it.

[Yvonne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first 500 book in the Lark Series and I loved it! Like my phase in making mugs I wanted to seek out the most truly fitting bowl for my own needs and bought this book for ideas. It went well beyond what I was looking for and showed me incredibley fun whimsical or simply mind-bending in what a bowl can be.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eye candy for potters. It's not an instructional book, and the information about each piece boils down to phrases like "Coil-built terra cotta; slip; glaze dots; glaze cone 06". But it's great book for inspiration, lots of different designs.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice coffee table book to flick through with lovely pics. Lots of imaginative bowls, some a little crazy, some delicate, most decorative but not functional. Not very informative as a 'how to' if you are a potter. But does introduce you to many good Potters.

[Greta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very inspiring examples of beautiful pottery bowls.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous eye-candy.
I would like to own this book.
Nice to see my friend Theresa Yondo's work featured, too.