Written by Bernard Leach, the father of British studio pottery, this seminal book is the first treatise to be written by a potter on the workshop traditions handed down from the greatest period of Chinese ceramics in the Sung dynasty. With this book, potters can learn everything from how to adapt recipes for pigments and glazes to designing kilns.

The father of British studio pottery writes of the workshop traditions handed down from the greatest period of Chinese ceramics in the Sung dynasty. Primarily for practical craftsmen and students.