Product Description

"Clarice Cliff shot to fame in the late 1920s as the designer of Bizarre Ware, a fancifully angular, avant-garde line of vividly colored Staffordshire Potteries pieces that are avidly sought after today. Leonard Griffin...offers a detailed examination of this pioneering female artist's life and work...illustrated with 185 color photos and 100 vintage snapshots." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #885455 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Booklist
This is the 100th anniversary of the birth of British potter Clarice Cliff, and Griffin's book serves as both biography and overview of the work. Cliff, born in the pottery town of Tunsull, became one of the best known ceramists of her time. Her bold colorings, dominated by oranges and yellows, and her angular shapes helped define the Art Deco movement, and today her pieces are emminently collectible, commanding huge sums. Fans of Cliff will be delighted by the nearly 300 photos. Many are color pictures of the pieces, but there are also a number of interesting historical photographs. An index to all of Cliff's designs will be appreciated by collectors. A solid find for the 700 shelves. Ilene Cooper

Review
"Fans of Cliff will be delighted by the nearly 300 Photos....A solid find. " -- BOOKLIST

Customer Reviews

My favourite Clarice Cliff book
Although this book is 6 years old it remains my favourite of all the Clarice Cliff books and there are now MANY available on her now. It tells Clarice's story thoroughly, with far more archive images than any other book, and great colour pictures of pieces from collectors from all over the world. The author interviewed nearly all the surviving paintresses who worked for her between 1927 and 1964 and this shows in the attention to detail about them, life in the 1930s and individual patterns they painted. There are many quotations from Clarice in the book and these give a "flavour" of her as a person. I'm prompted to write this review for newer collectors or Clarice fans who might be confused over the best book to start with, but in my opinion THIS is it, and at a very good price too. Barry