Studio Glass 1960-2000

This book considers one of the liveliest areas of the decorative arts to emerge during the second half of the twentieth century. The new approaches to glassmaking that evolved during the 1960s liberated glassmaking from the factory and placed it in the hands of individual glassmakers. The result has been a glassmaking movement that has produced colourful, innovative and exciting work. Concentrating on the British context, this book provides an introduction to the work of significant contemporary makers along with the themes and ideas that have shaped their work. About the author Dr Graham McLaren teaches the history of ceramics and glass at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent. He leads the unique MA in the History of Ceramics, taught in conjunction with the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley. Other titles for Shire by this author are: Ceramics of the 1950s Ceramics of the 1960s Toby and Character Jugs